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．”
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(答案→)B
解析：
【小题1】B。她是我12岁那年在家乡送报时的一位客户（customer）。
【小题2】D。不过，她曾给我上的那堂关于“宽恕（forgiveness）”的课却始终让我难以忘怀。
【小题3】C。一个冬天的下午，我和一个朋友在离这个老太太家屋后不远的一个地方往她家斜斜的屋顶上扔（throwing）石子玩。
【小题4】A。from从……。解析见上题。
【小题5】B。我们的目的是观察这些石子如何顺着屋顶的斜坡变成一颗发射物，在滚落到（rolled）屋顶边缘的瞬间，像滑过天空的彗星那样射入院中（yard）。
【小题6】A。解析见上题。
【小题7】D。但是，这颗石子太光滑（slipped）了，出手的一刹那，它偏离了方向。
【小题8】C。它没有落在屋顶上，反而直接（straight）击中了老太太屋后门廊上的一扇小窗户。
【小题9】A。get caught被抓。当天晚上，我太害怕被抓住，没有考虑到冬天里的破玻璃窗会给老太太带来什么样的麻烦。
【小题10】B。when当…….时候。但是，过了几天，当我确信自己没被发现时，就开始对给她带来的倒霉事感到内疚了。
【小题11】A。feel guilty for对……感到内疚。解析见上题。
【小题12】B。我决定把送报挣的钱攒（save）起来。
【小题13】D。三周后，我便有了7美元。我估计（calculated）这大概够赔偿她的窗户了。
【小题14】C。我把钱装进一个信封，并附上一张纸条（note）。
【小题15】D。希望这7美元足够赔付（cost）修窗户的钱。
【小题16】A。hand递送。第二天，当老太太微笑着从我手上接过报纸时，我也能向她回报（return）一个热情的微笑。
【小题17】C。解析见上题。
【小题18】B。receiving from从……所接受的。解析见前一题。
【小题19】A。谢过她后，我一边吃着饼干，一边继续（continue）去给别的客户送报纸。
【小题20】B。吃了几块饼干后，我摸到了（felt）一个信封，就把它拽了出来。