Attwoo’clockabankrobber（盜賊）stolein.“Thisisaholdup,”t...

問題詳情：

    At two o’clock a bank robber（盜賊）stole in. “This is a holdup, ”the man said rudely. He took a gun from under his jacket, pointing to George. “Hand it over! ”George reached into his money-box and took all the bills from the top part－close to six thousand dollars. The robber took them and turned to leave.

    Then, when everyone came and watch the robber, George calmly lifted the top part of the money-box, took bills from the bottom part and put them into his own pocket secretly.

    The door was shut and the bank robber was gone. George fainted（暈倒）

    As soon as he was safely behind his bedroom door, George counted the money. He had eight thousand dollars. He was very happy.

    The next morning, while the others were examining the bank’s records, George was called into Mr. Burrow’s office and was introduced to Mr. Garruthers, who was president of the bank in the past.

    “Good morning, George, I was sorry to give you a hard time yesterday, but with all the banks being robbed these days, I thought it would be a good idea to prove that our little bank can be robbed, too. I have retired（退休）, but I’m always thinking of our bank. That’s why I played my little game yesterday, just to keep everyone on his toes（趾）. Now, I have put the money back in your money-box －all six thousand. ”

 1. Why was George called into Mr. Burrow’s office?

    A. His stealing money was known.

    B. Mr. Burrow wanted to say sorry to him.

    C. Mr. Garruthers wanted to talk about the whole thing to him.

    D. Mr. Burrow wanted to tell him the money had been put back.

 2. In this article “to keep everyone on his toes”means “_________”.

    A. to make everyone work hard

    B. to keep everyone standing straight

    C. to make everyone do a kind of exercise

    D. to keep everyone paying attention to the coming danger

 3. Which sentence can be used to end this story?

    A. George turned cold with fear.

    B. George turned red with anger.

    C. George was pleased with the end.

    D. George was disappointed（失望）with the end.

【回答】

1. C 2. D  3. A

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