At two o’clock a bank robber stole in. “This is a hold-up,” the man said loudly. He took a gun from under his jacket, pointing to George. “Hand it over!” George reached into his money-box and took all the bills from the top part --- close to six thousand dollars. The robber took them and turned to leave. Then, while everyone watched the robber, George calmly lifted the top part of the money-box, took bills from the bottom part and put them into his own pocket secretly. The door was shut and the bank robber was gone. George fainted（晕倒）. As soon as he was safely behind his bedroom door, George counted the money. He had eight thousand dollars. He was very happy.
The next morning, while the others were checking the bank’s records, George was asked to go to Mr. Burrow’s office and was introduced to Mr. Carruthers, who used to be president of the bank.
　　“Good morning, George, I was sorry to give you a hard time yesterday, but with all the banks being robbed these days I thought it would be a good idea to prove that our small bank can be robbed, too. I have retired （退休）, but I am always thinking of our bank. That’s why I played my little game yesterday, just to keep everyone on his toes（趾）. Now, I have put the money back in your money-box all six thousand.”
【小题1】 Which of the following do you think is TRUE?

At two o’clock a bank robber stole in. “This is a hold-up,” the man said loudly. He took a gun from under his jacket, pointing to George. “Hand it over!” George reached into his money-box and took all the bills from the top part --- close to six thousand dollars. The robber took them and turned to leave. Then, while everyone watched the robber, George calmly lifted the top part of the money-box, took bills from the bottom part and put them into his own pocket secretly. The door was shut and the bank robber was gone. George fainted（晕倒）. As soon as he was safely behind his bedroom door, George counted the money. He had eight thousand dollars. He was very happy.

The next morning, while the others were checking the bank’s records, George was asked to go to Mr. Burrow’s office and was introduced to Mr. Carruthers, who used to be president of the bank.

　　“Good morning, George, I was sorry to give you a hard time yesterday, but with all the banks being robbed these days I thought it would be a good idea to prove that our small bank can be robbed, too. I have retired （退休）, but I am always thinking of our bank. That’s why I played my little game yesterday, just to keep everyone on his toes（趾）. Now, I have put the money back in your money-box all six thousand.”

1. Which of the following do you think is TRUE?

2.Why was George asked to go to Mr. Burrow’s office?

3. In this article “to keep everyone on his toes” means _________.

4. Which sentence can be used to end this story?

At two o’clock a bank robber stole in. “This is a hold-up,” the man said loudly. He took a gun from under his jacket, pointing to George. “Hand it over!” George reached into his money-box and took all the bills from the top part --- close to six thousand dollars. The robber took them and turned to leave. Then, while everyone watched the robber, George calmly lifted the top part of the money-box, took bills from the bottom part and put them into his own pocket secretly. The door was shut and the bank robber was gone. George fainted（晕倒）. As soon as he was safely behind his bedroom door, George counted the money. He had eight thousand dollars. He was very happy.
The next morning, while the others were checking the bank’s records, George was asked to go to Mr. Burrow’s office and was introduced to Mr. Carruthers, who used to be president of the bank.
　　“Good morning, George, I was sorry to give you a hard time yesterday, but with all the banks being robbed these days I thought it would be a good idea to prove that our small bank can be robbed, too. I have retired （退休）, but I am always thinking of our bank. That’s why I played my little game yesterday, just to keep everyone on his toes（趾）. Now, I have put the money back in your money-box all six thousand.”

1. 1.

   Which of the following do you think is TRUE?

   1. A.
      George wanted to protect the money for the bank
   2. B.
      George had been thinking of taking money away
   3. C.
      This bank had been robbed several times
   4. D.
      Nobody knew the bank would be robbed that day
2. 2.

   Why was George asked to go to Mr. Burrow’s office?

   1. A.
      His stealing money was known to all
   2. B.
      Mr. Burrow wanted to say sorry to him
   3. C.
      Mr. Carruthers wanted to explain the whole thing to him
   4. D.
      Mr. Burrow wanted to tell him the money had been put back
3. 3.

   In this article “to keep everyone on his toes” means _________

   1. A.
      to make everyone work hard
   2. B.
      to keep everyone standing straight
   3. C.
      to make everyone do a kind of exercise
   4. D.
      to keep everyone preparing for the coming danger
4. 4.

   Which sentence can be used to end this story?

   1. A.
      George turned cold with fear
   2. B.
      George turned red with anger（愤怒）
   3. C.
      George was pleased with the end
   4. D.
      George was excited with the end

I had said goodbye to my husband, Joe, so often, but this time was ____.

We now had our first child. After nights of talks, we made the difficult ____ that Joe would go by himself to Alabama for the six-month training course, and I would stay behind with our new son. It was important that I ____ my teaching position near our home at Fort Hood. Also we were part of a strong network of friends ____ I could turn to for help.

On Joe's ____ evening at home, I bathed little Joey, got him into his sleeper and was heading to the bedroom when Joe gently touched ____ on the shoulder. Lifting the baby from my arms, he said he wanted to put Joey to bed tonight.

They headed down the hall, and I busied myself with meaningless tasks, ____ Joe to turn up from the bedroom within a few minutes. A half hour went by, and ____ he had not come back. Thinking he was having ____ getting our son to fall asleep, I walked quietly to the baby's room and ____ into the dimly-lit（灯光暗淡的）room.

Sitting in the rocking chair, moving slowly back and forth, was my husband with ____ in his eyes. He was holding our baby in his arms ____ he had fallen asleep long before. When his pained eyes met mine, he said, "I just can't put him down."

That night we stood over Joey's bed, holding each other and saying over and over that we would make it through this leaving and be ____ again soon.

Joey is six now, and he has a four-year-old brother named Jack. There have been many goodbyes ____ that night, yet my soldier still fights back tears when it's time to ____ once again in service to his country and give his boys that last, long hug goodbye.

1.A. dangerous                   B. different                C. impossible    D. terrible

2.A. promise                  B. wish                         C. suggestion             D. decision

3.A. miss                     B. keep                       C. get                          D. accept

4.A. whom                     B. whose            C. which            D. what

5.A. first                     B. next                        C. other                      D. last

6.A. us                            B. them                        C. me                          D. her

7.A. expecting                    B. remembering       C. agreeing                D. allowing

8.A. again                            B. still                          C. then                        D. ever

9.A. excuse                    B. fun                           C. trouble                   D. chance

10.A. moved                  B. talked             C. turned                    D. looked

11.A. colors                   B. tears                        C. joys                         D. fears

12.A. even though       B. as if                          C. so that                    D. now that

13.A. sure                           B. proud            C. alone                     D. together

14.A. on                         B. for                            C. since                       D. through

15.A. visit                             B. sleep                      C. leave                      D. play