After her husband had gone to work, Mrs. Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom. She was too
_26_ to do any housework that morning,
_27_ in the evening she was going to an interesting fancy dress party with her husband. What she
__28_ was a terrible genie(妖怪)and as she had made that special dress of hers the night before, she was anxious to try it on.
__29__ the dress was just a big piece of old cloth which was red, green, black and white, it would be very effective to make her like a red genie. After putting it on, Mrs. Richards went downstairs happily. She wanted to find out
__30__ it would be comfortable to wear.
Just as Mrs. Richards was entering the dining-room there was a
__31_ at the door. She thought that it
__32 be the baker. She had told him to come straight in if she
_33__ to open the door and leave the bread on the kitchen table. Now not wanting to
_34__ the poor man, Mrs. Richards quickly
__35_ in the small storeroom under the stairs. She heard the front door open and a man came in. When Mrs. Richards
_36_ that it was the man from the electricity board(供電局)who had come to read the meter, she walked out of the hiding-place on a sudden and tried to explain the matter, saying with a smile, “It’s only
__37_! It is not
__38_ for you to be
__39_ !” But it was too late. The man let out a sharp cry and jumped back several paces. Then he ran away,
__40__ the door behind him with great force and noise.
小題1: | A.angry | B.ready | C.frightened | D.excited |
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小題3: | A.wanted to see | B.wanted to play | C.was afraid to see | D.was afraid to play |
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小題5: | A.that | B.how | C.whether | D.when |
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小題6: | A.knock | B.voice | C.man | D.baker |
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小題7: | A.may | B.must | C.wouldn’t | D.couldn’t |
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小題8: | A.not | B.had | C.tried | D.failed |
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小題9: | A.see | B.frighten | C.help | D.scold |
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小題10: | A.went | B.lay | C.appeared | D.hid |
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小題11: | A.thought | B.wondered | C.imagined | D.realized |
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小題13: | A.good | B.necessary | C.late | D.early |
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小題14: | A.off | B.here | C.afraid | D.sorry |
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小題15: | A.pushed | B.locking | C.knocking | D.shutting |
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