On Thursday afternoon Mrs. Clarke, dressed for going out, took her handbag with her money and her key in it, pulled the door behind her to lock it and went to the over 60s Club. She always went there on Thursdays. It was a nice outing for an old woman who lived alone.

At six o’clock she came home, let herself in and at once smelt cigarette smoke. Cigarette smoke in her house? How? How? Had someone got in? She checked the back door and the windows. All were locked or fastened, as usual. There was no sign of forced entry.

Over a cup of tea she wondered whether someone might have a key that fitted her front door — “a master key” perhaps. So she stayed at home the following Thursday. Nothing happened. Was anyone watching her movements? On the Thursday after that she went out at her usual time, dressed as usual, but she didn’t go to the club. Instead she took a short cut home again, letting herself in through her garden and the back door. She settled down to wait.

It was just after four o’clock when the front door bell rang. Mrs. Clarke was making a cup of tea at the time. The bell rang again, and then she heard her letter-box being pushed open. With the kettle of boiling water in her hand, she moved quietly towards the front door. A long piece of wire appeared through the letter-box, and then a hand. The wire turned and caught around the handle on the door-lock. Mrs. Clarke raised the kettle and poured the water over the hand. There was a shout outside, and the skin seemed to drop off the fingers like a glove. The wire fell to the floor, the hand was pulled back, and Mrs. Clarke heard the sound of running feet. 

1.Mrs. Clarke looked forward to Thursday because       .

A．she worked at a club on the day

B．she had visitors on Thursday

C．she visited a club on Thursday

D．a special visitor came on Thursday

2.What does the expression “a master key” in Paragraph 3 most probably mean?

A．A key to all the doors.

B．A key only to the woman’s door.

C．A key only its master can use.

D．A key not everyone can use.

3.On the third Thursday Mrs. Clarke went out       .

A．because she didn’t want to miss the club again

B．to see if the thief was wandering outside

C．to the club but then changed her mind

D．in an attempt to trick the thief

4.The lock on the front door was one which       .

A．needed a piece of wire to open it

B．could be opened from inside without a key

C．couldn’t be opened without a key

D．used a handle instead of a key

 

Helen ______ her key in the office so she had to wait until her husband ______ home.

A.has left; comes

B.left; had come?

C.had left; came

D.had left; would come?

语法填空

31.Tom looked at me ______ (curious), he wanted to know everything.

32.There are _______ (variety) kinds of plants in the world.

33.He couldn’t afford the fare, so he had to earn his passage _______ doing jobs on the ship

34.Whether it will do us harm or good still _______ (remain) to be seen.

35.She is always complaining, for she is not content _______ what she has had.

36.When the day breaks, the soldiers found themselves _______ (surround) by their enemies.

37. -- Must I finish my paper before 4 o’clock?

   -- No, you ______. You may hand it in tomorrow.

38.Van Gogh was ______ unique painter for his painting style was quite different from others.

39.The discovery of new evidence led to the thief _______(catch).

40. _______ needs further discussion whether we can raise money for the Hope Project.

41.He couldn’t say a word when he heard the _______ (disappoint) news.

42.That they won the game was _______ we had expected.

43.She always criticized Tom, _______ made him very unhappy.

44._______(see) I was angry, she stopped talking and left.

45.Helen ______(leave) her key in the office, so she had to wait until her husband came back.

For some minutes, all was quiet in the street. Then from across the street someone came walking.
It looked like a man of middle height, dressed in a big raincoat, a soft hat and rubber-soled boots or shoes, and making little sound while walking. No one was in sight. It was a street with two rows of about fifty small houses and there were three lamps on either side. The lamp nearest to the child’s house could be seen clearly, but the others were almost hidden by the smoky air. A car passed the end of the street and its lights showed faintly，but clearly enough to show the smooth skin of a woman’s face. The car disappeared as the woman, wrapped up in her coat, reached the doorway of the child’s house. She put a key in the lock quickly, pushed the door open and stepped inside, then closed the door without looking round. She began to breathe hard.
She leaned against the door for a moment, then straightened up as if with an effort, and walked towards the door of the front room, the passage leading to the kitchen, and the narrow staircase. She hesitated outside the door, then went up the stairs quickly but with hardly a sound. There was enough light from the narrow hall to show the four doors leading off a small landing(楼梯平台). She pushed each door open in turn and shone a torch inside, and the light fell upon beds, walls, furniture, a bathroom hand-basin, a mirror which flashed brightness back; but this was not what the woman was looking for. She turned away and went downstairs, and hesitated again at the foot of the stairs, then turned towards the kitchen. Clearly there was nothing there, or in the small washroom that she wanted. Two rooms remained; the front room and a smaller one next to it. She opened the front room door. After a moment, she saw the child’s bed and the child.
【小题1】The lights of the car passing the end of the street showed that ______.

A．a woman was driving the car

B．someone was standing by a street lamp.

C．a man and a woman were walking up the street.

D．a woman was walking by herself up the street.

【小题2】After the woman closed the front door, she ___________.

A．looked round quickly	B．started breathing again
C．rested before moving	D．walked straight towards the front door

【小题3】 When she was upstairs, the woman _______.

A．saw that there was a wash-basin in each room

B．noticed a mirror which she was looking for

C．found a torch in one of the rooms

D．opened four different doors

【小题4】 Once she was in the house, the woman behaved as if what she was looking for ____

A．might be in the kitchen

B．was more likely to be upstairs

C．would be easily seen by the light from the hall

D．would look frightening to a child

语法填空

31.Tom looked at me ______ (curious), he wanted to know everything.

32.There are _______ (variety) kinds of plants in the world.

33.He couldn’t afford the fare, so he had to earn his passage _______ doing jobs on the ship

34.Whether it will do us harm or good still _______ (remain) to be seen.

35.She is always complaining, for she is not content _______ what she has had.

36.When the day breaks, the soldiers found themselves _______ (surround) by their enemies.

37. -- Must I finish my paper before 4 o’clock?

   -- No, you ______. You may hand it in tomorrow.

38.Van Gogh was ______ unique painter for his painting style was quite different from others.

39.The discovery of new evidence led to the thief _______(catch).

40. _______ needs further discussion whether we can raise money for the Hope Project.

41.He couldn’t say a word when he heard the _______ (disappoint) news.

42.That they won the game was _______ we had expected.

43.She always criticized Tom, _______ made him very unhappy.

44._______(see) I was angry, she stopped talking and left.

45.Helen ______(leave) her key in the office, so she had to wait until her husband came back.