Question

Ever since Jonathan had set up the house in Compton Street, he had looked after it very carefully. Before he left the house in the morning, he carefully closed all the doors downstairs, opened some windows to let the air in and locked the front gate. _______ Jonathan did was tidy and orderly.

One summer evening Jonathan returned home _______ at five minutes to seven exactly. When he opened the front gate; he immediately noticed something strange. There was a heavy footprint in the soil in one of the flower beds. Jonathan was just going to blame （責怪） the milkman or the postman when he noticed that one of the curtains in the front room downstairs was not in its usual place. That was too strange! Jonathan. _______ left anything out of place.

He walked up to the front door and opened it quietly. He listened carefully for a few minutes, but he could hear nothing. The front room door was half open. Jonathan thought about it carefully,. _______ if he had forgotten to close it that morning. He had never forgotten before. He looked inside the room. The shadow （影子） of a man was clearly reflected on （映在） the far wall in the evening sunlight. He had been standing _______ the door since Jonathan's return. Jonathan shut the door quickly and turned the key. Then he picked up the telephone in the hall and called the police.

The thief tried to climb through a window to get out, but Jonathan had expected that. He _______ him with his umbrella, holding it as a sword （劍）. Three minutes later the police arrived there. Jonathan was a little angry that he had to have dinner later than usual, but on the whole he felt quite pleased with himself.

1.A.Nothing B.Something C.Anything D.Everything

2.A.as usual B.all the time C.right away D.as soon as

3.A.always B.never C.often D.seldom

4.A.knowing B.guessing C.wondering D.surprising

5.A.at B.in front of C.beside D.behind

6.A.caught B.attracted C.attacked D.pulled

Answer 1