完形填空
About once a month I have to go to Degford for my work.One day I went into a restaurant there to have something to 1 .The waiter took my coat and put it in a small room.
About an hour later I was ready to go.The waiter brought my coat to me.Suddenly something fell out of the pocket onto the floor.It was a small white box.Then I took a good look at the 2 .“Oh, you’ve brought someone else’s coat,” I said to the waiter.“It looks very much like mine, 3 it is quite new, and this isn’t my box, either.” “Oh, then I suppose someone has taken your coat and left this,” said the waiter.“This kind of thing 4 sometimes.”
I opened the box.There was a beautiful gold ring in it.So I went 5 to the police station.
“Has anyone lost a ring?” I asked.“Yes,” said a policeman.“A young man who came in this morning lost a ring.He lost it in London.” He 6 the young man.A few minutes later, the man arrived.“Yes, this is my ring,” he said.“How can I thank you, sir?You see, I paid a lot of money for this ring and 7 I lost it on the train!”
After I told him the story of the coat, he said, “You haven’t been on the train.I haven’t been in the hotel.So how 8 my ring in the coat?”
“Did 9 sit or stand next to you on the train?” asked the policeman.
“Yes,” said the young man, “But I don’t remember his face.”
“You may remember this coat,” said the policeman.“Was it like this one?”
“Yes, it was,” said the young man.“But the friend here 10 the thief.”
The policeman laughed.“No,” he said, “the thief on the train stole your ring, and like our friend here, he went into the hotel to get some food.Only he didn’t take the right coat away with him.”