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I have completely forgotten the name of an old lady who was a customer on my paper route when I was a twelve-year-old boy in Marinette, Wisconsin back in 1954.

On a mindless Saturday afternoon, a friend and I were throwing rocks onto the roof of the old lady’s house in her backyard. The object of our play was to observe how the rocks changed to missiles as they rolled to the roofs’ edge and shot out into the yard like comets falling from the sky.

I found myself a perfectly smooth rock. The stone was too smooth, however, so it slipped from my hand as I let it go and headed straight for a small window on the old lady’s back porch. At the sound of fractured glass,we ran away very fast.

I was scared about getting caught that first night. However, a few days later, when I was sure that I  hadn’t been discovered, I started to feel guilty for her misfortune.

I made up my mind that I would save my paper delivery money, and in three weeks I had the seven dollars that I calculated would cover the cost of her window. I put the money in an envelope with a note explaining that I was sorry for breaking her window.

I waited  until it was dark, snuck up to the old lady’s house,and  put the envelope through the letter slot in her door.

The next day,I handed the old lady  her paper and was able to return the warm smile that I was receiving from 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 began to eat the cookies as I continued my route.

After several cookies, I felt an envelope and pulled it out of the bag. When I opened the envelope, I was astonished. Inside was the seven dollars and a short note that said, “I’m proud of you.”

author and his friend threw stones onto the roof of the old lady’s house in order to _______.

e themselves                                         her repair it

her for some help                                    her up

part-time job did the author do at the age of 12?

ng cookies.                                           ecting stones.

vering newspaper                                   iring windows.

the author felt guilty about what he had done, he ______.

to see the old lady and admitted his mistake bravely

wrote a letter to apologize to the old lady

ed to his friend for some advice

ded to rely on his own efforts to make up for his mistake

h of the following can best replace the phrase “snuck up to” in Paragraph 6?

into                    ped into               e into                 ed into

【回答】

(1)-(4)ACDB 解析：(1)根据第二段中的“The object of our play was to observe how the rocks changed to missiles as they rolled to the roofs’ edge and shot out into the yard like comets falling from the sky.”可知,他们是想看着石头像导*一样从屋顶的边缘滚下来,就像是彗星从天上掉下来。因此推断孩子们这样做是为了*。故A项正确。 (2)根据第一段“I have completely forgotten the name of an old lady who was a customer on my paper route when I was a twelve-year-old boy in Marinette,Wisconsin back in 1954.”以及第五段中“I would save my paper delivery money”可知,当我12岁的时候,我给人们送报纸。故C项正确。 (3)根据第五段可知,作者希望用自己送报纸挣的钱来弥补自己造成的损失。故D项正确。 (4)根据第六段“I waited until it was dark,snuck up to the old lady’s house,and put the envelope through the letter slot in her door.”当我挣得足够多钱的时候,等到天黑的时候我偷偷地溜进老人的家里,我不想老人知道这件事。故该词意为“溜进”,故B项正确。

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