13. 无锡市07届高三第三次高考模拟测试
Mrs. Harrington was glad to be
back at the block of flats where she lived. Her shopping had tired her. In the 36 her thoughts were on lunch and a
good rest; but when she got out at her own floor, both were forgotten in her 37
discovery that front door was 38 . She was thinking she must blame
her daily _39_ the next morning for such a terrible piece of
carelessness, when she remembered that she had _40 _ both keys in their
locks. She walked slowly into the hall and at once noticed that all the _4l_ were open, yet following her
regular practice she had shut them before going out. Looking into the drawing
room, she saw a scene of _42_ over her writing desk. It was as clear as
daylight then that her flat had been broken into during her _43_. Her
first angry thought was to go _44_ all the rooms looking for the
thieves, but then she decided that at her age it might be more _45_ to
have someone with her, so she went to _46_ Mr. Johnson from the first
floor. By this time her legs were beginning to tremble, so she sat down and _47_
a cup of very strong tea while he telephoned the police.
Then they went back and through
the rooms, being careful to touch _ 48_ , as they didn't want to hinder(妨碍) the police in their search for_49_.
It seemed as though everything
she _50_ had been thrown out and turned
over and over. Then a police
officer arrived with a policeman and she told them of her _51_ of her robbed flat. The police
officer began to look for fingerprints, while the policeman _52_ that the front door locks had not been _53_, which proved that the thieves
had either used some _54_ or entered over the balcony (阳台). There was no trace of
fingerprints, but the officer found a dirty red pack that contained jewelry
which the old lady said was not hers. So the entry into this flat was _55_ not their first job that day.