Linda Evans was a well．known writer of children’ stories。who lived in a fine old house in Devon．Usually she worked at home，in her quiet  1  ．Long before her books became popular，she had tried to teach  2  how to use a computer ,and now she typed(打字)all her stories on her Apple Mac computer．But sometimes she had to  3  to get some books from the library or have a meeting．She didn’t like being away，because she was very worried about burglars(盜賊)．So she was very careful．Just before leaving，she always put a full cup of coffee on the kitchen table，and left the radio playing，to make a burglar think there was  4  at home．

    One day she came back after a day out，and saw at once that someone had been there．There was only a little  5  left in the cup，and the radio was off．But when she looked at her computer．she saw it was  6 ，and someone had typed in  7  ．She had no idea who had got in，or how ,because none of the doors or windows were broken．But she sat down to read the story，and it was a very good one． “I’ll use it in my next book!”she said  8  ．

    The next month she had to go to London．She put a lot of coffee and a plate of sandwiches on the table．When she came back，the coffee and sandwiches had  9  ．She ran to the computer．This time there was only  10  on the screen．“IT’S NOT YOUR STORY．IT’S MINE!”it said．

1．A．classes                         B．1essons        C．classroom              D．study

2．A．the students          B．herself         C．the burglar            D．her children

3．A．1eave the house       B．have a rest      C．give a message       D．buy a computer

4．A．nobody              B．a(chǎn) computer      C．a(chǎn)nyone                D．someone

5．A．fl book              B．the radio          C．coffee                 D．a(chǎn)n apple

6．A．on                  B．off             C．down                D．over

7．A．nothing              B．a(chǎn) picture          C．a(chǎn) letter               D．a(chǎn) new story

8．A．carefully             B．sadly            C．happily               D．badly

9．A．brought             B．broken           C．gone                D．eaten

10．A．a(chǎn) piece of paper     B．a(chǎn) message       C．a(chǎn) new story                 D．nothing