Agatha Christin went out at night. She never  36  the night when she met a  37  many years ago.
That evening, she was going to a birthday party which  38  until 2 o’clock in the morning. Agatha walked in the  39  street alone. Suddenly from the shadow of a dark building a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand ran out  40  her. “Good morning, lady.” the man said in a   41  voice, “I don’t think you wish to  42  here!” “ What do you   43  ?”Agatha asked.
“ Your earrings, take them off!”
Agatha suddenly had a  44  idea. She tried to cover her necklace with the collar of her overcoat while she used  45  hand to take off both of her earrings and then quickly  46  them on the ground.
 47  them and let me go, “ she said. The robber  48  that girl didn’t like the earrings at all, only trying to  49  the necklace. It would cost  50  , so he said, “ Give me your necklace.”
“ Oh, sir. It’s  51 worth much. Please let me  52  it.”
“Stop rubbish. Quick!”
With shaking hands Agatha took off her necklace. As soon as the robber  53  , she picked up her earrings and ran as fast as she could to one of her friends,
The  54 cost 480 pounds and the necklace the robber had taken  55  cost only six pounds.

【小题1】
A.mindedB.forgotC.rememberedD.realized
【小题2】
A.friendB.beggar C.robberD.stranger
【小题3】
A.stayedB.endedC.beganD.lasted
【小题4】
A.wideB.narrowC.quiet D.busy
【小题5】
A.atB.onC.in D.against
【小题6】
A.loudB.lowC.sharp D.wild
【小题7】
A.comeB.dieC.fightD.meet
【小题8】
A.doB.makeC.wantD.ask
【小题9】
A.brightB.foolishC.funnyD.safe
【小题10】
A.her rightB.her leftC.the other D.another
【小题11】
A.handedB.putC.passed D.threw
【小题12】
A.TakeB.AcceptC.Collect D.Pick
【小题13】
A.consideredB.sawC.feltD.thought
【小题14】
A.keepB.ownC.have D.guard
【小题15】
A.moreB.lessC.cheap D.expensive
【小题16】
A.reallyB.usuallyC.even D.not
【小题17】
A.wearB.keepC.save D.have
【小题18】
A.ranB.allowedC.disappeared D.agreed
【小题19】
A.lossB.luckC.jewelryD.earrings
【小题20】
A.awayB.outC.off D.down


III、完型填空(共30分,每小题1.5分)
阅读短文,根据内容,从第36-55小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选择最佳选项。
Sam backed his car out of the garage and drove two blocks to the highway. It 36 from the suburbs into Central City. Immediately he joined the steam of early-morning 37 that was flowing towards town. As he drove, he 38 Leon Poole. Poole was an odd man, clever in some ways, very stupid in 39. Poole had been a respectable 40 in a town near Central City. He had arranged with another man to 41 the bank at a time when an unusually large amount of cash was being held there. The other man had walked into the bank, waved a 42 at Poole, who was on duty, and taken the 43 . Only three men had known when the money would be there, so it was 44 that someone inside the bank must have 45 the robbery. Sam, the detective in 46 of the case, questioned Poole and the others, and released them, but had them all 47 closely. Two days later Poole, thinking he was 48 under suspicion(怀疑), arranged a meeting with the actual robber, who was a known criminal. The 49 arrested the robber and got a confession(坦白) from him. He 50 Poole as the man who had planned the whole thing.
The three officers who went to 51 the fat, soft, bank clerk didn’t expect trouble. 52 Leon Poole turned out to have a gun, and 53 it when they knocked at his door. His 54 hit one of the officers in the arm. 55 they had gone in after him, shooting.
36.A. led B. escaped      C. jumped      D. suffered
37.A. airline   B. traffic C. exercise      D. train
38.A. dealt with     B. talked with C. thought of  D. met with
39.A. rest       B. mind   C. action D. others
40.A. salesman       B. shop assistant     C. bank clerk  D. sales manager
41.A. defend   B. protect       C. rob     D. damaged
42.A. pole      B. finger C. stick   D. gun
43.A. money   B. interest       C. counter      D. car
44.A. doubtful       B.obvious       C. uncertain    D. important
45.A. planned B. prevented   C. hidden       D. blamed
46.A. place     B. possession  C. charge D. search
47.A. followed       B. watched     C. stood  D. communicated
48.A. no longer      B. on earth     C. once again  D. all the time
49.A. clerk     B. army   C. police D. firefighter
50.A. owned   B. named C. directed      D. grasped
51.A. visit      B. frighten      C. invite  D. arrest
52.A. Since    B. Meanwhile C. But     D. Although
53.A. threw    B. fired   C. stole   D. hid
54.A. sound    B. strength      C. anger  D. bullet
55.A. Basically      B. Naturally    C. Namely      D. Comfortably

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