After forty-three years I have forgotten the name of the old lady, who was a 16

After forty-three years I have forgotten the name ofthe old lady, who was a   16   on the newspaperroute in my hometown when I was a twelve-year-old boy. Yet it remains in mymemory that she taught me a lesson in     17   thatI shall never forget.

On a winter afternoon, my fellows and I were throwingstones onto the slanted (倾斜的) roof of the old lady’s house to observehow the stones    18    off theroof’s edge and shot out like missiles. I found a   19   smoothrock and threw it out, but it  20  straight not for theroof but for a small window of the old lady’s house.   21   thesound of broken glass, we knew we were in trouble. We ran faster than any ofour   22    flew off her roof.

I was so   23   aboutgetting caught that first night   24   I wasnot concerned about the old lady with the broken window in winter.    25  ,a few days later I started to feel guilty for her misfortune. She    26   greetedme with a smile when I gave her the newspaper, but I was no longer able to act    27   inher presence.

I    28   my mindthat I would save my newspaper delivery money, and in three weeks I had sevendollars. I put the money in an envelop with a    29   explainingthat I was sorry for breaking her window and hope that the seven dollars would    30   thecost for repairing it.

I waited until it was     31     toavoid being seen, and put the letter I didn’t    32   intoher yard. To my relief, I could have the   33  of,once again, looking straight into the old lady’s kind eyes.

The next day, I handed the old lady her newspaper. Shethanked me and gave me a bag of cookies she had made herself.   34  eatingcookies, I felt an envelope and pulled it out of the bag. After opening it, Iwas shocked. Inside were the seven dollars and a short note    35  ,“I’m proud of you.”

1.                A．teacher        B．customer        C．relative   D．friend

2.                A．happiness       B．carelessness     C．forgiveness    D．kindness

3.                A．rolled          B．flowed         C．ran  D．floated

4.                A．simply          B．mostly          C．fairly D．roughly

5.                A．followed        B．came           C．lay  D．headed

6.                A．At             B．On             C．For  D．From

7.                A．athletes        B．missiles         C．windows  D．fellows

8.                A．excited         B．disappointed     C．embarrassed   D．frightened

9.                A．as             B．that            C．when    D．though

10.               A．Therefore      B．Meanwhile      C．However  D．Besides

11.               A．yet            B．still            C．even D．already

12.               A．cautiously       B．constantly       C．cheerfully D．comfortably

13.               A．take up         B．made up        C．set up     D．put up

14.               A．paper          B．notice          C．note D．message

15.               A．cover          B．offer           C．afford D．pay

16.               A．rainy          B．fine            C．cloudy    D．dark

17.               A．sign           B．read           C．expect    D．want

18.               A．ability          B．freedom        C．chance    D．desire

19.               A．Unless         B．Until           C．Because   D．While

20.               A．saying          B．writing         C．telling D．explaining

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1.B

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.B

10.C

11.B

12.D

13.B

14.C

15.A

16.D

17.A

18.B

19.D

20.A

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