Agatha Christic would never forget the night when she met a robber（抢劫者）many years ago．

That evening，she went to a birthday party which（1）until two o’clock in the morning．Agatha walked in the（2）street alone．Suddenly from the back of a dark（3）a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand rail out at her．“Good（4）．lady,”the man said in a low voice，“I don’t think you wish to（5）here!”“What do you want?”“Your earrings．Take them off!”

Agatha suddenly had a（6）idea．She tried to cover her necklace with the collar（衣领）of her overcoat while she used（7）hand to take off both of her earrings and then quickly（8）them on the ground．

“Take them and let me go，”she said．The robber thought that the girl didn’t like the earrings at all，only trying to（9）the necklace，It would cost（10），so he said，“Give me your necklace．”

“Oh，sir．It doesn’t（11）much．Please let me wear it．”

“I’m not that（12）．Quick!”

With shaking（13）Agatha took off her necklace．As soon as the robber left，she picked up her earrings and ran as（14）as she could to one of her friends．

The earrings cost 480 pounds and the necklace the robber had taken away cost（15）six pounds．

（    ）1．A．ended    B．stayed                   C．stopped                  D．lasted

（    ）2．A．busy       B．quiet                    C．noisy                     D．wide

（    ）3．A．part         B．room                   C．building                  D．street

（    ）4．A．morning  B．afternoon               C．evening                  D．night

（    ）5．A．die           B．escape                 C．fight                      D．stay

（    ）6．A．funny       B．safe                     C．brave                     D．bright

（    ）7．A．other       B．others                  C．the other                D．another

（    ）8．A．handed   B．threw                    C．passed                   D．put

（    ）9．A．get          B．keep                    C．have                      D．prevent

（    ）10．A．cheap     B．expensive             C．more                     D．less

（    ）11．A．weigh     B．take                     C．spend                    D．cost

（    ）12．A．afraid     B．angry                   C．silly                     D．bad

（    ）13．A．hands     B．feet                     C．heed                      D．body

（    ）14．A．much                                       B．early                    C．carefully D．fast

（    ）15．A．really    B already                   C．only                       D．hardly