二. Cloze test
Linda Evans was a famous writer of children’s stories. She lived in a fine old house in Devon. Usually she worked at home, in her quiet study(书房). Long before(不久)her books became popular, she had tried to teach___1__how to use a computer, and now she typed(打字)all her stories on her Apple Mac Computer. But sometimes she had to ___2__the house to get some books from the library or have a meeting. She didn’t like being ___3____, because she was very __4____about burglars(盗贼). So she was very _ 5 . Just before leaving, she always put a full cup of coffee on the kitchen table, and left the radio _ 6 , to make a burglar think there was _ 7 at home.
One day she came back after a day out, and saw at _ 8 _ that someone had been there. There was only a little coffee _ 9 in the cup, and the radio was off. But when she looked at her computer, she saw it was _ 10 , and someone had typed in a new story. She had no 11 who had got in, or how, because none of the doors or windows were _ 12 . But she sat down to read the story, and it was a very good one . “ I’ll use it in my next book!” she said _ 13 .
The next month she had to go to London. She put a pot(壶)of coffee and a plate of sandwiches on the table. When she returned, the coffee and sandwiches had ___14___ . She ran to the computer. This time there was only a __15__on the screen. “ IT’S NOT YOUR STORY. IT’S MINE! ”it said.
1. A. the students B. herself C. the burglar D. her children
2. A. mend B. move C. leave D. buy
3. A. alone B. noisy C. away D. back
4. A. tired B. worried C. pleased D. interested
5. A. careful B. safe C. afraid D. polite
6. A. listening B. singing C. speaking D. playing
7. A. nobody B. someone C. anyone D. everyone
8. A. once B. noon C. time D. moment
9. A. flown B. drunk C. made D. left
10. A. on B. off C. in D. out
11. A. luck B. way C. idea D. excuse
12. A. new B. modern C. closed D. broken
13. A. carefully B. happily C. slowly D. badly
14. A. brought B. used C. gone D. eaten
15. A. message B. paper C. story D. line
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