Home Alone

It was Sunday afternoon. My brother and I were alone at home. My parents went for a party and asked me to look after my brother. I was doing my homework while my younger brother was watching TV. Suddenly the doorbell rang. Ding-Dong! My brother thought that it was our parents, so he opened the __24__ quickly.

A tall man wearing a black raincoat stood outside. He said that he came to sell books and he __25__ politely: “Are your parents at home?”

Without thinking, my brother said, “No.” Then the man asked: “Would you like to __26__ some story books?” I told him we didn’t want to buy. When I wanted to close the door, he suddenly pushed (推) the door very __27_ and came into our house. He took out a __28__ and ordered me to tie (绑) up my brother’s hands with a rope (绳子). I tied up his hands in a special way so my brother could untie __29__ easily. The man then tied my hands up and locked __30__ of us in the kitchen. Soon, he went upstairs to __31__ money. I taught my brother to untie the rope on his __32__. He then untied me. I rushed to the telephone to call the police, __33__ the line was dead. The doors were all locked from the outside. It was lucky that the man __34__ to lock the kitchen window. So we got out of the house through the kitchen window and went to the __35__ pay phone to call the police.

　　 Soon __36__ came to our house and the man was caught by the police. By that time, my parents had come home. We told them the whole story. My parents were __37__ that we were not hurt. They told me that we shouldn’t __38_ the door to strangers. I learnt a lesson on safety.

24. A. window　　　 　　B. door　　　　　 C. book　　 　　　　D. TV

25. A. asked　　　　　 　B. ask　　　　　　 C. answered　　 　　D. answer

26. A. lend　　　　 　　B. borrow　　　　 C. sell　　 　　　　D. buy

27. A. politely 　　　　　B. slowly　　　　　 C. heavily　　　 　　D. happily

28. A. kiss　　　　　 　　B. knife　　　　　 　C. gift　　　 　　D. pen

29. A. himself　　　 B. itself　　　　　 　C. herself　　　 D. themselves

30. A. most　　　　　　 B. some　　　　 　C. both　　　 　D. all

31. A. look at　　　　 　B. look after　　　 　C. look like　 　　D. look for

32. A. feet　　　　　 　　B. hands　　　　　 　C. mouth　　　 　D. legs

33. A. and　　　　　 　B. so　　　　　　　　 　C. or　　　 　　　　D. but

34. A. wanted　　　　 　B. liked　　 　　　　　C. forgot　　　　 　D. tried

35. A. farthest　　　 　B. nearest　　　 　C. largest　　　 D. smallest

36. A. my friends　　 B. the police　　　 C. the neighbors　 D. my parents

37. A. happy　　　　 　　B. angry　　　　　　　 C. sad　　　　 　D. tired

38. A. clean　　　 　　　B. close　　　 　　　　　C. lock　　　 　D. open

23.　Every　morning　Mr.　Smith　takes　a　_______　to　his　office.　

A.　20　minutes’　walks　　　B.　20　minute’s　walk　

　C.　20-minutes　walk　　D.　20-minute　walk　

22. He has two daughters. One is a nurse, 　　　　　is a worker.

A. other　 　　　　　　　　　 B. others　 　　　　　 C. the other　 　　　　　　 D. the others

21. - I’m thirsty. Can you give me 　　　　　water?

- Sorry, I don’t have 　　　　

A. some; some　　　　　　　　　 B. some; any　　　　　　　

C. any; any　　　　　　　　　 　 D. any; some

20. The spring in Qingdao is much more beautiful than 　　　　　in Harbin.

　 　A. that　　 B. these　　 C. this　 D. those

19. - Is this 　　　　camera?

- No, 　　　　　is in the bag.

A. your; mine　 　　　　　 B. yours; my　 　　 　C. your; my　 　　　　 D. yours; mine

18. There _______ in today’s newspaper. A. is two pieces of news　 　 　B. are two pieces of new C. is two piece of news　 　 　 D. are two pieces of news

17. 　　　　　have been good friends for more than ten years.

A. He, you and I　 　　　　　　 　　　　B. I, you and he　 　　　 　　　

C. I, he and you　 　　　 　　　　　D. You, he and I