A young woman   1  alone through the country. It was getting dark and raining. Suddenly she saw an old woman by the side of the road ,holding her hand out as if she needed a lift .

“I can’t leave her out in this weather”, the woman said to herself, so she stopped the car and opened the  2 .

“Do you want a lift?” she asked, the old woman nodded (点头) and   3  the car. After a while she said to the old woman, “Have you   4 for a long time?” The old woman shook her head. “Strange,” thought the young woman. She tried again, “Bad weather for the time   5  year.” She said. The old woman nodded. Although the driver tried some more, the lady said   6  except for a nod of the head or something else.

Then the young woman saw the lady’s hands, they were very large and with thick hair. Suddenly she knew the lady was a   7 ! She stopped the car. “I can’t see that mirror   8 ,” she said, “Would you mind cleaning it for me?” The lady nodded and opened the door.

As soon as the lady was out of the car, the young woman drove off quickly.

When she got to the next village she  9 . She found that the old lady had left a  10  behind. She picked it up and opened it. She gave out a deep breath(呼吸). Inside the bag was a gun!

1.                A．has driven      B．had driven      C．was driving    D．drove

2.                A．door           B．car            C．glass D．hand

3.                A．took in         B．got off          C．got into   D．went to

4.                A．lain            B．kept           C．sat  D．waited

5.                A．out            B．of             C．in   D．off

6.                A．nothing         B．anything        C．something D．everything

7.                A．boy            B．girl            C．woman   D．man

8.                A．quickly         B．clearly          C．carefully  D．slowly

9.                A．feared         B．slept           C．stood D．stopped

10.               A．shoe           B．box            C．handbag   D．watch

A boy who was cleaning shoes in the street said to a young man _____by,“Let me clean your shoes, ____?”The young man said,“No, thank you.”“You may ____ me only a pound for that, sir.”said the boy. ___the young man refused again.
Then the boy told him that he would clean his shoes for ____ . The young man agreed to this,and soon one of his shoes was shining brightly.  The man wore ____ shoe ,but the boy refused to clean it unless(除非) he ____ two pounds for his work.. The young man refused to pay anything and went away.  But one looked  ___ dirty that he couldn’t walk away.  He had to ____ and gave the boy _____.  In a very short time his shoes shone brightly.