C．carrying on D．dealing with

答案　D

解析　句意为：在会议上他作了一个演讲，谈的是民间音乐。hear from收到......的来信；；think of想起；carry on执行，实施；deal with讨论，处理，涉及。

Ⅱ.完形填空

　　I have forgotten the name of the old lady，who was a customer on my newspaper rroute. Yet it 16 in my memory that she taught me a lesson in 17 that I shall never forget.

　　On a winter afternoon，a friend and I were 18 stones onto the roof of the old lady's house near her garden. The 19 was to observe how the stones changed to missiles(导弹) as they 20 to the roof's edge and fell into the yard like comets(彗星) falling from the 21. I found myself a perfectly smooth rock and threw it. The stone was too 22，however，so it slipped from my hand as I let it go and headed straight for a small 23. At the sound of broken glass，we knew we were in 24. We ran faster than any of our stones flew off her roof.

　　I was too 25 about getting caught that first night to be 26 about the old lady with the broken window in winter. 27，a few days later，when I was sure that I hadn't been discovered，I started to feel 28 for her trouble. She still greeted me with a smile each day when I gave her the newspaper，but I was no longer able to act 29 when seeing her.

　　I decided that I would save my paper delivery money，and in three weeks I had the seven dollars that I thought would 30 the cost of her window and sent it to her in an envelope.

　　The next day，I 31 the old lady her paper. She thanked me for the paper and gave me a bag of biscuits she had made herself. I thanked her and ate the biscuits 32 I continued my route.

　　After several cookies，I felt an envelope and pulled it out of the 33. When I opened the envelope，I was 34. Inside were the seven dollars and a short note that 35，"I'm proud of you."

语篇解读　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。作者从发生在自己身上的事情中深深地体会到诚实、知错能改的重要性。

16．A.fails B．fades

C．impresses D．remains

答案　D

解析　fail失败；fade褪色；impress留下印象；remain保留。她给我的教训仍然留在我的记忆里。故选D。

17．A.forgiveness B．value

C．honesty D．gratefulness

答案　A