Louise was 72 years old and she lived by herself. The first thing she noticed when she came downstairs that Sunday morning was that her
__36____ window was open. In fact, it was so wide open that she had
___37___ closing it. Then she realized that things were not in their proper
__38____. Finally, when she found her empty
___39___ on the kitchen table, she realized the awful
__40____. At first, she didn’t know what to do. Then she decided to
___41___ her son, Derek.
Derek’s wife Sybil answered the phone, “It’s your mother,” she
_42___him, coldly. Louise told Derek about the open window, about things being in the wrong places and about the
____43__ missing from her purse.
“ All right,” said Derek, “Don’t
__44___ anything. I’ll be
__45___ in half an hour.
Louise
___46__ and made herself a pot of tea and some toast. Then she went from room to room wondering
__47___ anything else was missing.
When Derek arrived, he was content to
__48___ her looking so calm. “Have you rung the
___49___?”he asked. “No? Then I’ll do that straight away.” So he rang the police.
As it was Sunday，
__50____ the only detectives were out. However, the police were polite, but vague(含糊的) . “ We’ll send
__51__ round as soon as possible.” They said.
Derek telephoned his wife. “I’m not sure when I’ll be home, love,” he told her. “I’ve got to
___52__ for the police.” While Derek and his mother waited, Derek
_53___ the catches （挂钩） on the windows and locks on the doors. All of them were old and some of the catches hardly
__54___ at all. Derek felt
__55___. His mother was an old woman, after all. “I’ll have to change all these.” he told her.
| 小题1: | | A．washroom | B．bedroom | C．kitchen | D．bathroom |
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| 小题2: | | A．strength | B．puzzle | C．reason | D．trouble |
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| 小题3: | | A．positions | B．places | C．directions | D．situations |
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| 小题4: | | A．purse | B．vase | C．pot | D．envelope |
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| 小题5: | | A．mistake | B．message | C．truth | D．news |
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| 小题6: | | A．visit | B．ask | C．ring | D．punish |
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| 小题7: | | A．invited | B．informed | C．stated | D．scolded |
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| 小题8: | | A．note | B．coin | C．money | D．bill |
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| 小题9: | | A．say | B．move | C．touch | D．prepare |
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| 小题10: | | A．here | B．round | C．off | D．away |
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| 小题11: | | A．sighed | B．relaxed | C．whispered | D．hurried |
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| 小题13: | | A．realize | B．find | C．know | D．sense |
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| 小题14: | | A．police | B．neighbour | C．hospital | D．friend |
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| 小题15: | | A．generally | B．luckily | C．considerably | D．unfortunately |
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| 小题16: | | A．anyone | B．someone | C．everyone | D．none |
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| 小题18: | | A．examined | B．repaired | C．fixed | D．tested |
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| 小题19: | | A．locked | B．opened | C．helped | D．worked |
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| 小题20: | | A．excited | B．silly | C．worried | D．Guilty |
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