Many years ago there lived a young couple in a small town. The husband was out of job for a long time and the wife   36 make a living by sewing for others. They were so poor that there was almost nothing in the house but a jar under a  37  table, in  38  was a little rice  39 from their neighbor for the coming New Year. 40 New Year’s Eve, the wife had already fallen asleep, but the husband was  41   in bed, worrying about the life. Suddenly he heard something. In the darkness he saw a man breaking into the room.
“It  42   be a thief.” He thought, “but it  43   matter, there is nothing that can be 44  .” So he  45   to be asleep and kept watching over the thief.
The thief began to 46 the room. At last he found the rice in the jar.
“But  47 can I take it away?” the thief thought hard. Then he had an idea. He 48 his coat and spread it on the ground between the bed and the table. After that he turned round to take the jar.
Now the husband realized what the thief 49  . He picked up the coat quickly and 50 himself with it while the thief was turning around.
The thief 51  the jar, poured the rice out on the place where he had just spread his coat and squatted (蹲) down to feel it. But to his surprise, his coat had  52   .
“Hey”, he couldn’t help 53   out. The   54   woke up the wife. She asked her husband, “Did you hear any sound? Maybe there is a thief in the room.”
“ Nonsense(胡说)!” replied her husband. “Go back to sleep. There is no thief in the room.”
“No, that’s   55   ,” the thief shouted loudly. “If there isn’t a thief, then, where’s my coat?”

A．was able to B．wanted to C．had to D．would

A．good B．old C．nice D．broken

A．it B．which C．where D．that

A．borrowed B．asked C．lent D．taken

A．During B．At C．In D．On

A．working B．sewing C．lying D．thinking

A．will B．must C．can D．may

A．isn’t B．wasn’t C．doesn’t D．didn’t

A．lost B．carried C．destroyed D．stolen

A．pretended B．tried C．decided D．started

A．look into B．search C．discover D．examine

A．what B．when C．why D．how

A．used B．took off C．put on D．brought

A．had done B．did C．would do D．could do

A．hung B．covered C．studied D．dressed

A．shook B．laid C．lifted D．touched

A．lost B．missed C．left D．disappeared

A．to cry B．crying C．to jump D．jumping

A．sound B．voice C．noise D．saying

A．right B．all right C．nothing D．impossible