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One summer evening I was sitting by the open window, reading a good science storybook. I was so
1 the story I was reading that I didn't
2 that it was getting dark. When I realized that it was too dark for me
to read
3 , I put the book down and got up to turn on the light. Just then I heard someone
4 , "Help! Help!"
It seemed to come from the trees at the end of the yard. I looked out but it was too dark to
5 anything
clearly. Almost immediately I heard the cry again. It
6 like a child, but I could not
7 what someone
would be doing in our backyard, unless one of my neighbour's children had climbed a tree and had not been
able to
8 .
I decided that I ought to go out and have
9 in the yard, just in case someone was
10 . I got a flashlight
and a stick, which I thought might be useful. With these in my hands, I went out
11 the yard. Once again I
heard the cry and this time there was no doubt that it came from the trees at the far end of the yard. "Who is
there?" I
12 as I walked across the yard towards the trees. But there was no
13 . With the help of my
flashlight, I
14 all over that end of the yard, including the branches of the trees. There was no
15 of anybody
or anything. I came to the conclusion that my
16 made fun of me, probably because of the strange creatures
(生物) on another
17 which I read about in the story.
I had to go back into the house and put the stick and flashlight away. I had just sat down to read my book
again when I was
18 by the cry of "Help! Help!" This time it was from right behind me! I dropped my book
and
19 . There, sitting on the table was my neighbour's large green and red
20 .
( )1. A. worried about ( )2. A. mind ( )3. A. quietly ( )4. A. shouting ( )5. A. listen ( )6. A. sounded ( )7. A. question ( )8. A. hurry off ( )9. A. a look ( )10. A. at work ( )11. A. forward ( )12. A. sang ( )13. A. noise ( )14. A. searched ( )15. A. seat ( )16. A. neighbour ( )17. A. world ( )18. A. called ( )19. A. jumped up ( )20. A. cock |
B. interested in B. hope B. quickly B. laughing B. feel B. looked B. imagine B. send away B. a rest B. in shock B. onto B. called out B. sound B. touched B. sign B. imagination B. country B. told B. sat up B. hen |
C. surprised at C. notice C. noisily C. speaking C. see C. smelt C. choose C. come off C. a sleep C. on holiday C. into C. whispered C. voice C. cut C. place C. brother C. planet C. encouraged C. rang up C. parrot |
D. tired of D. expect D. easily D. talking D. find D. tasted D. understand D. get down D. a walk D. in trouble D. backward D. read D. answer D. beat D. sort D. dog D. satellite D. frightened D. knocked down D. chicken |