完形填空 Louise was 72 years old and she li

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     Louise was 72 years old and she lived by herself. The first thing she noticed when she came

downstairs that Sunday morning was that her    1   window was open. In fact, it was so wide open that

she had    2   closing it. Then she realized that things were not in their proper    3   . Finally, when she

found her empty    4  on the kitchen table, she realized the awful    5   . At first, she didn't know what to

do. Then she decided to   6   her son, Derek.

     Derek's wife Sybil answered the phone, "It's your mother," she    7   him, coldly. Louise told Derek

about the open window, about things being in the wrong places and about the    8   missing from her

purse.

     "All right," said Derek, "Don't    9   anything. I'll be    10   in half an hour."

     Louise    11   and made herself a pot of tea and some toast. Then she went from room to room

wondering    12  anything else was missing.

     When Derek arrived, he was content to   13   her looking so calm. "Have you rung the     14  ?" he

asked. "No? Then I'll do that straight away." So he rang the police.

     As it was Sunday,   15  the only detectives were out. However, the police were polite, but vague

（含糊的）. "We'll send    16   round as soon as possible," they said.

     Derek telephoned his wife. "I'm not sure when I'll be home, love," he told her. "I've got to    17  for

the police." While Derek and his mother waited, Derek    18  the catches（挂钩）on the windows and

locks on the doors. All of them were old and some of the catches hardly    19   at all. Derek felt    20   .

His mother was an old woman, after all. "I'll have to change all these," he told her.