A Box of Cookies

   A small boy at summer camp received a large package of cookies in the mail from his mother. He ate a few, and then  1  the remainder under his bed．The next day, he found the box was   2   .

   That afternoon a camp leader, who had been 3  of the theft（偷窃）, saw another boy sitting behind a tree eating the stolen cookies. " 4  young man," he said to himself, "must be  5  not to steal."

   He returned to the group and   6  the boy whose cookies had been stolen. "Billy," he said, "I  7  who stole your cookies. Will you help me give him a lesson?"

   "Well, yes--but aren't you going to   8  him?" asked the boy.

   "No, that   9   only make him angry and hate you," the leader  10   "I want you to call your mother and ask her to  11  you another box of cookies."

   A few days later the boy received another box of cookies.

   "Now," said the leader, "the boy who stole your cookies is down by the lake, Go and share your  12  with him."

  "But, he's the thief." said the  13   boy." I know. But  14  it--see what happens." Half an hour later the camp leader saw the two come  15  the hill, arm in arm. The boy who had stolen the cookies was  16  trying to get the other to accept his jackknife in payment  17  the stolen cookies, and Billy was just as earnestly（真诚的）  18  the gift from his new friend, 19  that a few old cookies weren't that  20  anyway.

1. A．took              B．placed             C．loaded                D．lay

2. A．broken            B．opened            C．touched              D．gone

3. A．told               B．asked             C．heard                D．warned

4. A．Any              B．Either             C．That                 D．Every

5. A．encouraged     B．ordered          C．allowed              D．taught

6. A．sought out             B．turned out          C．gave out              D．set out

7. A．understand       B．know            C．recognize             D．realize

8. A．beat             B．find               C．punish                D．catch

9. A．must              B．shall              C．need                D．would

10. A．explained         B．argued             C．insisted               D．promised

11. A．leave             B．send              C．take                  D．find

12. A．ideas            B．cookies          C．lessons               D．toys

13. A．interested        B．worried            C．stolen                D．puzzled

14. A．face             B．make              C．try                   D．show

15. A．up              B．back              C．down                      D．through

16. A．carefully         B．interestedly         C．sincerely             D．quickly

17. A．to               B．for                C．of                   D．with

18. A．returning         B．checking           C．refusing              D．thanking

19. A．expecting        B．hoping             C．saying               D．meaning

20. A．much            B．bad               C．expensive             D．important