Policemen were called by a shop in Southland early on Christmas morning. When they 1 they found two burglars (偷盜者) were kept in a lift with a heavy box of money. The two men were in their twenties. They 2 an office in the 3 and took the money box and ran 4 the lift. They did not see the sign on the door saying that it 5 no more than two people.

　　“They were kept between the 6 because they 7 a heavy box，” the police officer said， “they 8 there for six hours， 9 on what they hoped to be their Christmas 10 。 They were doing this at a time when people were at 11 for the Christmas with their families. It was a very special 12 when the policemen 13 the door and they walked 14 ， holding out arms. They said they had never been 15 pleased to see policemen. The policemen said they were pleased to see them too.

　　1. A. reachedB. gotC. arrived D. were

　　2. A. broke up B. broke out C. broke D. broke into

　　3. A. street B. station C. shop D. box

　　4. A. out B. into C. inside D. off

　　5. A. runs B. drives C. makes D. carries

　　6. A. earth B. ground C. floors D. floor

　　7. A. lifted B. took C. brought D. made

　　8. A. were kept B. kept C. were taken D. were hit

　　9. A. sits B. sit C. sat D. sitting

　　10. A. box B. tree C. present D. money

　　11. A. work B. home C. ease D. place

　　12. A. happy B. hurry C. moment D. worry

　　13. A. opened B. closed C. turned D. shut

　　14. A. away B. off C. in D. out

　　15. A. much B. very C. too D. so

　　學而思名師點評

　　讀完這篇文章后，你會由衷地發出“惡有惡報”的感嘆。整個故事既詼諧有趣而又富于深刻的含義。

　　答案簡析

　　C。這里必須用不及物動詞，故不用reach，而got單獨使用不表示“到達”。

　　D 破門而入。

　　C。由上下文可知是一家商店。

　　B。ran into the lift 跑進電梯。

　　D。電梯只能“裝得下”兩人。

　　C。電梯被卡在兩層樓之間。

　　B。此處took為“拿”的意思。

　　A。上文已有這個詞組，表示一直被關在電梯中達兩小時之久。

　　D。現在分詞做伴隨狀語。

　　C。根據常識，他們把偷來的箱子當作自己的圣誕禮物。

　　B。此時人們還在各自的家中和家人團聚。

　　C。這對于他們來說，的確是一個很特別的時刻。

　　A。警察打開電梯門。

　　D。門打開了，他們走出電梯。

　　D。作為小偷，他們從未因看見警察而如此高興過。

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