Many years ago there lived a young couple in a small town. The husband was out of job for a long time and the wife
36 make a living by sewing for others. They were so poor that there was almost nothing in the house but a jar under a
37 table, in
38 was a little rice
39 from their neighbor for the coming New Year.
40 New Year’s Eve, the wife had already fallen asleep, but the husband was
41 in bed, worrying about the life. Suddenly he heard something. In the darkness he saw a man breaking into the room.
“It
42 be a thief.” He thought, “but it
43 matter, there is nothing that can be
44 .” So he
45 to be asleep and kept watching over the thief.
The thief began to
46 the room. At last he found the rice in the jar.
“But
47 can I take it away?” the thief thought hard. Then he had an idea. He
48 his coat and spread it on the ground between the bed and the table. After that he turned round to take the jar.
Now the husband realized what the thief
49 . He picked up the coat quickly and
50 himself with it while the thief was turning around.
The thief
51 the jar, poured the rice out on the place where he had just spread his coat and squatted (蹲) down to feel it. But to his surprise, his coat had
52 .
“Hey”, he couldn’t help
53 out. The
54 woke up the wife. She asked her husband, “Did you hear any sound? Maybe there is a thief in the room.”
“ Nonsense(胡说)!” replied her husband. “Go back to sleep. There is no thief in the room.”
“No, that’s
55 ,” the thief shouted loudly. “If there isn’t a thief, then, where’s my coat?”
| 小题1: | | A．was able to | B．wanted to | C．had to | D．would |
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| 小题2: | | A．good | B．old | C．nice | D．broken |
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| 小题3: | | A．it | B．which | C．where | D．that |
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| 小题4: | | A．borrowed | B．asked | C．lent | D．taken |
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| 小题6: | | A．working | B．sewing | C．lying | D．thinking |
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| 小题8: | | A．isn’t | B．wasn’t | C．doesn’t | D．didn’t |
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| 小题9: | | A．lost | B．carried | C．destroyed | D．stolen |
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| 小题10: | | A．pretended | B．tried | C．decided | D．started |
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| 小题11: | | A．look into | B．search | C．discover | D．examine |
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| 小题13: | | A．used | B．took off | C．put on | D．brought |
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| 小题14: | | A．had done | B．did | C．would do | D．could do |
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| 小题15: | | A．hung | B．covered | C．studied | D．dressed |
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| 小题16: | | A．shook | B．laid | C．lifted | D．touched |
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| 小题17: | | A．lost | B．missed | C．left | D．disappeared |
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| 小题18: | | A．to cry | B．crying | C．to jump | D．jumping |
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| 小题19: | | A．sound | B．voice | C．noise | D．saying |
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| 小题20: | | A．right | B．all right | C．nothing | D．impossible |
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