The thief led the police to a place behind the garage and told them that it was         he had buried the stolen money.

A. why         B. that          C. where         D. what.

Tom Smith was a writer. He wrote detective（侦探）stories for magazines. One evening he could not find an end for a story. He sat with his typewriter in front of him, but he had no ideas. So he decided to go to the cinema.

When he came back, he found that he had had a visitor. Someone had broken into his house. The man had had a drink, smoked several of Tom's cigarettes—and had read his story. The visitor left Tom a note:

I have read your story and I don't think much of it. Please read my suggestions and then you can finish it. By the way, I am a burglar（入屋盗窃者）, I am not going to steal anything tonight. But if you become a successful writer, I will return!

Tom read the burglar's suggestions. Then he sat down and wrote the rest of the story. He is still not a successful writer, and he is waiting for his burglar to return. Before he goes out in the evening, he always leaves a half —finished story near his typewriter．

60. Tom Smith wrote about _____________.

A. soldiers             B. children      C.  policeman       D. animals

61. Tom went to the cinema because _____________.

A. he was feeling lazy              B. he could not finish a story

C. he hoped to get ideas           D. he wanted to meet a visitor

62. The man broke into Tom's house _____________.

A. to see Tom                   B. to steal something

C. to read Tom's story             D. to have a drink

63. The man _____________ in his house.

A. left Tom some advice             B. drank a cup of tea   

C. left Tom some money                    D. paid for his cigarettes

64. Tom is waiting for the thief to return _____________.

A. to get more ideas from him            B. to have stories stolen

C. to be robbed more often              D. to meet him      

Carl lost his job. The poor man had so little money that he spent his days at home. He watched his neighbor’s room, where an old professor lived, He found that the room was full of antique（古董）furniture and vases. Then an idea came up to his mind, “Why not take an antique vase? l could sell it for a lot of money. ”

Carl had an old gun. It had been his great-grandfather’s favorite thing long time before. Carl didn’t want to use the gun but he thought, “Anything could happen.” He wanted to hide the gun under his coat but it was too long, so he cut the end off.

The next morning he watched the professor leaving home. Carl broke the window and entered the house. He reached his hands towards a vase when he heard a noise. Someone entered the house. lt was the professor. He had forgotten to take an important document (文件). Carl became afraid and pulled out the gun. “ l haven’t stolen anything. Don’t come near or l’ll shoot,” cried Carl. “With that gun?” asked the professor, “ you can’t shoot with that antique gun. Its place is in a museum.”

“Really?” asked Carl. “How much is it worth?”

“lt was worth about 17,000 dollars,” said the professor, “but now you can get 10 dollars for it.”

“Why?” asked Carl.

The professor said, “Because its end is missing.”

1．According to the passage, Carl wanted to steal because　　　　　 .

A．He was interested in collecting antique vases and furniture　

B．He hated his neighbor very much

C．He needed money at the time　　　　　 D．He is a professional thief

2．The reason for Carl cut the end of the gun off is that　　　 .

A．the end of the gun was useless　 B．the gun was too long for him to hide

C．the end cost a lot of money　 　 D．the end of the gun was broken

3．Why did the professor come back?　　　

A．He returned back for a document　　　　　 B．He was free that day

C．He found something wrong in his house　　 D．He saw Carl enter his house

Ruben lived in a small village. There was no school there and he had to study in a school in the town. It was nearly five kilometres away from his village. His father couldn't buy a bike for him and he had to go to school on foot. He got up early in the morning. Usually he had to run there in order not to miss the first class. He kept running every day and it was helpful to him. He's strong and tall now and he ran faster than any other man in his village. He took part in several sports meetings and won some medals. The young man is proud of（以……自豪）it and always wants to have a race with others.

One day his mother was ill and his father told him to buy some medicine for headache in the town. The young man got there soon. There were many people in the chemist's shop while he was waiting there. And when his turn came, he could't find his money. An old woman hinted（暗示）a young man had stolen it. He saw the thief had already left the shop. He ran towards him quickly. The thief found it and began to run. He was happy and tried to catch up with him.

“Let's have a race and see who will run faster, ”Ruben called out behind.

Soon after that he caught up with the thief. But he didn't stop and went on running. At a crossing one of his friends asked, “What are you running for, Ruben? ”

“I'm running after（追）a thief. ”

“Where's the thief, then? ”

“He wants to show that he'll run faster than me, but he's fallen behind!”

Ruben had to run to school because ____.    [    ]

A. he had no bike

B. he hoped to win some medals

C. his village was a little far from the school

D. he was afraid to be late for class

____ , so he won some medals.     [    ]

A. Ruben is good at running

B. Ruben went to school on time

C. Ruben often took part in the sports meetings.

D. Ruben likes to have a race with others

The phrase “a chemist's shop”in the story means ____.  [    ]

A. 化工商店  B. 药店  C. 化工厂    D. 制药厂

Ruben's money was stolen ____.   [    ]

A. on his way to the town

B. before he went in the shop

C. when he was waiting in the shop

D. after he had left the shop

Ruben was happy because ____.   [    ]

A. he could easily catch the thief

B. he had a chance（机会）to have a race

C. he knew who had stolen his money

D. he would win another medal that day