25. A. dream B. story C. affair
D. incident
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The lecture on smoking was
over at last. As we boys were rushing towards the playground, Jim slipped by
the table. The watch, which Mrs Smith had 1 on the table as she started her
lecture, disappeared.
We
were 2 to go back for class again when the
headmaster called us 3 and said, "I've got a
little 4 for you boys. Mrs Smith has just
lost her watch on the playground. This kind of thing has happened 5 , she says---it just 6 off her wrist. So look around for it, will you? 7 if you're clever enough to find it.
Let's 8 it clear the boy who does 9 will get a useful reward. "
At once
we started looking for the watch. Everybody wished to be the 10 one. Suddenly, Jim stopped and
bent down as if to 11 something. And 12 he was in front of Mrs Smith, all
smiles, 13 the watch to her.
Mrs
Smith, however, didn't seem at all looked 14 .In fact, she looked angry. She took the
watch without 15 a
"Thank you".
Jim
got 16 ---a large piece of paper from the
headmaster, who 17 him to write a composition 18 the dangers of smoking. What could 19
Jim write about? He hadn't listened to the lecture and had nothing to
say on the 20 .