David and Tim are brothers and they are in the same school.
One afternoon, ________ they finished their lessons, they stayed in the school to help their teacher work. They ________ for an hour. Then the teacher said, “Thank you, boys. We will finish the work tomorrow. It’s getting dark. Now you ________ go home.” When the boys got home, it was seven o’clock. The lights were on in their house and the door was ________. They saw a man in the house.
“Who can it be?” David thought. “Dad and Mum are ________ now. They won’t be back until (直到) eight o’clock.”
________ the man saw David, he smiled and said, “Come in! You don’t know me. But I am your ________ friend. He asked me to fetch (取) something for him.” However, the man didn’t see Tim.
David went into the house and talked with the man. Tim quickly went to ________ the police. Soon Tim and a policeman came back. When the man saw the policeman, he tried to run out of the door, but the policeman ________ him.
Just then Mr and Mrs Baker, the boys’ ________ came back home from work. The policeman asked Mr Baker, “Do you know the man?”
“No,” said Mr Baker, “I don’t know him. He must be a thief.”
16. | A．if | B．after | C．before | D．although |
17. | A．studied | B．worked | C．played | D．watched |
18. | A．need | B．shouldn’t | C．must | D．needn’t |
19. | A．open | B．good | C．heavy | D．cheap |
20. | A．on a trip | B．in bed | C．at home | D．at work |
21. | A．Suddenly | B．Certainly | C．Once | D．Almost |
22. | A．sister’s | B．teacher’s | C．father’s | D．mother’s |
23. 24. | A．met | B．stopped | C．noticed | D．pushed |
25. | A．parents | B．classmates | C．teachers | D．neighbors |
