Not everyone has a chance to be a detective. But I got one when I was thirteen years old. It happened in 1988.

One afternoon, I was walking down the street when I saw my father’s new car. I ___31___ to see my father, but to my surprise, I saw a young woman driving instead. “She has stolen my father’s car,” I thought. So I quickly stopped a taxi and got in. I said to the driver, “Fol­low that new car ___32__ ,” and I told him why. The taxi driver had a car phone, so I asked him to call the police. Soon we heard the ___33___ of a police car and its loudspeaker. The police told the woman to stop her car. Our car Came to a stop, too. I ___34___ right then and said to the woman, “It’s not your car. It’s my __35___” The woman smiled and said, “Oh. You’re Mr. Johnson’s younger son, right? I’ve even seen your photo in your father’s office.” Before I could say ___36___ word, the woman explained that she was my father’s new assis­tant. My father had asked her to take his computer to the shop to have it ___37___. He lent her his car. After hearing her words, we called my father and he told us what she said was ___38___ The police and the taxi driver laughed. I ____39___ very sorry. It was both the first and the last time I worked as a ____40____. Don’t you think my story is funny?

31. A. expect  B. expected   C. think  D. thought

32. A. after B. in front C. at the back D. at the back of

33. A. noise   B. voice     C. cry   D. sound

34. A. got in  B. got into    C. got out        D. got away

35. A. father  B. mother        C. mother’s   D. father’s

36. A. another B. other      C. else       D. others

37. A. repair  B. repaired   C. repairs        D. repairing

38. A. wrong  B. really     C. true      D. truly

39. A. felt        B. feel       C. fell       D. fallen

40. A. student  B. policeman    C. driver D. detective

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