Once there lived in our town a poor family．They were so poor that there was almost nothing in the house but a pot under a   1    table．In it there was a little rice   2   from their neighbour for the coming New Year．On New Year's Eve（除夕夜），the wife had already fallen asleep，but the husband was   3   in bed，worrying about their life．Suddenly he heard someone breaking into the room．

“It must be a thief，” he thought，“but it doesn’t matter．The thief can   4   nothing．” He didn't shout or move．But he kept watching over the thief．

The thief came into the house and was only interested in the rice under the table．

“But   5   can I take it away?” the thief thought hard．Then he had an idea．He  6   his coat，put it on the ground between the bed and the table and turned around to take the pot．

Now the husband knew what the thief would do．He picked up the coat quickly and  7   himself with it   8   the thief turned back．

The thief took the pot，and put the rice onto the coat．Then he began to feel it．But he was  __9   to find that his coat had gone．

“Hey，” he shouted out．The voice woke up the wife．She asked her husband，“Did you hear any sound? Maybe there is a thief in the room．”

“Shut up!(闭嘴)” replied her husband，“  10   to sleep．There is no thief in the room．”

“That’s impossible，”the thief shouted loudly，“If there isn’t a thief，then，where is my coat?”

1．A．good                     B．bad                      C．nice                       D．broken

2．A．borrowed              B．asked                   C．lent                        D．taken

3．A．thinking                 B．1ying                   C．talking                   D．looking

4．A．lose                       B．bring                   C．carry                     D．steal

5．A．what                     B．why                    C．how                             D．when

6．A．took off                 B．put on                  C．brought                  D．used

7．A．hung                     B．enjoyed                C．covered                 D．provided

8．A．before                   B．after                    C．until                D．because

9．A．afraid                    B．surprised              C．pleased                  D．excited

10．A．Get out                B．Get up                 C．Go down                      D．Go back