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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）  14   explaining 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．A．adviser               B．customer          C．assistant                 D．neighbor 2．A．carefulness         B．cleverness        C．selfishness              D．forgiveness 3．A．throwing            B．kicking             C．picking                   D．striking 4．A．by                       B．under               C．from                    D．around 5．A．dropped              B．rolled               C．flowed             D．fell 6．A．room                 B．kitchen             C．yard                   D．sky 7．A．skipped              B．stopped            C．stepped            D．slipped 8．A．straight              B．slow                C．right                   D．fast 9．A．lost                    B．trapped             C．caught                D．hurt 10．A．before              B．when               C．but                     D．though 11．A．guilty               B．safe                 C．anxious               D．nervous 12．A．borrow            B．move                C．transfer              D．save 13．A．used                B．calculated         C．chose                 D．earned 14．A．book                B．article               C．note                   D．notice 15．A．period              B．cost                 C．size                    D．distance 16．A．handed             B．sold                 C．left                     D．showed 17．A．witness            B．wear                C．return                 D．bring 18．A．comparing to       B．playing with       C．learning about     D．receiving from 19．A．continued         B．chose                C．followed             D．forgot 20．A．tore                B．marked          C．bought              D．felt 答案： 1—5 BDACB                              6—10 CDACB 11—15 ADBCB                           16—20 ACDAD

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