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 __36____ window was open. In fact, it was so wide open that she had ___37___ closing it. Then she realized that things were not in their proper __38____. Finally, when she found her empty ___39___ on the kitchen table, she realized the awful __40____. At first, she didn’t know what to do. Then she decided to ___41___ her son, Derek. Derek’s wife Sybil answered the phone, “It’s your mother,” she _42___him, coldly. Louise told Derek about the open window, about things being in the wrong places and about the ____43__ missing from her purse. “ All right,” said Derek, “Don’t __44___ anything. I’ll be __45___ in half an hour. Louise ___46__ and made herself a pot of tea and some toast. Then she went from room to room wondering __47___ anything else was missing. When Derek arrived, he was content to __48___ her looking so calm. “Have you rung the ___49___?”he asked. “No? Then I’ll do that straight away.” So he rang the police. As it was Sunday，__50____ the only detectives were out. However, the police were polite, but vague(含糊的) . “ We’ll send __51__ 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 ___52__ for the police.” While Derek and his mother waited, Derek _53___ the catches （挂钩） on the windows and locks on the doors. All of them were old and some of the catches hardly__54___ at all. Derek felt __55___. His mother was an old woman, after all. “I’ll have to change all these.” he told her.
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小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:A
小题5:C
小题6:C
小题7:B
小题8:C
小题9:C
小题10:B
小题11:B
小题12:A
小题13:B
小题14:A
小题15:D
小题16:B
小题17:C
小题18:A
小题19:D
小题20:D
题目分析：
小题1:名词辨析A.洗手间 B.卧室 C.厨房 D.浴室 由后文可知，是厨房的窗户打开了
小题2:名词辨析A.力量，力气 B.困惑 C.理由 D.麻烦 由前文可知，主人公年龄太大，关窗户有点困难 have trouble doing sth
小题3:名词辨析A.方位，位置 B.地方，场所 C.方向，趋势 D.情景 固定短语 in the proper place在应在的地方
小题4:39.A 名词辨析A. 钱包 B.花瓶 C.罐，锅，壶 D.信封 由句意可知，他在厨房的餐桌上发现了自己空空的钱包。
小题5:名词辨析A.错误 B.信息 C.真相，事实 D.消息 可知：他发现了一个可怕的事实
小题6:动词辨析A.访问，探访 B.询问 C. 响 D.惩罚 可知：于是就询问他的儿子
小题7:动词辨析 A.邀请 B.通知 C.陈述 D.责骂，斥责 可知：是自己的儿媳妇告知自己的儿子
小题8:名词辨析 A.笔记 B.硬币 C.金钱 D.账单 从后文知:是钱包里的账单丢了
小题9:动词辨析A.说，讲 B.移动 C.触摸 D.准备 保留现场，不要去触碰任何东西
小题10:副词辨析 A.这里 B.周围 C.在—外面 D.远处，离开 一小时后启程 be off="set" off
小题11:动词辨析A.叹气 B.放松 C.轻声细语 D.匆忙 老人泡了杯茶，放松了一下自己紧张的情绪
小题12:连词辨析A.如果，是否 B.为什么 C.怎么样 D.在哪里 老人想了解其他东西是否也丢了
小题13:动词辨析A.意识到 B.发现 C.知道 D.感觉到 发现老人的神色镇静
小题14:名词辨析 A.警察 B.邻居 C.医院 D.朋友 儿子问给警方打电话么
小题15:副词辨析A.一般来说 B.幸运地 C.相当地 D.不幸地 不巧的是，恰逢周末，侦探都出去了
小题16:代词辨析A. 任何人 B.有人 C.每人 D没人. 警方说会尽快派人过去
小题17:动词辨析A.希望 B.询问 C.等待 D.打电话 去等警察来
小题18:动词辨析A. 审查 B.修理 C.修理，安排 D.测试 儿子仔细的复查了窗户上的挂钩
小题19:动词辨析 A. 锁住 B.打开 C. 帮助 D.工作，起作用 这些挂钩太旧了，都派不上用场了
小题20:形容词辨析A.激动的 B.愚蠢的 C.担忧的 D.内疚的，有罪的 儿子感到很惭愧
点评：本文讲述了一个留守老人家里失窃的事件，实则在说明现在的人太忙碌，都忘了家里的老人，没有给予老人关爱。挂钩太旧，说明很久没换过了，也就是说子女们很少去真正关心过自己父母的安全，才酿成了失窃事故，富有启发意义。