用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，使短文正确、通顺、连贯（每词限用一次）。

During all this time I never stopped thinking about escape. When I traveled   1.  to the other side of the island (岛屿), I could see the other islands, and I said to   2. , “Perhaps I can get there with a boat. Perhaps I can get back to England one day.”

So I decided   3. myself a boat. I cut down a big tree, and then began to make a long hole in it. It was hard   4. , but about six months later, I had a very fine canoe (独木舟). Next, I had to get it down to the sea. How silly I was! Why didn’t I think   5. I began work? Of course, the canoe was too heavy. I couldn’t move it! I pulled and pushed and   6.   everything, but it didn’t move. I was very  7.  for a long time after that.

That happened in my fourth year on the island. In my   8. year I did make myself a smaller canoe, but I did not try to escape in it. The boat was   9.  small for a long journey, and I did not want to die at sea. The island was my  10.  now, not my prison, and I was just happy to be alive.

Joe Brown had a shop. He sold(卖) meat in his shop . One Thursday a woman came into his shop at five to one . “I’m sorry I’m late,” she said. “I need some more meat for my dinner tonight.” Joe had only one piece of meat in his shop. He took it out of the fridge and said, “This is＄6.50.”   “That piece is too small.” the woman said, “haven’t you for anything bigger?” Joe went into the room behind his shop, put the piece of meat into the fridge, took it out again and closed the door with lots of noise. Then he brought the piece of meat to the woman and said, “This piece of meat is bigger and more expensive. It’s ＄8.75.” “Good,” the woman said with a smile,“give me both of them.”

(   )1.Joe Brown was_______________.

      A. a waiter                            B. a runner       

      C. an actor                            D. a shopkeeper

(   )2.When did the woman come to Joe’s shop?

      A. Early in the morning.         B. Early in the afternoon.

      C. Late in the morning.          D. At about one o’clock at night.

 (   )3.Why didn’t the woman want that piece of meat?

       A. Because she had no money.       B. Because it was bad.

       C. Because it wasn’t big enough.     D. Because it was too big

 (   )4.How many pieces of meat were kept in the fridge?

       A. Only one piece of meat.            B. Two pieces of meat.

       C. Several pieces of meat.            D. Many pieces of meat.

 (   )5. Could Joe give the woman both pieces of meat?

      A. Of course not.                          B. Certainly.     

      C. He would try his best.                    D. Yes, he could.

---Why didn’t you go there with __________?  
--- I wanted to be alone.

Mr. Green and his wife had a dog. When they went out, they always left the dog inside the house. One evening they wanted to go to the cinema, so they left the dog in the house and locked the door and their garden gate. They went off in their car.

When the film was finished, they went home. They opened the gate and put the car away. When they came to the front door, they found that the glass in the door was broken. The door was not locked and it was open. A robber! They went in and quickly looked in all the rooms to see if the robber had taken their things. However, everything was in the right place and nothing at all was missing.

The dog was sleeping in the sitting-room. The wife was angry with the dog.“Why didn’t you guard(保卫)the house?”she said. The dog was pleased to see Mr. and Mrs. Green. It began to wag(摇)its tail and then it went to a comer of the room and picked up something in its mouth. It went to the wife and dropped the thing at her feet. When she went to pick it up, she was very surprised. Can you guess what the dog’s present was ?It was a man’s finger!

The end of the story is this. Mr. Green telephoned the police and told them everything. Three days later the police caught the robber. They found him easily.

1.That evening Mr. Green and his wife __________.

  A. took their dog to see a film

  B. left the dog alone at home

  C. went home before the film was finished

  D. locked the door and could not open it

2.The robber stole(偷)__________.

  A. everything from the house

  B. something expensive from the house

  C. nothing from the house

  D. a car from the house

3.Why was the woman angry with the dog? _________

  A. Because she thought it had made the room dirty.

  B. Because she thought it had broken the glass.

  C. Because it wouldn’t go to the cinema with her.

  D. Because she thought it hadn’t guarded the house.

4.The robber was caught easily because __________.

  A. the police knew him

  B. the police happened to meet him

  C. Mr. Green know where he lived

  D. he had one of his fingers

5.Mr. Green and his wife would _________.

  A. like their dog more than before

  B. drive the dog away from their home

  C. let the dog bring home more presents

  D. ask the police to take the dog away