My father often works very hard．And he doesn't often go to the   1  ．Here l will tell you a   2    story about him．

One afternoon，he   3   a ticket for the 7 o'clock film under the glass on his desk．He thought he happened to（碰巧）  4   work to do that evening and it was quite wonderful to pass the evening at the cinema．

He came back home at 6:30 and   5  finished his supper．Then he said good．bye and left．

But to our surprise，he came back about half an hour later．I asked what was the matter．He smiled and told us about what had happened．

__6   my father was sitting in his seat，a woman came and said that the seat was hers．My father was surprised．He   7   the ticket and looked at it carefully．It was Row 17，Seat 3．And then he looked at the seat．It was the same．   8    he asked the woman to have a careful look at her ticket again and to their surprise the seat shown on it was Row 17，Seat 3，too．

Why? What’s the matter? While they were wondering，suddenly the woman said，“The colors of the tickets are   9  ．” They looked at the tickets more carefully．After a while my father said，“Oh，I'm   10  ．My ticket is for the film a month ago!”

1．A．office                    B．cinema                 C．centre                    D．club

2．A．funny                    B．sad                      C．bad                        D．lucky

3．A．bought                  B．put                      C．found                    D．left

4．A．much                    B．some                   C．a(chǎn) little                    D．little

5．A．quietly                   B．quickly                C．suddenly                D．finally

6．A．Before                   B．When                  C．Because                 D．Unless

7．A．handed out             B．put out                 C．found out               D．took out

8．A．But                       B．Or                       C．So                         D．And

9．A．different                B．the same              C．red                        D．pink

10．A．sorry                   B．happy                  C．busy                      D．excited

One evening two young men were walking in the street together. They tried to find a chance to steal something. The clock struck twelve. Mont of the people went to bed. Quickly they came to a house and it seemed that everyone in the house had fallen asleep. Standing at the front gate, one said in English to the other in a low voice, “ You wait here, I’ll go around to the back door and then get into the house.” Suddenly out of the house ran a dog, barking at them. The two men were very frightened and ran away as fast as they could. Finally, they stopped at a lonely place. The man said breathlessly, “ It’s too bad. I hadn’t expected that the dog could understand English.”

1．Why did the two men walk in the street one evening?

   A．They couldn’t fall asleep                  B．They wanted to steal something

   C．They would like to take a walk             D．They went to visit their friends

2．“One said in English to the other in a low voice.” From this sentence we know    .

   A．he didn’t know English                         B．he liked speaking English quietly.

   C．he couldn’t speak loud                         D．he was afraid of waking up others

3．The dog ran out of the house and barked at them only because     .

   A．it understood English                           B．it knew them

   C．it found someone outside                        C．it was afraid of them

4．At last the two young men         .

   A．stole nothing                                  B．stole something expensive

   C．were bitten by the dog                          D．were beaten by the police

5．What did the owners do while the dog was barking?

   A．They stopped it                                B．They got up quickly

   C．They shouted for help                           D．The story didn’t tell us.