Many years ago there lived a young couple in a small town. The husband was out of job for a long time and the wife  21 make a living by sewing for others. They were so poor that there was almost nothing in the house but a jar under a   22  table, in   23  was a little rice  24 from their neighbor for the coming New Year. 25 New Year’s Eve, the wife had already fallen asleep, but the husband was   26  in bed, worrying about the life. Suddenly he heard something. In the darkness he saw a man breaking into the room.

“It   27  be a thief.” He thought, “but it  28  matter, there is nothing that can be 29  .” So he  30   to be asleep and kept watching over the thief.

  The thief began to 31 the room. At last he found the rice in the jar.

  “But   32 can I take it away?” the thief thought hard. Then he had an idea. He 33 his coat and spread it on the ground between the bed and the table. After that he turned round to take the jar.

  Now the husband realized what the thief 34  . He picked up the coat quickly and 35 himself with it while the thief was turning around.

  The thief 36  the jar, poured the rice out on the place where he had just spread his coat and squatted (蹲) down to feel it. But to his surprise, his coat had   37  .

  “Hey”, he couldn’t help 38   out. The  39   woke up the wife. She asked her husband, “Did you hear any sound? Maybe there is a thief in the room.”

  “ Nonsense(胡说)!” replied her husband. “Go back to sleep. There is no thief in the room.”

  “No, that’s  40  ,” the thief shouted loudly. “If there isn’t a thief, then, where’s my coat?”

21  A. was able to   B. wanted to         C. had to      D. would

22.  A. good        B. old              C. nice         D. broken

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

24.  A. borrowed     B. asked             C. lent          D. taken

25.  A. During       B. At              C. In           D. On 

26.  A. working     B. sewing          C. lying       D. thinking

27.  A. will          B. must             C. can          D. may

28.  A. isn’t         B. wasn’t          C. doesn’t      D. didn’t

29.  A. lost          B. carried           C. destroyed   D. stolen

30.  A. pretended    B. tried             C. decided      D. started

31.  A. look into      B. search           C. discover   D. examine

32.  A. what         B. when             C. why         D. how

33.  A. used         B. took off         C. put on        D. brought

34.  A. had done     B. did                  C. would do      D. could do

35.  A. hung         B. covered         C. studied      D. dressed

36.  A. shook        B. laid             C. lifted        D. touched

37.  A. lost        B. missed         C . left     D. disappeared  

38.  A. to cry       B. crying            C. to jump      D. jumping[

39.  A. sound       B. voice             C. noise        D. saying

40.  A. right       B. all right         C. nothing      D.impossible

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