After her husband had gone to work, Mrs. Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom. She was too
_26_ to do any housework that morning,
_27_ in the evening she was going to an interesting fancy dress party with her husband. What she
__28_ was a terrible genie（妖怪）and as she had made that special dress of hers the night before, she was anxious to try it on.
__29__ the dress was just a big piece of old cloth which was red, green, black and white, it would be very effective to make her like a red genie. After putting it on, Mrs. Richards went downstairs happily. She wanted to find out
__30__ it would be comfortable to wear.
Just as Mrs. Richards was entering the dining-room there was a
__31_ at the door. She thought that it
__32 be the baker. She had told him to come straight in if she
_33__ to open the door and leave the bread on the kitchen table. Now not wanting to
_34__ the poor man, Mrs. Richards quickly
__35_ in the small storeroom under the stairs. She heard the front door open and a man came in. When Mrs. Richards
_36_ that it was the man from the electricity board（供电局）who had come to read the meter, she walked out of the hiding-place on a sudden and tried to explain the matter, saying with a smile, “It’s only
__37_! It is not
__38_ for you to be
__39_ !” But it was too late. The man let out a sharp cry and jumped back several paces. Then he ran away,
__40__ the door behind him with great force and noise.
| 小题1: | | A．angry | B．ready | C．frightened | D．excited |
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| 小题3: | | A．wanted to see | B．wanted to play | | C．was afraid to see | D．was afraid to play |
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| 小题5: | | A．that | B．how | C．whether | D．when |
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| 小题6: | | A．knock | B．voice | C．man | D．baker |
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| 小题7: | | A．may | B．must | C．wouldn’t | D．couldn’t |
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| 小题8: | | A．not | B．had | C．tried | D．failed |
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| 小题9: | | A．see | B．frighten | C．help | D．scold |
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| 小题10: | | A．went | B．lay | C．appeared | D．hid |
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| 小题11: | | A．thought | B．wondered | C．imagined | D．realized |
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| 小题13: | | A．good | B．necessary | C．late | D．early |
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| 小题14: | | A．off | B．here | C．afraid | D．sorry |
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| 小题15: | | A．pushed | B．locking | C．knocking | D．shutting |
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