Question

Mr. Hawkins, the headmaster, stopped Anna one day at the school gate.

“Now," he said,“ I want you to tell me the _______ , my dear. " Feeling something terrible had happened, Anna said slowly,“_______.”

“I have had a most _______ accusation(投訴) made against you by Mrs. Bond.”

“Mrs. Bond?” said Anna, not understanding. Janet Bond was a quiet little _______ of a Child. As far as Anna could remember she had never had _______ to speak an angry word to the girl.

“Mrs. Bond,” went on Mr Hawkins “told me that you scolded(責(zé)備) her daughter yesterday afternoon.

“Scolded?” cried Anna “I certainly didn' t do that. _______ not in school.” she added honestly

Mrs. Bond' s _______ is that Janet was a little late back to schoo1 in the afternoon. She said she

set out from home a little late.

“Just a minute.” said Anna, beginning to _______“She did come late, very late. I had marked

her _______, of course. Then she __________slowly in, when we'd started our paper-cutting, and I believe I said she was a nuisance(討厭 ). She didn' t appear to hear, and was certainly quite __________.”

“A nuisance!” Mr Hawkins couldn't__________ it and asked,“You' re sure you said nuisance?”

“I may not even have said that,” Anna replied.“I was not angry at all at that moment---__________

I certainly didn' t scoId.”

“Mrs. Bond said that you called her child a 'nuisance', Is that true?”

“Indeed it isn' t.” said Anna. “The child-or the other-had __________ it up!”

After Anna's explanation, Mr Hawkins felt__________ . “Just as I thought, my dear, but of course I had to make sure.”

1.A. result B. truth C. news D. secret

2.A. Natura11y B. No way C. Exactly D. Certainly not

3.A. mistaken B. correct C. serious D. careless

4.A. mouse B. pig C. rabbit D. bird

5.A. courage B. chance C. time D. cause

6.A. At first B. At least C. In fact D. After all

7.A. explanation B. excuse C. story D. question

8.A. think B. imagine C. complain D. understand

9.A. absent B. present C. sick D. early

10.A. rushed B. jumped C. walked D. pushed

11.A. sad B. tired C. cheerful D. proud

12.A. guess B. repeat C. follow D. believe

13.A. as B. and C. but D. or

14.A. put B. picked C. looked D. made

15.A. interested B. satisfied C. disappointed D. surprised

Answer 1