Home Alone

It was Sunday afternoon. My brother and I were alone at home. My parents went for a party and asked me to look after my brother.  I was doing my homework while my younger brother was watching TV. Suddenly the doorbell rang. Ding-Dong!  My brother thought that it was our parents, so he opened the      1  quickly.

A tall man wearing a black raincoat stood outside. He said that he came to sell books and asked politely     2  our parents were at home.

Without thinking, my brother said, "No." Then the man asked if we would like to 3 some story books. I refused him. When I wanted to close the door, he suddenly pushed the door very      4   and came into our house.  He took out a     5    and ordered me to tie up my brother’s hands with a rope.  I tied up his hands in a special way so my brother could untie

     6    easily. The man then tied my hands up and locked     7    of us in the kitchen. Soon, he went upstairs to     8  money. I taught my brother to untie the rope on his    9 .He then untied me. I rushed to the telephone to call the police,     10     the line was dead. The doors were all locked from the outside. It was lucky that the man      11   to lock the kitchen window. We got out of the house through the kitchen window and went to the   12 pay phone to call the police.

Soon   13  came to our house and the man was caught. By that time, my parents had come home. We told them the whole story. My parents were   14 that we were not hurt. They told me that I should stop my brother from   15 the door to strangers. I learnt a lesson on safety.

(    ) 1. A. window         B. door         C. book        D. fridge

(    ) 2. A. if               B. why         C. when        D. how

(    ) 3. A. lend         B. borrow      C. sell            D. buy

(    ) 4. A. politely           B. slowly      C. hard        D. quietly

(    ) 5. A. book             B. knife       C. gift        D. pen

(    ) 6. A. himself      B. myself          C. herself         D. themselves

(    ) 7. A. none          B. neither         C. both        D. all

(    ) 8. A. look at            B. look after  C. look like       D. look for

(    ) 9. A. feet              B. hands       C. neck        D. legs

(    ) 10. A. and         B. so             C. or          D. but

(    ) 11. A. wanted          B. remembered   C. forgot          D. tried

(    ) 12. A. farthest        B. nearest         C. largest         D. smallest

(    ) 13. A. my friends        B. the police       C. the neighbors    D. my parents

(    ) 14. A. glad            B. angry       C. sad         D. sorry

(    ) 15. A. cleaning        B. closing     C. locking         D. opening

阅读下面一段文字，完成下列问题
鲁迅笔下的阿Q，对于自己进监牢并不烦恼，而以为“惟有圈而不圆，却是他‘行状’上的一个污点”。不仅如此，鲁迅用一百多字详尽描写“阿Q立志要画得圆”却未能如愿的过程，其用心又是什么 。
鲁迅在《阿Q正传》中并没有解答的问题却在杂文中显示了解答的钥匙。鲁迅认为，圆滑是中国国民性的特征之一，大团圆是中国小说戏曲的重要特征，甚至自然景观的欣赏也有“十景病”的圆满心理。鲁迅认为，中国的历史只有两个时代：“想做奴隶而不得的时代”和“暂时做稳了奴隶的时代”，“这一种循环，也就是‘先儒’之所谓‘一治一乱’也就是原地不动地画圆圈”。
阿Q所画的圆圈，不是一个普通的圆圈，而是中国文化的象征符号。
阿Q的精神胜利法，就是国民希求圆满的象征。阿Q的地位一降再降，面对种种不幸，心理上仍能够圆满，精神上仍能够胜利，就典型而近乎夸张地突现了国民希求圆满的心态。
阿Q的“革命”是传统的画圆圈式的“革命”的翻版。阿Q式的革命即使成功了，也不过是另换了一个皇帝甚至暴君，“在自己的瓦砾中修补老例”。因此，不能简单地在阿Q革命与辛亥革命之间画上等号。
具有团圆心理的国民，只能演出一场圆圈式的革命，结尾也应该是大团圆才对，所以鲁迅为小说的最后一章命题为“大团圆”。当然，它没有重复传统小说和戏曲的大团圆，而是以具有象征意味的反语技巧，来打破大团圆。阿Q所希望画圆的圆圈，将阿Q送上了杀头示众的路。鲁迅对封建传统文化的控诉是最令人惊心动魄的，在小说中只有《狂人日记》中的古旧传统“吃人”，可以与之相比。

第二段“却在杂文中显示了解答的钥匙”这句中的“钥匙”所指的一项是：

A．阿Q式的革命

B．阿Q的精神胜利法

C．鲁迅的杂文

D．中国文化的象征符号