Evening came．It was time for Mr. Bell to close his shop．He was checking his money．His son Tom，who was 15，had just gone outside to buy a newspaper．Just then，a big man walked ___1___ the shop．He had a gun in his hand．

When Tom came back，he could hear the man asking his father for ___2___．Tom could see the gun in the man's hand，but the man didn't ___3___ or hear Tom．

Tom hurried up the street．He looked for the police，___4___ he didn't see any．Then Tom saw an old baseball bat lying in the street．“Maybe this will help，” he thought．He ran ___5___ with it．

His father was just giving some of the money to the man．The man was watching Tom's father．Tom knew he could not ___6___ any longer．“Now is the time．I must do it now．” Tom went up to the man and knocked him down ___7___ the bat．

Tom and his father then ran outside．This time they got the ___8___ and told them what ___9___．The police ___10___ went to the shop and caught the man．

1．A．out of                B．around              C．into             D．down

2．A．paper                 B．water                C．money            D．food

3．A．know                B．catch              C．meet                  D．see

4．A．but                  B．so                 C．for               D．or

5．A．back                 B．over                C．away              D．past

6．A．hold          B．wait                C．rest               D．watch

7．A．by                   B．from                C．without             D．with

8．A．neighbors              B．police               C．friends            D．children

9．A．happened              B．happens                  C．has happened         D．is happening

10．A．quick               B．quickly              C．fast                D．fastly