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Can you think of anyone who's house was here?

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　“Floyd, bring me the vase from the dining-room, the one with the pink-and-white lines on it．I want to have these roses decorating your Momma's room．There's nobody I know who loves flowers more than your Momma．”

　Having done so, Floyd skipped (jumped with short steps) across the kitchen floor to the screen door．“When do you think they'll be here? What time did Uncle Herman leave? Do you think Momma will be back home?”

　“I say, boy,”laughed Aunt Josie, “how do you expect me to answer all those questions at once? You're just a walking question mark this morning．”

　“I'm sorry, Aunt Josie, Momma used to say that I asked more questions than a riddle（谜语）book when I was little．When do you think they'll be here?”

　Aunt Josie arranged (put in order) the flowers in the vase．“I expect they'll be here by the time you get back from putting these flowers in your Momma's room．”

　Hardly had the vase been set on Arlene's table when the boy heard a car drive up to the house．Quickly he ran out into the yard, where he saw a dark, thin woman sitting in the back seat, her head raised against pillows（枕头）．

(1) From the passage we can see that Arlene was ______．　　　

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A．Aunt Josie's mother

B．Uncle Herman's wife

C．Floyd's mother

D．the women who had Floyd bring back the vase

(2) Which of the following sentences is untrue?　　　

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A．Floyd's mother was very fond of flowers

B．Before Floyd was asked to bring back the vase, he had already known his mother would be back

C．Aunt Josie thought of Floyd as a walking question mark

D．Floyd's mother had the same opinion of Floyd as Aunt Josie

(3) The underlined word "decorating" in the first paragraph means “______”．

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A．putting in　　　B．growing

C．taking up　　　D．making beautiful

(4) According to the passage we can guess that ______．　　　

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A．Floyd thought Aunt Josie had more questions than anyone else

B．Floyd's mother was coming back from a hospital

C．Floyd heard a car drive up before he had time to set the vase

D．a dark, thin woman was sitting in the back seat supporting Floyd's mother with pillows

(5) The writer wrote the story to ______．　　　

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A．give an opinion about boys who ask questions

B．present a picture of a family scene

C．advise you to act like Floyd

D．give you information about roses

At 4:00 A.M. on Sunday morning, my friend, Tim, awoke me. He was sleeping in the living room right next to the front door and said there was a man pounding on my front door and screaming. At first, I was like, "Shut up and leave me alone," but then I heard one of the scariest voices of my life. The man sounded of Spanish descent (血统), older, and in pain.

I was home alone for the week, so I had two guns loaded with bullets. I had a rifle (步枪) next to my bed and a shotgun next to my front door. I grabbed my rifle. Tim asked me, "What are you doing?"

"Getting my gun, what do you think I'm doing?" I asked.

As I headed down the hall towards the front door, I remembered Chad, my older brother, telling me to protect myself when he left. Immediately, I grabbed the shotgun and gave it to Tim. Thinking that it might scare the person off, I went to my back door and shot my rifle into the dark cold sky. However, this did not work. "Protect yourself, Sarah," kept going through my head. The man kept yelling and pounding on my door. I would have just opened the door, but I watched too many "America's Most Wanted" shows, where that is how they get the little girls to open the door. So, I then called 911 myself.

The operator said, "911. What is your emergency?"

I replied, "My name is Sarah Miller and I am at Juniper Lane in Hotchkiss and there is a man beating on my front door and telling me to let him in." That was the start of all the excitement. I continued to tell her what was going on and what had already gone on. Our conversation was still going when I heard the man walk off my door. During this time, the police were having a discussion of whether they should respond to the call. When I heard the man walk off my door, I thought that he was going to leave.

I was still on the phone when I heard the man in my basement. "Protect yourself, Sarah," went through my head again. The basement stairs lead right up to a door entering our house. We leave our garage door open to cool off our house when the weather is good. The man was yelling, "Help me" from the bottom of the stairs. I walked over and made sure the door was locked and made sure there was a bullet in the rifle. I stood there with the phone in one hand and my trusty old rifle in the other just waiting for him to start coming up the stairs.

My conversation with the operator went from "Hi, how are you now?" to "What are you doing to help me here?" About this time, the operator told me that the policeman should be at the bottom of my driveway, so I turned on all of the lights, inside and outside. I still had my rifle in my hands when the policeman walked up the stairs to my front door. "Did you see an older Spanish man walking down my driveway by any chance?" I asked him.

"Um, no," he answered. I then asked him if he had seen anyone in the basement, and again he said, "No". So at this time, he went back down the stairs and approached my garage. For some reason, I knew that there was still someone in there. I crouched (猫着腰) down to where I could see into the garage / basement area. As the policeman approached the basement, he yelled, "Whoa, put your hands up. Freeze."

"I’ve got you," were the first words out of my mouth; I don't know what I was thinking. After this happened, I realized that those words weren't exactly the smartest choice of words. About this time, another policeman pulled into my driveway with his lights on followed by a police officer. As I approached the basement with my rifle, I was worried about what I would see. What I saw will always stick with me forever. A poor twenty-nine year old Spanish man was crapping (拉屎) there, and I almost shot him because he was coming to my house to find help. His face was all bloody, his nose was broken, his clothes were torn, and worst of all, he didn't speak English, and none of the policemen who were there spoke Spanish. I had taken three years of Spanish before, so I translated what the Spanish guy, Jose, was saying to the policemen. About this time an ambulance came up my driveway with its lights on. So, I had three police cars and an ambulance, all with their lights on, in my driveway. I'm sure my neighbors all came out, since nothing had ever happened in my small community.

I did protect myself that night. My brother was right when he said that you could never be too careful. "Wake up Sarah. It's time for school," my mom said a couple of mornings later. That is how I prefer to be woken up. I will always have a loaded gun next to my bed after this incident.

55. The moment Tim awoke her, the author ______.

A. screamed            B. felt annoyed     C. heard the voice           D. grabbed the rifle

56. Why did the author go to the back door and shot into the sky?

A. Because she wanted to scare the man off.   B. Because she wanted to kill the man.

C. Because she wanted to call for help.       D. Because she wanted to remind the police.

57. The Spanish man pounded the author’s door so early ______.

A. to practise speaking English                            B. to meet his old friend

C. to seek help                                            D. to hide himself

58. By saying “That was the start of all the excitement”, maybe the author ______.

A. thought they talked too much exciting things

B. was excited that she could talk with the operator

C. was sure that the police would come

D. wanted to say their conversation lasted a long time

59. What did the author learn from the incident?

A. She regretted what she had done to the Spanish

B. She felt it fortunate to know a little Spanish

C. She thought it couldn’t be too careful about her safety.

D. She would never live alone in a big house.

60. Which of the following can be used as the title of this passage?

A. Make ends meet      B. As busy as a bee    C. A piece of cake    D. A false alarm