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Tom got along with all of his neighbors except the man who lived next door. The man never spoke to a              (1) and no one knew what he did for a living.
One day, when Tom came home f         (2) work, he found a diamond necklace outside his door. Tom wondered w         (3) it came from.
Tom t         (4) that perhaps someone had dropped the necklace, s          (5) he planned to take it to the police station the next day. He thought the police would be able to find the o          (6). Just then, the police came to Tom’s home and saw the necklace in his hand. Tom was very shocked when he was c        (7) with robbery. A policeman told him that a jewellery shop had been r         (8). A witness said that she had s         (9) someone run from the jewellery shop into Tom’s building right a          (10) the robbery.
Tom was not guilty, but how could he prove it?

Penny was a five-year-old girl. One day when she and her mother were in a department store, Penny saw a plastic pearl necklace (珍珠项链). What a beautiful necklace! She wanted it very much, so she begged（乞求）her mother to buy it for her. The mother said, “Well, I can buy you the necklace, but when we get home, we should discuss what you can do to pay for it. Can we do that?” Penny agreed with much happiness, and she got the necklace.
How much Penny loved the necklace! She wore it everywhere and every minute. Penny also did part - time jobs to make pocket money. She worked very hard. Soon she succeeded in paying off the price for the necklace.
Penny’s daddy knew how she tried her best to get the necklace. He also knew how much Penny cared about it. One night, he asked Penny if she loved him. “Sure, Daddy.” the little girl said. “Then how about giving me your necklace?” “Oh, no, Daddy! Not my necklace!” Penny cried. “Oh, dear, it’s fine.” her father gave her a kiss.
Several days later, Penny went to her daddy, with her lips(嘴唇) trembling(颤抖). “Here, Daddy. I love you.” She held out her hand. Inside it was the plastic pearl necklace that she loved so much.
When he saw this, Penny’s father smiled with surprise. He then pulled a cute box out of his pocket. Inside the box was a real and colourful pearl necklace, which was waiting for Penny for so long. 
【小题1】 One day, Penny___________ in a department store.

Miss Brown would never forget the night when she met a robber(抢劫者) many years ago.

That evening, she went to a birthday party which   1  until two o’clock in the morning. Miss Brown walked in the  2  street alone. Suddenly from the back of the dark building a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand ran out at her. “Good morning，lady.” the man said in a low voice, “I don’t think you wish to  3 here!” “What do you want?” “Your earrings. Take them  4 !”

Miss Brown suddenly had a   5 idea. She tried to cover her necklace with the collar(衣领)of her overcoat while she used the other hand to take off both of her earrings and then quickly   6 them on the ground.

“Take them and let me go,” she said. The robber thought that the girl didn’t like the earrings at all, only trying to   7 the necklace. The earrings would cost   8 , so he said, “Give me your necklace.”

“Oh, sir. It doesn’t cost much. Please let me wear it.”

“I am not that   9 . Quick!”

With shaking   10  , Miss Brown took off her necklace. As soon as the robber left, she picket up her earrings and ran as fast as she could to one of her friends.

The earrings cost 2000 pounds and the necklace which the robber had taken away cost only six pounds.

1.                A．ended         B．stayed          C．stopped D．lasted

2.                A．busy           B．quiet           C．noisy D．wide

3.                A．die            B．escape         C．fight D．sleep

4.                A．out            B．away           C．off  D．down

5.                A．funny          B．safe            C．brave    D．great

6.                A．handed         B．threw          C．passed   D．put

7.                A．own           B．keep           C．have D．get

8.                A．cheap          B．expensive       C．more     D．less

9.                A．afraid          B．angry          C．silly  D．bad

10.               A．hands          B．feet           C．head D．body

______ she stood up, she dropped the necklace.