Two thieves came to a house to steal something. They dug a hole in the wall of the house.

　　There lived many mice in the house. The woman in the house saw a mouse crawl(爬行) into the house in the moonlight. “Look! In comes one,” she said to the man in the house. The thief was so frightened that he hurriedly crawled out of the house and said to the one waiting outside, “She found me when I was just in.” But the thief outside didn’t believe him, so he said, “Let us try to crawl into the house together.” At that time two mice happened to crawl into the house, too. The woman saw the mice and shouted, “In come two, catch them!” The two thieves were terribly frightened. The man in the house said, “You saw them come in but where are they? I will catch them tonight.” The two thieves started running away at once.

　　The two thieves wanted to make it clear whether they had been found or not the night before. The next day they acted as men selling sweet potatoes and came before the house. The man and the woman were ploughing in their fields. The rope broke and the woman came home for a rope. She saw two men selling sweet potatoes and wanted to buy some. She picked out two which looked like mice. At the time the man couldn’t wait for her any longer in the fields and he ran back from the fields to hurry her up. The woman showed the sweet potatoes to the man and said, “How they look like the two of last night.” The man said, “I asked you to fetch a rope, why don’t you hurry for it?” The two thieves ran away very quickly without their sweet potatoes.

1.The two thieves failed to steal anything from the house because _____.

2.From the last paragraph, we know that _____.

3.When the woman said, “How they look like the two of last night!” _____.

4.“____________”is the best title for this passage.

5.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

　　Paris, Jan. ll--An armored car robbery last night ended in a wild gun battle that left two men dead and a hostage（人质）seriously wounded.

　　The drama began when an armored car carrying the contents of safe deposit boxes to a bank was struck by a large truck, police said.

　　The bank guards were helpless when the robbers jumped out of the truck and tied them up. The thieves used heavy tools and explosives to break open the armored car.

　　A passing police car turned to investigate the accident as the men were removing the contents of the armored car. Police said the three robbers fled on foot across the nearby highway.

　　Stopping a private car driven by a teenaged girl, the three headed for central Paris with the police car in hot pursuit.

　　A plainclothes policeman saw the car as it drove through the street of the Latin Quarter. The policeman tried to stop the car, but the thieves started shooting at him, a witness said.

　　The girl hostage tried to slip away. Just as she was crawling away from the car, she was hit by a bullet. Police said she was out of danger at Central Hospital.

　　The gunmen gave up the car and got into a shop, pouring fire on more than 50 policemen that surrounded the building. After a wild gun battle, police broke into the room. They only found two of the gunmen both seriously wounded. The third thief was believed to have escaped with over $ 1.3 million in cash and jewels.

(1)Which of the following statements is TRUE?

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A．The bank guards shot at the robbers jumping out of the truck.

B．A large truck struck a police armored car carrying boxes of cash and jewels

C．The three robbers fled on foot across a nearby highway because the truck broke down.

D．The three robbers blasted the armored car and began to take the contents away from it.

(2)A plainclothes policeman is ______.

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A．a policeman but he can't use guns

B．a policeman whose job is to control traffic

C．a policeman who doesn't wear a uniform

D．not a policeman but a soldier

(3)When the fierce gun battle ended, ______.

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A．the three robbers were shot dead

B．the police failed to get back all the contents in the armored car

C．the police got back what they wanted

D．two of the robbers were seriously wounded and more than 50 policemen were killed

(4)This piece of news is mainly about ______.

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A．how a young girl got seriously wounded

B．a gun battle between the policemen and the robbers

C．a bank robbery in Paris on Jan. 11

D．three gunmen's robbery of an armored car in the street

Two thieves came to a house to steal something. They dug a hole in the wall of the house.
　　There lived many mice in the house. The woman in the house saw a mouse crawl(爬行) into the house in the moonlight. “Look! In comes one,” she said to the man in the house. The thief was so frightened that he hurriedly crawled out of the house and said to the one waiting outside, “She found me when I was just in.” But the thief outside didn’t believe him, so he said, “Let us try to crawl into the house together.” At that time two mice happened to crawl into the house, too. The woman saw the mice and shouted, “In come two, catch them!” The two thieves were terribly frightened. The man in the house said, “You saw them come in but where are they? I will catch them tonight.” The two thieves started running away at once.
　　The two thieves wanted to make it clear whether they had been found or not the night before. The next day they acted as men selling sweet potatoes and came before the house. The man and the woman were ploughing in their fields. The rope broke and the woman came home for a rope. She saw two men selling sweet potatoes and wanted to buy some. She picked out two which looked like mice. At the time the man couldn’t wait for her any longer in the fields and he ran back from the fields to hurry her up. The woman showed the sweet potatoes to the man and said, “How they look like the two of last night.” The man said, “I asked you to fetch a rope, why don’t you hurry for it?” The two thieves ran away very quickly without their sweet potatoes.
【小题1】The two thieves failed to steal anything from the house because _____.