Home Alone It was Sunday afternoon. My brother and I were alone at home. My parents went for a part——青夏教育精英家教网—

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Home Alone

It was Sunday afternoon. My brother and I were alone at home. My parents went for a party and asked me to look after my brother. I was doing my homework while my younger brother was watching TV. Suddenly the doorbell rang. Ding-Dong! My brother thought that it was our parents, so he opened the __24__ quickly.

A tall man wearing a black raincoat stood outside. He said that he came to sell books and he __25__ politely: “Are your parents at home?”

Without thinking, my brother said, “No.” Then the man asked: “Would you like to __26__ some story books?” I told him we didn’t want to buy. When I wanted to close the door, he suddenly pushed (推) the door very __27_ and came into our house. He took out a __28__ and ordered me to tie (绑) up my brother’s hands with a rope (绳子). I tied up his hands in a special way so my brother could untie __29__ easily. The man then tied my hands up and locked __30__ of us in the kitchen. Soon, he went upstairs to __31__ money. I taught my brother to untie the rope on his __32__. He then untied me. I rushed to the telephone to call the police, __33__ the line was dead. The doors were all locked from the outside. It was lucky that the man __34__ to lock the kitchen window. So we got out of the house through the kitchen window and went to the __35__ pay phone to call the police.

　　 Soon __36__ came to our house and the man was caught by the police. By that time, my parents had come home. We told them the whole story. My parents were __37__ that we were not hurt. They told me that we shouldn’t __38_ the door to strangers. I learnt a lesson on safety.

24. A. window　　　　　B. door　　　　　 C. book　　　　　　D. TV

25. A. asked　　　　　　B. ask　　　　　　 C. answered　　　　D. answer

26. A. lend　　　　　　B. borrow　　　　 C. sell　　　　　　D. buy

27. A. politely 　　　　　B. slowly　　　　　 C. heavily　　　　　D. happily

28. A. kiss　　　　　　　B. knife　　　　　　C. gift　　　　　D. pen

29. A. himself　　　 B. itself　　　　　　C. herself　　　 D. themselves

30. A. most　　　　　　 B. some　　　　　C. both　　　　D. all

31. A. look at　　　　　B. look after　　　　C. look like　　　D. look for

32. A. feet　　　　　　　B. hands　　　　　　C. mouth　　　　D. legs

33. A. and　　　　　　B. so　　　　　　　　　C. or　　　　　　　D. but

34. A. wanted　　　　　B. liked　　　　　　　C. forgot　　　　　D. tried

35. A. farthest　　　　B. nearest　　　　C. largest　　　 D. smallest