Question

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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)   1on 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   3rocks onto the roof of the old lady’s house   4her backyard. The object of our play was to observe how the rocks changed to missiles as they   5to 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   7from my hand as I let it go and headed   8for a small window on the old lady’s back wall.

I was too scared about getting   9that first night to be concerned about the old lady with the broken window. However, a few days later,   10I was sure that I hadn’t been discovered, I started to feel   11for her misfortune.

I made up my mind that I would   12my paper delivery money, and in three weeks I had the seven dollars that I   13would 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   15for repairing it.

I waited until it was dark, then put the envelope through the letter slot in her door.

The next day, I   16the old lady her paper and was able to   17the warm smile that I was   18her. 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   19my route.

After several cookies, I   20an 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

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.C

7.D

8.A

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.D

13.B

14.C

15.B   

16.A

17.C

18.D

19.A

20.D