It was Sunday afternoon.My brother and I were alone at home.My parents went out.I was doing my homework while my younger brother was watching TV.Suddenly the doorbell rang.Ding-Dong!My brother thought that it was our parents,so he opened the ______________ quickly.

A tall man wearing a black raincoat stood outside.He said that he came to sell books and asked politely if our parents were at home.

Without thinking,my brother said,“No.” Then the man asked if we would like to ______________ some story books.I refused him.When I wanted to close the door,he suddenly pushed the door very hard and came into our house.He took out a ______________ and ordered me to tie up my brother’s hands with a rope(绳子).I tied up his hands in a special way so my brother could untie(解开) ______________ easily.The man then tied my hands up and locked ______________ of us in the kitchen.Soon,he went upstairs to ______________ money.I taught my brother to untie the rope on his hands.He then untied me.I rushed to the telephone to call the police,______________ the line was dead.The doors were all locked from the outside.It was lucky that the man forgot to lock the kitchen window.We got out of the house through the kitchen window and to the ______________ pay phone to call the police.

Soon ______________ came to our house and the man was caught.By that time,my parents had come home.We told them the whole story.My parents were ______________ that we were not hurt.They told me that I should stop my brother from opening the door to strangers.I learnt a lesson on safety.

1.A. window B. door C. book

2.A. lend B. sell C. buy

3.A. book B. knife C. gift

4.A. himself B. myself C. herself

5.A. all B. neither C. both

6.A. look for B. look at C. look after

7.A. and B. so C. but

8.A. farthest B. nearest C. largest

9.A. my friends B. the neighbors C. the police

10.A. glad B. angry C. sad

Yesterday afternoon Mr Brown wanted to catch the 1:30 flight to New York to have an important meeting.At 4:30,Mrs Brown,his wife,got his phone call and he said that he was still at the airport.

“What happened to you?” Mrs Brown asked in surprise.

“Well,”Mr Brown said.“Everything was fine at first.I got my ticket checked,took my bags and waited in line to get on the plane.While I was walking across the runway to the plane,I saw my friend Jack Scott—he was a flight attendant.I shouted to him and a policeman caught me.”

“But why?”

“I don’t know.As soon as he heard my shout,he ran towards me and caught me.”

“What did you shout to your friend?”

“All I said was ‘Hi,Jack’;you know that’s the usual way we say hello to our friend.”

“But the sentence ‘Hi,Jack’ also means to take control of a plane by force(武力).Don’t you know?”

1.Mr Brown wanted to go to New York .

A. by train B. by air C. by bus

2.When did Mr Brown get to the airport yesterday?

A. Before 1:30. B. After 1:30. C. At about 4:30.

3.Why was Mr Brown still at the airport at 4:30?

A. Because he was late for his flight.

B. Because he didn’t want to go to New York.

C. Because the police stopped him.

4.What was Jack Scott in the passage?

A. He was a pilot. B. He was a flight attendant. C. He was a policeman.

5.We know that from the passage.

A. Jack Scott asked Mr Brown not to fly to New York

B. Mr Brown would take control of the plane by force

C. the policeman didn’t understand what Mr Brown really meant

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