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"I swear, I didn't steal anything!" I shouted over the alarm. Obviously the security guard didn't believe me
because he seized the shopping bag right out of my hand.
"Do you have a receipt for this?" he asked doubtfully, putting any new back-to-school outfit (全套设备)
onto the dusty floor near the mall entrance.
"Of course I do," I replied, fishing my wallet out of my coat pocket. Elsie and Monica, my two best friends,
stood beside me. They were laughing their heads off!
I almost tore my wallet apart for the receipt, but it had disappeared. "Let me look again," I said nervously.
Then I looked again, and again, and again! My face was getting butter by the minute, and my heart was beating
like a racehorse.
Finally, I looked back at the guard and whispered, "It's not here." The guard picked up my clothes and said,
"You'll have to come with me, Miss."
When he opened the office door, I saw a man sitting behind a big metal desk. It was the manager. Then I
had an idea.
"May I say something?" I asked. "I can prove I didn't steal this thing." "Then I explained all about the
cashier (出纳员). She said that she had bought the exact same outfit as a birthday present for her little sister."
"We'll just see about that," the manager said and went off to find her. Ten minutes later, I was free!
It was terrible to be unfairly accused of something! Then I remembered shouting at my sister that very
morning for taking my new hair clips.
Had she really taken them? I made a promise that day never to accuse someone of something without
proof, and I haven't. At last something good came out of my terrible experience.
1. Why didn't the security guard believe the author? [ ]
A. Because she looked nervous at that time.
B. Because she had no money in her wallet.
C. Because she didn't have a receipt for the outfit.
D. Because her face turned red after being caught.
2. That the author's two friends laughed their heads off showed _____. [ ]
A. they didn't believe the author
B. they laughed at the author who stole things.
C. they expected the author to be caught.
D. they played a trick on the author.
3. We can infer the author was very _____ from the underlined part in Paragraph 4. [ ]
A. careful
B. nervous
C. frightened
D. excited
4. Who proved that the author hadn't stolen anything? [ ]
A. The manager.
B. The cashier.
C. The author's friends
D. The security guard.
5. From her experience, the author learned that _____. [ ]
A. you should believe in yourself in face of difficulty
B. it is a terrible thing to be suspected by friends
C. you should ask for a receipt for whatever you buy
D. you should not doubt others if you can't prove it
