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　　One Thursday afternoon, Mrs Clarke locked the door and went to the women's dub(俱乐部) as usual. When she came home she f ________ (1) something unusual. Had someone got in? There was no sign of forced entry (强行进入). Had a ________ (2) been taken? She found her camera and watch missing.

　　The following Thursday she went o ________ (3) at her usual time, but she didn't go to the club. Instead, she took a s ________ (4) walk in a park nearby and came home. She let herself in through the back door and sat down to wait and see what would happen.

　　It was 4 o'clock w ________ (5) the bell rang. Mrs Clarke was making tea at that moment. The bell rang again. But Mrs Clarke didn't go to a ________ (6) it. Then she heard her letter－box being opened. Mrs Clarke moved quietly towards the door w ________ (7)a kettle(壶) of boiling water. A piece of wire(电线) appeared through the letter－box and then a hand. The wire turned a ________ (8) caught around the knob(旋钮) on the door Lock.

　　Mrs Clarke raised the kettle and poured the water over the h ________ (9). A sharp cry was heard outside as the wire fell to the floor. Before long, two p ________ (10) came and caught the thief.

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  The worst traveler in the world was Paul of San Francisco. Once he f  1.  from the U.S. to his hometown in Italy to see someone at home. The plane made a one-hour stop to get oil at an airport in New York. Paul thought he was in Rome,  s 2.  he got off the plane.

　　When nobody was there to meet him, Paul thought maybe the heavy  t  3.   made his friends late. While looking for their address, Paul found that the old “Rome” had changed a lot. He found many high m    4.   buildings instead of old ones. He also found that many people spoke English but not Italian and that main street signs were w   5.   in  English.

　　Paul knew very l    6.  English. So he asked a policeman in Italian the way to the bus station. He happened to meet a policeman who was also born in Italy and answered in the same l    7.    .

　　After twelve hours’ traveling round on a bus, the driver handed him over to  a  8.  policeman But this time, this policeman could only speak English. So Paul asked the policeman why the Rome police employed(雇佣)so many people who spoke English as policemen.

　　Paul didn’t b    9.  he was in New York when he was told so. To get him on a plane to Italy, he was s 10.     to the airport in a police car.　

“Sorry” is a word that people in Britain often say in their daily life.

One day while I was w　 1　 on the street, a young man ran by hurriedly, brushing（轻擦）against my handbag. He continued his way, but turned b 2　 and said “sorry” to me. Even in a rush, he didn’t f 3　 to say “sorry”. One day, after I bought some bananas, the shopkeeper was passing me the change, but I wasn’t ready for it and a coin dropped onto the ground. “Sorry, Madam,” he said w 4　 bending to pick it up. I was s 5　 why he said “sorry” to me. Another time, I stepped on a man’s f　 6 at the entrance to a cinema. At the same time, we b 7　 said “sorry”.

Slowly, I got to know that when something unpleasant happens in daily life, the British don’t

c　 8　　 much about who is wrong. If someone is in trouble, a “sorry” is always n 9　 .　 Perhaps that is w　 10　 I seldom see people quarrel on the buses or streets in Britain.