On his way home, Harry forgot about the whistle (口哨)   1   pocket. He stopped for a coffee in a noisy shopping center. As he searched his pocket for money, he   2  the whistle in his pocket. When he had sat at his table he took it out to look at it. It was still dirty. He gently cleaned away the dirt. There was something  3   on the whistle. The marks looked like writing. He looked more closely and   4   some old Chinese writing. There was very little of it. All it said was: BE STILL.

      Be still? How extraordinary!   5   did it mean? He looked at the whistle again. It was the kind that one blew from the top, like a football whistle. He wondered if it would still work. The thought came into his mind that he wanted to  6__ The whistle had not been blown  7   it had been placed in the pot all those years before. He would blow it. It was small—it would not make much noise. Nobody would _8_. So he put it into his mouth and blew.

     To his surprise, the whistle gave a thin, clear note (音调) that was   9   than he had expected.

     Then there was silence. Complete silence.

     Harry noticed something else, too. Everything was __10__. Nothing was moving. There was no noise, and no movement, anywhere.

      Nothing.

1. A. in              B. outside             C. on             D. at

2. A. heard           B. met                C. left            D. felt

3. A. spoken          B. written             C. saying          D. says

4. A. found           B. recognized          C. read            D. decided

5. A. When           B. Which              C. What           D. How

6. A. speak           B. blow                C. destroy          D. keep

7. A. but             B. when               C. while           D. since

8. A. notice           B. see                 C. look            D. listen

9. A. smaller          B. louder              C. prettier          D. faster

10. A. still             B. stop                C. moving         D. dead