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阅读理解
Andrea had never seen an old lady hitchhiking before．However, the weather and the coming darkness made her feel sorry for the lady．The old lady climbed in through the car door, and pushed her big brown shopping bag down under her feet．She said in almost a whisper,“Thank you, dear-I’m just going to Brockbourne．”
Something in the way the lady spoke made Andrea uneasy about this strange hitchhiker．She didn’t know why, but she felt instinctively(直觉上)that there was something wrong, something…dangerous．But how could an old lady be dangerous?It was strange．
Careful not to turn her head, Andrea looked sideways at her passenger．She studied the hat, the dirty collar of the dress, the shapeless body, the arms with their thick black hairs
Thick black hairs?
Hairy arms?Andrea’s blood froze．
This wasn’t a woman．
At first, she didn’t know what to do．Then suddenly, an idea came into her racing, terrified brain．Swinging the wheel suddenly, she threw the car into a skid(侧滑),and brought it to a stop．
“My god!”she shouted,“A child!I think I hit her!”The“old lady”was clearly shaken by the sudden skid,“I didn’t see anything, dear,”she said．“I don’t think you hit anything．”
“I am sure it was a child!”insisted Andrea．“Could you just get out and have a look?”She held her breath．Would her plan work?
It did．The passenger slowly climbed out to have a look．Hardly was she out of the car, Andrea drove madly away, and soon she put a good three miles between herself and the awful hitchhiker．
It was only then that she thought about the bag．Maybe the bag would provide some information about what she was．Pulling into the side of the road, Andrea opened the heavy bag curiously．
It contained only one item-a small hand axe, with a sharp blade．The axe, and the inside of the bag, were covered with the dark red stains of dried blood．
Andrea began to scream．
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