Question

完形填空。        閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出 可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。

Paul Carson, a music teacher, was driving along a country road with his sister Nora.   1   he saw a man in a big American car who _2  the man wanted by the police.  3  by a reward (獎(jiǎng)賞) of fifty pounds, the sister and brother _4  to catch the criminal(罪犯) by following him  5  .  As soon as the man entered Seldon Manor, a _6  belonging to Paul's friend Mr. Lightfoot, Paul shut him in and then drove to   7  . Realizing that Paul had made a _8  because the criminal had been put into prison that morning , the police officer set off immediately with Paul to set the man free. The man who was _9 up in the house was really an American visitor from    10   City. Paul and Nora felt very much    11    for what they had done. This   12  action of theirs would surely make them the laughing-stock of the whole town. But a letter from the American   13  changed the situation. _14  blaming(責(zé)怪) him, the American visitor thanked Paul for shutting him up in his    15  house. It  16  that Seldon Manor was the American ancestors' home. He had come  17 to England to look for it. In order to show his 18 , he offered the sister and brother a check 19 fifty pounds. Paul and Nora got the 20  in the end, though in a quite different way.

(     )1. A. Clearly         (     )2. A. looked like       (     )3. A. Feared           (     )4. A. wondered           (     )5. A. closely         (     )6. A. factory         (     )7. A. the railway station  (     )8. A. mistake         (     )9. A. pulled           (     )10. A. London         (     )11. A. joyful         (     )12. A. rude           (     )13. A. president         (     )14. A. Instead of       (     )15. A. small           (     )16. A. turned out       (     )17. A. all the time     (     )18. A. anger           (     )19. A. as           (     )20. A. honor           B. Finally B. cared about B. Attracted B. promised    B. anxiously  B. garden    B. the city    B. choice    B. shut      B. New York    B. ashamed    B. kind      B. couple    B. As well as B. own      B. turned up  B. all the way B. thanks    B. to      B. gift      C. Quickly   C. hunted for      C. Moved   C. decided     C. separately     C. farm       C. his home     C. joke       C. brought     C. Paris        C. pleased   C. worthy       C. visitor     C. In case of       C. new     C. turned on   C. all the same C. pity       C. for       C. position     D. Suddenly            D. called on           D. Shared              D. struggled           D. excitedly           D. house               D. the police station  D. adventure           D. sent                D. Cairo               D. disappointed        D. clever              D. policeman           D. As a result of      D. big                 D. turned down         D. by chance           D. interest            D. of                  D. reward

Answer 1

1-5: DABCA   6-10: DDABB  11-15: BACAB 16-20: ABBCD