One night a hotel caught fire，and all the people in the hotel ran out in their    1   clothes．But two men stood outside looking at the fire．“  2   I came out，”said one．“I ran into some of the rooms and found a lot of    3  ．People don’t think of money when they are __4  ．When anyone leaves paper money in a fire, the fire   5   it．So I took all the money I could find．  6   will become poorer because I took them．” “You don’t know me，”said the other， and you   7   my work．” “What’s your work?” “I’m a policeman．” “Oh!”  8   the first man．He thought quickly and said，“And do you know my   9  ? I’m a writer．I’m always telling stories about the things that   10   happened．”

1．A．morning                   B．working                C．night                      D．school

2．A．Before                     B．After                   C．When                    D．As

3．A．dead men               B．books                     C．children                 D．money

4．A．excited                    B．happy                  C．relaxed                   D．a(chǎn)fraid

5．A．keeps                      B．burns                   C．makes                    D．forgets

6．A．Someone              B．Anyone                 C．No one                  D．Everyone

7．A．know                    B．don't know            C．knew                     D．doesn't know

8．A．cried                       B．laughed                C．shouted                  D．spoke

9．A．name                      B．work                   C．story                     D．idea

10．A．usually                   B．ever                     C．never                     D．often

B

One night a hotel caught fire(失火), and the people in the hotel ran out in their   61  clothes. Two men stood outside and looked at the fire. “  62  I came out, ” said one, “I ran into some of the rooms and found a lot of  63  . People don’t think of money when they are   64  . When anyone leaves paper money in a fire, the fire  65  it. So I took all the money I could find.   66   will become poorer because I took them.” 

“You don’t know me, ” said the other, “and you   67   my work.”

“What’s your work?”

“I’m a policeman.”

“Oh!”   68  the first man. He thought quickly and said, “And do you know my   69  ? I’m a writer. I’m always telling stories about the things that   70  happened. ”

The Cowboy without a Horse

A cowboy rides into a town and stops at a café for a drink. ___1___ he finishes his drink, he finds his horse is stolen(偷竊). He ___2___ back into the café, holds his gun up into the air and ＂fires a shot (開槍) ___3___ even looking. ”Which one of you stole __4____ horse?” he shouts loudly.

___5___ answers. “Alright, I’m going to have ___6___ beer, and if my horse isn’t back outside by the time I finish, I’m going to do __7____ I did in Texas! And I don’t like to have to do it.”

Some of the people in the town are very ___8___. After the cowboy has one more beer, he walks outside. His horse is back! He ___9___ his horse and starts to ride off.

The waiter goes __10____ the café in a hurry and asks, “Say, before you go, what happened in Texas?”

The cowboy turns back and says,” I had to walk home.”