The thief jumped into a car and made his escape.（英译中)

___from the balcony when he saw a policeman approaching him.

A.Jumped down the thief

B.Down the thief jumped

C.Down jumped the thief

D.Down did the thief jump

n.

A、a thief

B、something like a man

C、a white shirt on a tree

D、nothing

is house.“Thieves，”he thought. Jumping out of bed，he took his gun and hurried to the bedroom window. The room was not shining and the night was rather dark. But he could see a white shape. It looked like a man in the garden. He pointed his gun at it，fired and went back to bed. Early in the morning，he went down to the garden. His shirt was hanging from a tree. He had washed it the day before and hung it on the tree do dry. It had a hole right through the middle. Mr. Robinson was really frightened out of his life when he saw it and began to tremble(颤抖)。 His neighbour arrived at that moment.“How are you today，Mr，Robinson？”he asked in an anxious voice. “You don’t look well.”

“I’m all right，thank you，”said Mr. Robinson. “But I’m lucky to be alive. You see that shirt there？”

“Yes？”said the neighbour.

“If I’d been wearing that shirt last night，”said Mr. Robinson，“I’d be a dead man now.”

1、When Mr. Robinson jumped out of his bed and went to the window，he saw ________ in the garden.

A、a thief

B、something like a man

C、a white shirt on a tree

D、nothing

2、Who had hung the shirt on the tree the day before________

A、A thief.

B、Mr. Robinson himself.

C、Mr. Robinson’s neighbour

D、Mr. Robinson’s wife.

3、After firing the gun，Mr. Robinson________

A、went back to bed

B、went to the garden to see what it was

C、felt no longer afraid

D、looked for the shirt he had washed the day before

4、The next morning Mr. Robinson’s neighbour came and saw him looking________

A、surprised

B、unhappy

C、sick

D、angry.

5、The title“A Narrow Escape”suggests that one has________

A、succeeded in escaping to escape

B、failed.

C、run away

D、only just avoided death

In the evening she would go to a fancy dress party with her husband.She wanted to dress up as a ghost (鬼,鬼魂) and as she had made her costume (化妆舞会上的化装服) the night before，she was impatient to try it on.Though the costume consisted only of a sheet，it was really splendid.After putting it on，she went downstairs to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear. ，

Just as Mrs. Richards was entering the dining-room, there was a knock on the front door.She knew it must be the baker (面包师).She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the table.Not wanting to frighten the poor man，she quickly hid in the small store-room under the stair.She heard the front door opened and heavy footsteps in the hall.Suddenly the door of the store-room was opened and in came a man.Mrs. Richards realized it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the meter (水表读数).She tried to explain the situation，saying “It’s only me.” But it was too late，the man let out a cry and jumped back several paces.When Mrs. Richards walked towards him，he fled, closing the door heavily behind him.

(1).The reason for Mrs. Richards’ excitement that day was that().

A、 she had sent her children to school

B、 she was to attend an evening party

C、 she wouldn’t do any housework that morning

D、 she had made a special costume the night before

(2). Mrs. Richards went downstairs with the costume on so as to().

A、 make sure that the costume fitted her well

B、 frighten the person who was knocking on the door

C、 find out if she had finished the costume

D、 receive the bread and do some cooking

(3).The man who was knocking at the door was ().

A、a baker

B、a thief

C、her husba

D、an electricity man

(4).What did the man do after he knocked on the front door？()

A、He entered just as Mrs. Richards had told him to.

B、He did not do anything as Mrs. Richards had expected him to.

C、He stepped directly towards the store-room.

D、He went straight in so as to find Mrs. Richards

(5).The man _________and that made him cry out and run away.()

A、 thought he must have met a ghost

B、 recognized Mrs. Richards

C、 found out Mrs. Richards was walking towards him

D、 thought that Mrs. Richards must have recognized him

The thief helped _______ to our family silver.

A、he

B、him

C、his

D、himself

警察抓住了小偷的衣领。 The policeman seized the thief’s collar. ()

A.running

B.reaching

C.searching

D.charging

A.aware of

B.aware that

C.knowing that

D.aware of that

A.Up the cat jumped

B.Jumped up the cat

C.Up jumped the cat

D.The cat up jumped