完型填空。 阅读下面短文,掌握大意,然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
One night, a thief broke into an old man’s house. He _1 a noise and woke up the old man and his wife. The husband told his __2_ to be silent, while he said loudly, “My dear, these days thieves are __3__. If they take _4 _ their clothes and put them on the table, the people in the room will fall asleep and __5_ wake up.
When the thief _6 _ this, he took off his clothes __ 7 and was ready to set out to work. At this __8__, the husband suddenly shouted in a loud voice. “Stop thief! Stop thief!” The thief was very frightened. He ran __9 as fast as he could and ___10__ his clothes on the table.
1. A. make B. made C. makes D. making
2. A. son B. friend C. wife D. daughter
3. A. cleverer B. more C. faster D. stronger
4. A. on B. in C. off D. from
5. A. couldn’t B. can’t C. may not D. mustn’t
6. A. listened B. heard C. hear D. listen to
7. A. once B. then C. at once D. now
8. A. moment B. hour C. minute D. quarter
9. A. out B. away C. off D. after
10. A. forgot B. got C. brought D. left