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Forty-three years seems like a long time to remember the name of a mere acquaintance. I have forgotten the name of an old lady, who was a customer on the paper route in my home town when I was a twelve-year-old boy. Yet it stays in my memory, for she taught me a lesson of forgiveness that I shall never forget.

On a winter afternoon, a friend and I were throwing stones onto the leaning roof of the old lady's house from a spot near her backyard. The object of our play was to observe how the stones changed to missiles as they rolled to the roof's edge and shot out into the yard. I found myself a perfectly smooth rock and threw it out. The stone, however, slipped from my hand and headed straight for a small window on the old lady's back porch. At the sound of fractured glass, we knew we were in trouble. We ran as fast as possible.

I was too scared about getting caught to be concerned about the old lady with the broken window in winter. However, a few days later, when I was sure that I hadn't been discovered, I started to feel guilty for her misfortune. She still greeted me with a smile each day when I gave her the paper, but I was no longer able to act comfortably in her presence.

I made up my mind that I would save my paper delivery money, and after three weeks I had the seven dollars that I thought 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 and hoped that the seven dollars would cover the cost. I put the letter through the letter slot in her door. My soul felt redeemed and I could have the freedom of, once again, looking straight into the old lady's kind eyes. 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 gave me a bag of cookies. I thanked her and felt an envelope in it. When I opened the envelope, inside it were the seven dollars and a short note reading, "I'm proud of you."

4. The underlined word “redeemed” is closest in meaning to “______”.

A. excited      B. relieved         C. disappointed         D. delighted

5. What’s the best title for this passage?______________.

A. An old lady           B. My first job       

C. My childhood     unforgettable incident

【回答】

 (A)本文作者从发生在自己身上的事情中深深地体会到诚实，知错能改的重要*。

C  事实细节题。第一段“Forty-three years seems…”和“when I was a twelve-year-old boy”两处数字相加即可。

B  事实细节题。根据第一段第二句内容可知。

A  推理判断题。根据第二段：当时才12岁的作者和他的一个朋友玩扔石子，其目的只是为了看到石头从老太太的屋顶滚下来象导*一样*到院子里，至于打破老太太的窗户当然不是故意的，所以选A。

B  词义猜测题。跟据本句的“…and I could have the freedom of, once again, looking straight into the old lady's kind eyes”可知作者此时应该是感到心中的一块石头落了地。

D  主旨大意题。本文作者主要向我们讲述了小时候的一件小事对他的深远影响。

知识点：人生百味类阅读

题型：阅读理解