(2014·东北三省三校第二次联考)
On Thursday Mrs. Clarke locked the door and went to the women's club as usual.
When she came home she sensed __1__ unusual. Had someone got in? The back door and the windows were all locked and there was __2__ sign of forced entry. Had anything been taken? She went from room to room checking and __3__(find) her spare camera missing.
The following Thursday she went out at her usual time, but she just took a short walk in a park nearby, came home through the back door and settled down to wait and see what __4__(happen).
It was 4 o'clock __5__ the front doorbell rang. Mrs. Clarke was making tea at the time. The bell rang again, and then she heard her letterbox __6__(push) open. Picking up the kettle of boiling water, she moved quietly towards the door. A piece of __7__ appeared through the letterbox, and then a hand. __8__ wire turned and caught around the knob (圆钮)on the doorlock. Mrs. Clarke raised the kettle and poured the hot water __9__ the hand. A sharp cry was heard outside as the wire fell to the floor and the hand was __10__ (instant) pulled back, which was followed by the sound of running feet.
文章大意：本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了一位女士在家中智斗歹徒的故事。
答案：
1.something 考查代词。根据下句“Had someone got in?”可推知，Mrs. Clarke发觉家里有异常。故用something。形容词修饰不定代词放在不定代词之后。
2.no 考查形容词。根据下句“Had anything been taken?”的疑问并结合上文中的“The back door and the windows were all locked”可推知，Mrs.Clarke只是觉得发生了不同寻常的事情，门窗都锁着，并没有任何强行进入的迹象。修饰名词的词为形容词，故用no，而不是副词not。
3.found 考查动词的时态。根据“and”可知，此处与谓语动词“went”并列，表示几乎同时发生的动作，应用一般过去时。故用found。
4.would happen 考查动词的时态。根据语境“wait and see”可知，事情还没有发生，且本句是一般过去时的句子，故此处用过去将来时，即would do的形式。故用would happen。
5.when 考查连词。固定句型：it is/was+时间点+when...意为“当……时候是几点了”，when符合语境。故用when。
6.being pushed 考查非谓语动词。hear sb./sth.do/doing sth.意为“听到某人或某物做或正在做某事”。此处表示正在做，且push和letterbox在逻辑上构成被动关系，故用现在分词的被动形式作宾语补足语。故用being pushed。
7.wire 考查名词。根据下文中的“wire turned...”可知，此处表示线。故用wire。
8.The 考查冠词。空格后的wire是第二次出现在文中，故用定冠词，表示特指。故用The。
9.over/on 考查介词。根据语境可知，此处表示把热水倾倒在手上。故用over/on。
10.instantly 考查副词。修饰动词的词为副词，故此处用instantly修饰动词短语“pulled back”。
