_______ we call the First Aid Centre, the doctors _______ by and by.?

A．No sooner; would come	B．Soon after; would come
C．Shortly; are coming	D．Immediately; will come

 

________ he realized it was too late to return home .

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A．No sooner it grew dark when

B．Hardly it grew dark than

C．It was not until dark that

D．While it grew dark that

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　　There was great excitement at Thorby police station. The Inspector had received a phone call from an informer (通报者). The man said that a gang (帮、团伙) intended to rob the main post office. He even told the Inspector the date and time for which the robbery was planned. The Thorby police were not used to serious crimes (罪). Except for occasional cases of apple stealing, their peace was seldom disturbed. Hardly did anything more serious happen.

　　The robbery was going to take place at two o'clock on market day. The informer said that one of the gang would have a revolver. This worried the Inspector most of all. On market days,the street near the post office was always crowded. There was danger that someone might be killed. It was the most difficult case the Inspector had ever had.

　　The Inspector wanted to make sure the gang was caught and he made preparation carefully. He ordered his men to wear ordinary clothes so that some of them could mix with the people in the post office. Others were to be in the street outside to prevent the gang from escaping. On the day that the robbery was to take place, all was ready. At two o'clock, a large black car was parked in front of the post office. Three men, with handkerchiefs over their faces, jumped out and ran into the post office. Two of them stayed by the door. The third went up to the counter and pulled out a revolver. No sooner had I done this then the Inspector blew his whistle. The man standing at the counter immediately put the revolver back in his pocket and pulled the handkerchief from his face. “Could I have a five-penny stamp. please? ”he said. “You will have to tell a better story than that to the Judge.”the Inspector said. “And anyway, there is no parking in front of the post office. ”

1．From the story, we may conclude that the Inspector was a very ________ man.

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A．funny and careful

B．humorous and careful

C．exciting and hardworking

D．strict and serious

2．The Inspector was worried most of all because ________ .

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A．he was not used to serious crimes

B．it was a very difficult case

C．the robbers had a revolver

D．the post office was in a busy street

3．What do you think a“revolver”is? It's ________ .

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　　Once an Arab was travelling in the desert. When the sun went down in the west, he stopped and 1 his tent, made a fire and had a 2 meal. When night fell, he 3 down to sleep.

　　He had 4 fallen asleep when he felt a soft 5 on his. elbow (肘). He woke up to find that his camel (骆驼) had put his head inside the tent. The camel said, “Would you please let me keep my head in the tent to get warm? It's so cold outside I won't take up too much 6 .”

　　The Arab was a 7 man. “All right, do as you 8 .” he said. Then he turned on his 9 and went back to sleep.

　　It wasn't long 10 he felt a push on his shoulder. It was the camel again. “Dear master,” the camel said, “my head is quite warm now, but my neck is still cold. Do you mind 11 I keep it inside the tent, too?”

　　“ 12 ,” the man said. But this time he felt a bit 13 , as the camel had such a long neck.

　　No sooner had he shut his eyes 14 he got a harder push in his side. This time the camel said, “Will you please allow me to bring my front legs inside and warm them up a little?”

　　The Arab 15 over to one side of the tent. He made 16 as small as he could. It wasn't 17 comfortable, and sleep was now out of 18 .

　　Soon after that the camel gave him a rough push and said, “The tent is too small for the two of us. 19 , my two hind legs are still left in the cold. It is only 20 that you should leave the tent wholly to me.”

　　And with that, the camel kicked the poor man out.

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