According to Andrew, it never would have happened if he had not had a flat tire on Highway 10 last night at about 7:30. He was on his way to attend a three-day sales meeting when he had the flat. tyre. Unfortunately, he did not have a spare, so he pushed the car off the road, locked it up, and managed to thumb a ride back to Pine Grove. It was after eleven o'clock when he finally got home, and it was then that his real problems started.
When Andrew left home at about 5:30, he had told his wife not to expect him back until Thursday or Friday. Knowing that his wife was nervous about staying in the house alone at night, Andrew took the precaution of checking all the windows in the house to be sure they were locked, so that he could report to his wife that the house was secure. He convinced his wife that the house was burglar-proof, and that she would be perfectly safe, providing she bolted （闩上）the front door as soon as he drove away.
Andrew's only thought as he made his way in the dark to his front door was how surprised his wife was going to be to see him, since he was not supposed to be back until Thursday or Friday. He had forgotten about the bolt on the front door. When he turned his key in the lock and the door wouldn't budge, he remembered the bolt. And he remembered that he had carefully locked all of the windows.
Although Andrew didn't know it at the time, a next-door neighbor had seen him approaching the house and had watched him go up the steps to the front door. In the dark, it was impossible for the neighbor to recognize Andrew, and, besides, the neighbor knew that Andrew had gone out-of-town for a three-day meeting. As a matter of fact, Andrew had asked the neighbor to keep an eye on the house while he was gone.
Finding that he couldn't get in, Andrew began pounding（砰砰地敲） on the front door to get his wife to open the door. According to Andrew, however, his wife is a very sound sleeper, and he knew it was going to be hard to wake her up. In the meantime, because of all the noise he had been making, the neighbor was convinced that somebody was trying to break into the house; so she called the police.
When we talked to Andrew at the country jail this morning, he said that he still didn't understand how the police managed to circle the house without his seeing them. He stated that he had decided the only way to get in was to break one of the dining room windows, and that he was about, to hurl his briefcase into the window to break it when two of the officers grabbed him from behind.
Andrew could not make the officers believe that he lived there; so they took him off to jail. Apparently, he did succeed in convincing them that they ought to wake up the woman in the house to check his story. But there was no answer when they knocked at the door. He tried to explain to them that his wife was a very sound sleeper, but they concluded there was nobody in the house.
【小题1】As Andrew had a flat tyre on the way, he          .

According to Andrew, it never would have happened if he had not had a flat tire on Highway 10 last night at about 7:30. He was on his way to attend a three-day sales meeting when he had the flat. tyre. Unfortunately, he did not have a spare, so he pushed the car off the road, locked it up, and managed to thumb a ride back to Pine Grove. It was after eleven o'clock when he finally got home, and it was then that his real problems started.
When Andrew left home at about 5:30, he had told his wife not to expect him back until Thursday or Friday. Knowing that his wife was nervous about staying in the house alone at night, Andrew took the precaution of checking all the windows in the house to be sure they were locked, so that he could report to his wife that the house was secure. He convinced his wife that the house was burglar-proof, and that she would be perfectly safe, providing she bolted （闩上）the front door as soon as he drove away.
Andrew's only thought as he made his way in the dark to his front door was how surprised his wife was going to be to see him, since he was not supposed to be back until Thursday or Friday. He had forgotten about the bolt on the front door. When he turned his key in the lock and the door wouldn't budge, he remembered the bolt. And he remembered that he had carefully locked all of the windows.
Although Andrew didn't know it at the time, a next-door neighbor had seen him approaching the house and had watched him go up the steps to the front door. In the dark, it was impossible for the neighbor to recognize Andrew, and, besides, the neighbor knew that Andrew had gone out-of-town for a three-day meeting. As a matter of fact, Andrew had asked the neighbor to keep an eye on the house while he was gone.
Finding that he couldn't get in, Andrew began pounding（砰砰地敲） on the front door to get his wife to open the door. According to Andrew, however, his wife is a very sound sleeper, and he knew it was going to be hard to wake her up. In the meantime, because of all the noise he had been making, the neighbor was convinced that somebody was trying to break into the house; so she called the police.
When we talked to Andrew at the country jail this morning, he said that he still didn't understand how the police managed to circle the house without his seeing them. He stated that he had decided the only way to get in was to break one of the dining room windows, and that he was about, to hurl his briefcase into the window to break it when two of the officers grabbed him from behind.
Andrew could not make the officers believe that he lived there; so they took him off to jail. Apparently, he did succeed in convincing them that they ought to wake up the woman in the house to check his story. But there was no answer when they knocked at the door. He tried to explain to them that his wife was a very sound sleeper, but they concluded there was nobody in the house.

1. 1.

   As Andrew had a flat tyre on the way, he          .

   1. A.
      had to take another car to attend the meeting
   2. B.
      rode on a bike to attend the meating
   3. C.
      asked for a lift to go back home
   4. D.
      borrowed a car to go back home
2. 2.

   When Andrew was approaching the house        .

   1. A.
      he was sure he would pleasently surprise his wife
   2. B.
      he was deep in thought
   3. C.
      he was sure that his neighbor would help him
   4. D.
      he was worried about how to wake his wife up
3. 3.

