Every morning, Rekha takes exercise around some gardens in our neighborhood. One morning, she was walking36than usual, and it was still dark.
As she was walking, a cyclist came up to her,37her handbag and sped off with it! She38him shouting “thief, thief”. A man further ahead must have39her or seen what had happened. He was40a car with a bucket of water near him. He took the bucket and41the water onto the cyclist.
The cyclist drove off the street and42his bike. Some other people rushed over and surrounded him. My friend Rekha was43that the people would beat him. She begged them not to44him.
She bent down and asked the boy45he did this to her. He46that he was the son of a farmer and that this year their crops had47 . He said that the money lenders had threatened to beat up his father and hurt his48if he didn’t pay on time. He said that he was hopeless and didn’t know what else to do. He was very49
Rekha was50moved by this story. That boy was so thin. She looked into the boy’s eyes and said that she forgave him. She then took out some51from her handbag and gave it to him. She told him that robbing was52and that he shouldn’t do it again. He said he would follow her53 . He told her that he was from a good family and was well brought up and that he had made a terrible 54 .
The boy left thankfully. Rekha sincerely55that this would be the last time that the boy tried to rob something.
36. A. better B. fasterC. longer D. earlier
37. A. took B. damagedC. knockedD. wanted
38. A. went through B. ran afterC. turned to D. looked at
39. A. heard B. known C. helpedD. caught
40. A. repairingB. drivingC. decoratingD. washing
41. A. tookB. put C. poured D. painted
42. A. fell offB. looked for C. threw awayD. got on
43. A. satisfiedB. worried C. surprisedD. delighted
44. A. respect B. killC. forgive D. hurt
45. A. why B. howC. whenD. whether
46. A. admittedB. agreed C. explained D. lied
47. A. disappearedB. failedC. developedD. changed
48. A. friendsB. feelings C. neighbors D. family
49. A. sorryB. clever C. thirstyD. excited
50. A. mostlyB. deeplyC. hardlyD. slightly
51. A. foodB. fruit C. waterD. money
52. A. disappointingB. dangerous C. wrong D. common
53. A. adviceB. encouragement C. order D. behavior
54. A. living B. storyC. jokeD. mistake
55. A. realized B. hoped C. imaginedD. decided

本文敘述Rekha在某一天早晨鍛煉身體時包被一個小男孩搶了,她用她的善良感動了那個男孩,讓他能夠迷途知返.
36. D.由后文的than usual和it was still dark可知Rekha這天比平時要“更早”一些.
37. A.由下面的sped off with it可知是一個騎車的人“拿走”了她的包.
38. B.包被搶了,Rekha應該跑在后面“追趕”.
39. A.根據后文可知,那個人幫助Rekha攔住了搶劫者,故可推斷那人“聽到”了Rekha的叫
喊或看到了所發(fā)生的事.
40. D.由后文的with a bucket of water near him可知那個男人是在“洗”車.
41. C.根據語境可知,那個男人提起水桶把水“潑”向了那個男孩.
42. A.根據后文Some other people rushed over and surrounded him.可知搶包的人從自行車上“跌落”了下來.
43. B.由后文的She begged them,可知Rekha“擔心”人們會傷害那個搶包的人.
44. D.Rekha擔心人們會傷害那個搶包的人,故她請求人們別“傷害”他.
45. A.根據后文男孩解釋他為什么搶包的語境,可知Rekha是在詢問他“為什么”搶東西.
46. C.男孩“解釋”了他搶包的原因.
47. B.男孩搶包,是因為莊稼“沒有收成”,故用failed.
48. D.男孩說,如果他們一家不及時還錢,借貸者就會傷害他們的“家人”.
49. A.男孩是在道歉,表示他為搶包一事很自責,故選A.
50. B.根據語境可知Rekha被小男孩的故事“深深地”打動了.
51. D.Rekha對這個孩子非常同情,故應該是給了他一些“錢”.
52. C.Rekha告訴男孩搶劫是“錯誤的”,不應該再做了.
53. A.根據語境可知男孩說他愿意接受她的“建議”.
54. D.由前面發(fā)生的事情可知,男孩意識到自己犯了一個可怕的“錯誤”.
55. B.根據后面的this was the last time,可知Rekha真心“希望”這是男孩最后一次偷搶東西.