Ⅰ. 完形填空
Agatha Christie would never forget the night when she met a robber many years ago. That evening, she went to a birthday party which 1
D
until two o'clock in the morning. Agatha walked in the 2
B
street alone. Suddenly from the back of a dark 3
B
a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand ran out at her. "Good 4
A
, lady," the man said in a low voice. "I don't think you wish to 5
A
here!" "What do you want?" "Your earrings. Take them off!"
Agatha suddenly had a(n) 6
D
idea. She tried to cover her necklace with the collar(衣領(lǐng)) of her overcoat while she used 7
C
hand to take off both of her earrings and then quickly 8
B
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
D
the necklace. It would cost 10
B
, so he said, "Give me your necklace."
"Oh, sir. It doesn't 11
D
much. Please let me wear it."
"I'm not that 12
C
. Quick!"
With shaking 13
A
, Agatha took off her necklace. As soon as the robber left, she picked up her earrings and ran as 14
D
as she could to one of her friends'. The earrings cost 480 pounds and the necklace the robber had taken away cost 15
C
six pounds.
( ) 1. A. ended B. stayed C. stopped D. lasted
( ) 2. A. busy B. quiet C. noisy D. typical
( ) 3. A. part B. block 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. obvious 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. own B. keep C. have D. protect
( )10. A. reasonable B. expensive C. more D. less
( )11. A. weigh B. charge C. spend D. cost
( )12. A. afraid B. awful C. silly D. bad
( )13. A. hands B. feet C. head D. elbow
( )14. A. much B. early C. deadly D. fast
( )15. A. really B. already C. only D. still