Every morning, Catherine takes exercise around some gardens in our neighborhood. One morning, she was walking 41 than usual, and it was still dark.
As she was walking, a cyclist(骑自行车的人)came up to her, 42 her handbag and sped off. She 43 him shouting "thief, thief. A man further ahead must have 44 her or seen what had happened. He was washing a car with a bucket (桶)of 45 his bike. He took the bucket and poured(侄倒)it onto the cyclist.
The cyclist drove off the street and 46 his bike. Some other people rushed over. My friend Catherine was 47 that the people would beat him. She begged them not to 48 him.
She asked the boy 49 he did this to her. He 50 that he was the son of a 51 and that this year their crops had 52 . He said that the money lenders would beat up his father and hurt his 53 if he didn't pay on lime. He said that he was hopeless and didn't know what else to do. He was very 54.
Catherine was 55 moved by his story. She looked into the boy's eyes and then took out some 56 from her handbag and gave it to him. She told him that stealing was 57 and that he shouldn't do it again. He said he would follow her 58 . He told her that he was in fact well brought up and that he hid made a terrible 59 .
The boy left thankfully. Catherine sincerely 60 that this would be the last time that the boy tried to steal something.
41. A. better B. faster C. longer D. earlier
42. A. took B. threw C. cut D. wanted
43. A. went through B. ran after C. turned to D. looked at
44. A. heard B. known C. helped D. caught
45. A. paint B. oil C. sand D. water
46. A. fell off B. looked for C. threw away D. got on
47. A. satisfied B. worried C. surprised D. pleased
48. A. respect B. kill C. praise D. hurt
49. A. why B. how C. when D. whether
50. A. promised B. agreed C. explained D. suggested
51. A. teacher B. boss C. farmer D. worker
52. A. disappeared B. failed C. developed D. changed
53. A. friends B. feelings C. neighbors D. family
54. A. sorry B. clever C. thirsty D. excited
55. A. mostly B. deeply C. hardly D. exactly
56. A. food B. fruit C. drink D. money
57. A. easy B. dangerous C. wrong D. common
58. A. advice B. encouragement C. step D. order
59. A. living B. story C. joke D. mistake
60. A. realized B. hoped C. imagined D. decided
41——45 DABAD 46——50ABDAC
51——55CBDAB 56——60DCADB