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）
36 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
37 ．One afternoon, a friend and I were
38 rocks onto the roof of the old lady’s house
39 her backyard．The object of our play was to observe how the rocks changed to missiles as they
40 to the roof’s edge and shot out into the
41 ． I found myself a perfectly smooth rock and sent it for a ride．The stone was too smooth, however, so it
42 from my hand as I let it go and headed
43 for a small window on the old lady’s back wall．
I was too scared about getting
44 that first night to be concerned about the old lady with the broken window．However, a few days later,
45 I was sure that I hadn’t been discovered, I started to feel
46 for her misfortune．
I made up my mind that I would
47 my paper delivery money, and in three weeks I had the seven dollars that I
48 would cover the cost of her window．I put the money in an envelope with a（n）
49 explaining that I was sorry for breaking her window and hoped that the seven dollars would cover the
50 for repairing it．
I waited until it was dark, then put the envelope through the letter slot in her door．
The next day, I
51 the old lady her paper and was able to
52 the warm smile that I was
53 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
54 my route．
After several cookies, I
55 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．”
| 小题1: | | A．assistant | B．customer | C．adviser | D．neighbour |
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| 小题2: | | A．selfishness | B．cleverness | C．carefulness | D．forgiveness |
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| 小题3: | | A．picking | B．kicking | C．throwing | D．striking |
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| 小题4: | | A．from | B．under | C．by | D．around |
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| 小题5: | | A．flowed | B．rolled | C．dropped | D．fell |
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| 小题6: | | A．yard | B．kitchen | C．room | D．sky |
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| 小题7: | | A．stepped | B．stopped | C．skipped | D．slipped |
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| 小题8: | | A．right | B．slow | C．straight | D．fast |
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| 小题9: | | A．caught | B．trapped | C．lost | D．hurt |
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| 小题10: | | A．but | B．when | C．before | D．though |
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| 小题11: | | A．guilty | B．nervous | C．anxious | D．safe |
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| 小题12: | | A．borrow | B．save | C．transfer | D．move |
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| 小题13: | | A．used | B．earned | C．chose | D．calculated |
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| 小题14: | | A．book | B．notice | C．note | D．article |
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| 小题15: | | A．period | B．distance | C．size | D．cost |
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| 小题16: | | A．handed | B．showed | C．left | D．sold |
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| 小题17: | | A．witness | B．bring | C．return | D．wear |
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| 小题18: | | A．comparing to | B．receiving from | C．learning about | D．playing with |
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| 小题19: | | A．continued | B．forgot | C．followed | D．chose |
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| 小题20: | | A．tore | B．felt | C．bought | D．marked |
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