Forty-three years seems like a long time to remember the name of a person．I have forgotten the name of an old lady who was a（n） 1 on my paper route when I was a twelve-year-old boy．Yet it seems like just yesterday that she taught me a lesson in 2．One afternoon, a friend and I were 3 rocks onto the roof of the old lady’s house 4 her backyard．The object of our play was to observe how the rocks changed to missiles as they 5 to the roof’s edge and shot out into the 6．
I found myself a perfectly smooth rock and sent it for a ride．The stone was too smooth, however, so it 7 from my hand as I let it go and headed 8 for a small window on the old lady’s back wall．
I was too scared about getting 9 that first night to be concerned about the old lady with the broken window．However, a few days later, 10 I was sure that I hadn’t been discovered, I started to feel 11 for her misfortune．
I made up my mind that I would 12 my paper delivery money, and in three weeks I had the seven dollars that I 13 would cover the cost of her window．I put the money in an envelope with a（n）14explaining that I was sorry for breaking her window and hoped that the seven dollars would cover the 15 for repairing it．
I waited until it was dark, then put the envelope through the letter slot in her door．
The next day, I 16 the old lady her paper and was able to 17 the warm smile that I was 18 her．She thanked me for the paper and said, “Here, I have something for you．” It was a bag of cookies．I thanked her and ate the cookies as I 19 my route．
After several cookies, I 20 an envelope．When I opened the envelope, I was shocked．Inside was the seven dollars and a short note that said, “I’m proud of you．”

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      assistant
    2. B.
      customer
    3. C.
      adviser
    4. D.
      neighbour
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      selfishness
    2. B.
      cleverness
    3. C.
      carefulness
    4. D.
      forgiveness
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      picking
    2. B.
      kicking
    3. C.
      throwing
    4. D.
      striking
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      from
    2. B.
      under
    3. C.
      by
    4. D.
      around
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      flowed
    2. B.
      rolled
    3. C.
      dropped
    4. D.
      fell
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      yard
    2. B.
      kitchen
    3. C.
      room
    4. D.
      sky
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      stepped
    2. B.
      stopped
    3. C.
      skipped
    4. D.
      slipped
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      right
    2. B.
      slow
    3. C.
      straight
    4. D.
      fast
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      caught
    2. B.
      trapped
    3. C.
      lost
    4. D.
      hurt
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      but
    2. B.
      when
    3. C.
      before
    4. D.
      though
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      guilty
    2. B.
      nervous
    3. C.
      anxious
    4. D.
      safe
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      borrow
    2. B.
      save
    3. C.
      transfer
    4. D.
      move
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      used
    2. B.
      earned
    3. C.
      chose
    4. D.
      calculated
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      book
    2. B.
      notice
    3. C.
      note
    4. D.
      article
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      period
    2. B.
      distance
    3. C.
      size
    4. D.
      cost
  16. 16.
    1. A.
      handed
    2. B.
      showed
    3. C.
      left
    4. D.
      sold
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      witness
    2. B.
      bring
    3. C.
      return
    4. D.
      wear
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      comparing to
    2. B.
      receiving from
    3. C.
      learning about
    4. D.
      playing with
  19. 19.
    1. A.
      continued
    2. B.
      forgot
    3. C.
      followed
    4. D.
      chose
  20. 20.
    1. A.
      tore
    2. B.
      felt
    3. C.
      bought
    4. D.
      marked
BDCAB ADCAB ABDCD ACBAB
1.B。她是我12歲那年在家鄉(xiāng)送報(bào)時(shí)的一位客戶（customer）。
2.D。不過(guò)，她曾給我上的那堂關(guān)于“寬恕（forgiveness）”的課卻始終讓我難以忘懷。
3.C。一個(gè)冬天的下午，我和一個(gè)朋友在離這個(gè)老太太家屋后不遠(yuǎn)的一個(gè)地方往她家斜斜的屋頂上扔（throwing）石子玩。
4.A。from從……。解析見(jiàn)上題。
5.B。我們的目的是觀察這些石子如何順著屋頂?shù)男逼伦兂梢活w發(fā)射物，在滾落到（rolled）屋頂邊緣的瞬間，像滑過(guò)天空的彗星那樣射入院中（yard）。
6.A。解析見(jiàn)上題。
7.D。但是，這顆石子太光滑（slipped）了，出手的一剎那，它偏離了方向。
8.C。它沒(méi)有落在屋頂上，反而直接（straight）擊中了老太太屋后門(mén)廊上的一扇小窗戶。
9.A。get caught被抓。當(dāng)天晚上，我太害怕被抓住，沒(méi)有考慮到冬天里的破玻璃窗會(huì)給老太太帶來(lái)什么樣的麻煩。
10.B。when當(dāng)…….時(shí)候。但是，過(guò)了幾天，當(dāng)我確信自己沒(méi)被發(fā)現(xiàn)時(shí)，就開(kāi)始對(duì)給她帶來(lái)的倒霉事感到內(nèi)疚了。
11.A。feel guilty for對(duì)……感到內(nèi)疚。解析見(jiàn)上題。
12.B。我決定把送報(bào)掙的錢(qián)攢（save）起來(lái)。
13.D。三周后，我便有了7美元。我估計(jì)（calculated）這大概夠賠償她的窗戶了。
14.C。我把錢(qián)裝進(jìn)一個(gè)信封，并附上一張紙條（note）。
15.D。希望這7美元足夠賠付（cost）修窗戶的錢(qián)。
16.A。hand遞送。第二天，當(dāng)老太太微笑著從我手上接過(guò)報(bào)紙時(shí)，我也能向她回報(bào)（return）一個(gè)熱情的微笑。
17.C。解析見(jiàn)上題。
18.B。receiving from從……所接受的。解析見(jiàn)前一題。
19.A。謝過(guò)她后，我一邊吃著餅干，一邊繼續(xù)（continue）去給別的客戶送報(bào)紙。
20.B。吃了幾塊餅干后，我摸到了（felt）一個(gè)信封，就把它拽了出來(lái)。
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