   The  underlined word “budge” in Paragraph 3 probably means           .

   1. A.
      move slightly
   2. B.
      lock tightly
   3. C.
      knock lightly
   4. D.
      close tightly
4. 4.

   Why did the police officers take Andrew off to jail?

   1. A.
      It was too late for them to contact Andrew’s wife.
   2. B.
      Andrew did not explain clearly why he broke into the house.
   3. C.
      They thought it unnecessary to check Andrew’s story.
   4. D.
      they concluded that Andrew’s story was a complete invention.

    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

Last Tuesday I took my two daughters, aged five and seven, to town by car．It began to rain__1__ so I decided I would leave the children in the car__2__ I rushed into a shop．I warned the girls not to __3__ anything and told them I would be __4__ within a few minutes．Then I locked all the doors and left __5__happily looking out of the window.

   I returned to the car in less than five minutes but the girls had __6__! I could hardly believe my __7__．The car doors were __8__ locked, the windows tightly shut and on the back seat __9__only two coats．Being __10__, I ran to the corner of the street __11__ there was no sign of them．I __12__up to an old lady nearby and asked __13__ she had seen two small girls but she said “No”.

Feeling quite sick with fear, I sat on the driver’s seat, and __14__ to stop trembling(发抖)．Suddenly, I __15__ a merry laugh _16__ me．I got out of the car, ran round to open the boot(车尾行李箱) and __17__ were two very red-face and __18__ children．They had obviously pulled out the back seat, __19__ behind it and then been unable to push the seat forward again．__20__ tears in my eyes, I leaned forward and pulled their ears.

1.A．heavy                      B．hard                    C．big                      D．hardly

2.A．before                     B．since                   C．after                   D．which

3.A．talk                         B．reach                  C．hear                    D．touch

4.A．away                       B．out                      C．back                   D．along

5.A．them                       B．her                      C．herself                D．themselves

6.A．discovered               B．disappeared          C．described            D．delivered

7.A．ears                        B．words                 C．eyes                    D．heads

8.A．even                        B．again                   C．already                D．still

9.A．have                        B．were                   C．had                     D．are

10.A．foolish                   B．proud                  C．frightened            D．pleased

11.A．where                    B．which                 C．that                     D．when

12.A．arrived                   B．looked                 C．rushed                D．left

13.A．what                     B．when                  C．whether              D．how

14.A．tried                      B．had                     C．tired                    D．ought

15.A．felt                        B．listened                C．smelt                  D．heard

16.A．behind                   B．over                    C．before                 D．with

17.A．outside                  B．among                 C．inside                  D．between

18.A．worried                 B．excited                C．surprised             D．interested

19.A．climbed                 B．flew                    C．threw                  D．jumped

20.A．For                       B．About                  C．With                   D．Down

It was already late when we set out for the next town,   36   according to the map was about fifteen miles away on the other side of the   37  ．There we felt   38   that we would find a bed   39  the night．Darkness fell soon after we left the village, but luckily we met   40  as we drove fast along the narrow winding road that__41_ the hills．As we climbed  42  , it became colder and rain began to fall,   43  it difficult at times to see the road．I asked John, my companion, to drive more  44 ．

After we had traveled for about twenty miles, there was still no sign of the town which was   45  on the map．We were beginning to get   46  ．Then without warning, the car stopped．A quick   47  showed that we had run out of petrol（汽油）．Although we had little food with us, we decided to  48  the night in the car．

Our meal was soon over．I tried to go to sleep at once,   49  John, who was a   50  sleeper, got out of the car after a few minutes and went for a walk   51   the hills．Soon he came back．From the top of the hill he had seen, in the valley below, the   52  of the town we were looking for．We at once unloaded（卸）all our luggage（行李）and with a great effort（努力）,  53  to push the car to the top of the hill．Then we went back to the luggage, loaded the car again and set off down the hill．  54   less than a quarter of an hour we were in the town, where we found a 55   quite easily．

36．A．where              B．it                    C．which               D．that

37．A．rivers                     B．villages          C．towns              D．hills

38．A．surprised           B．sure             C．pleased             D．afraid

39．A．for               B．in                    C．through             D．at

40．A．everybody          B．somebody            C．anybody             D．nobody

41．A．got to              B．led to                 C．arrived             D．belonged to

42．A．taller               B．lower                 C．higher              D．faster

43．A．．making           B．thinking               C．causing            D．getting

44．A．certainly           B．carefully              C．surely            D．slowly

45．A．built          B．set                  C．marked           D．drawn

46．A．excited             B．warm                 C．cold                D．worried

47．A．attention            B．examination          C．operation           D．information

48．A．spare              B．live                 C．spend              D．stay

49．A．since               B．but                    C．so                  D．though

50．A．quick               B．fast                 C．heavy              D．poor

51．A．across             B．through              C．up                 D．down

52．A．situation            B．map                C．bus                 D．lights

53．A．ought               B．tried                 C．managed            D．succeeded

54．A．Since              B．For                 C．In                  D．At

55．A．policeman           B．hotel                  C．friend              D．cinema