After finishing high school, Judy looked for a job at a store. She wanted to work as    1  .   The manager of the store said to Judy, “We don’t want an assistant now. But we have one job. Would you like to be a store detective?’’

    Judy was    2  , “But you see, I’m neither tall nor strong. How can I be a detective?” The manager laughed. “You are just right for the job. You don’t look like a detective. You look like a customer(顾客). That’s what we want.” He went on to say, “If you see a customer steal something, wait    3   he is outside the store. Then stop him.We’11 call the police.’’

    Judy decided to work as a store detective. Each day she    4   around the store, watching the customers. One day, Judy saw someone who looked like a businessman in the store. The assistant showed the man watches made     5   Japan.

    After that, the assistant turned to another customer. Just then, the man put two watches on his arm. He wore a coat so    6   could find that. He put two more watches on himself before the assistant turned back. “I  7    these watches,” said the man.

    The man walked as   8   as possible out of the front door. Judy followed him outside and then shouted, “Stop! I saw you steal four watches….” The man began to run. Judy ran after him. She cried out, “Stop that thief!” A policeman at the comer caught the man and later, a police car took the thief   9    .

    The manager of the store was   10   of Judy. He said, “Good work, Judy. You are an excellent detective.’’

1. A. a driver           B. a detective         C. a policewoman        D. an assistant

2. A. pleased           B. surprised           C. excited              D. sad 

3. A. while             B. when              C. until                D. for

4. A. jumped           B. walked             C. ran                 D. showed         

5. A. of               B. from               C. in                  D. to

6. A. nobody           B. somebody          C. anybody             D. everybody

7. A.1ike              B. will buy            C. don’t like            D. have

8. A. sadly             B. early              C. exactly              D. quickly

9. A. away             B. off                C. out                 D. up

10. A. afraid            B. proud              C. full                 D. tired

Cloze test

　　A Frenchman went to visit New York, he didn't know 1 . When he got to New York, he 2 a bus to a hotel.

　　It was Sunday. The Frenchman went out for a walk. When he went along the street, he suddenly thought of his way back. On the 3 near the corner of the street, he saw some English words. He wrote them down in his 4 . “Now I know the name of this street,” he said to 5 . “It'll be easy for me to come back to the hotel.” He walked for a long time in the city. Then he felt tired and wanted to, go back. He took out the notebook out of his pocket and 6 the name of the street to a young man. But he didn't know what the Frenchman wanted. He stopped an old man, but the old man didn't 7 him, either.

　　Then the Frenchman saw a young woman. The young woman knew some 8 When she 9 the words in his .notebook, she 10 , for in the Frenchman's notebook, there were only three words: “One Way Street.”