When Dunstan Cass left the cottage, Silas Marner was only a hundred meters away. He was walking home from the village, where he had _____to buy what he needed______his next day’s work. His legs were tired, but he felt almost happy. He was looking forward to_______,when he would bring out his gold. Tonight he had an extra reason to hurry home. He was going to eat hot meat, which was_______for him. And it would _____him nothing, because someone had given him a piece of meat as a present. He left it______ over the fire. The door key was needed to hold safe in place, but Cass was not at all_______about leaving his gold in the cottage with the door____. He could not imagine that a thief would____ his way through the mist, rain and darkness to the little cottage by the quarry ( 采石场 ).
When he reached his cottage and opened the door, he did not notice ______ anything was different. He ____his wet coat, and pushed the meat_____the fire_______he was warm again, he began to think about his gold.. It seemed a long time to wait until after super, when he usually brought out coins to look at.______he decided to bring out his gold immediately, while the meat was still cooking.
But when he _____the floorboards near the room, and saw the _______hole, he did not understand _____. His heart beat violently as his trembling hands felt all round the hole. There was ______! He put his hands to his head and tried to think. Had he put his gold in a different place, and forgotten about it? He_____ every corner of this small cottage, until he could not pretend to himself any more. He had to accept the truth----his gold had been ____!
【小题1】A.arrived | B.been | C.left | D.gone |
【小题2】【小题3】A.holiday | B.gold | C.supper-time | D.meat |
【小题4】A.ordinary | B.unusual | C.normal | D.common |
【小题5】【小题6】A.boiling | B.cooking | C.smoking | D.making |
【小题7】A.interesting | B.worried | C.interested | D.worrying |
【小题8】A.unlocked | B.uncovered | C.discovered | D.locked |
【小题9】【小题10】A.whether | B.that | C.because | D.as |
【小题11】A.turned off | B.threw into | C.threw off | D.got off |
【小题12】A.away from | B.farther on | C.on to | D.closer to |
【小题13】A.As soon as | B.As well as | C.No sooner | D.As long as |
【小题14】【小题15】A.took down | B.took after | C.took over | D.took up |
【小题16】A.dark | B.empty | C.small | D.deep |
【小题17】A.at last | B.at once | C.at most | D.at least |
【小题18】A.everything | B.something | C.nothing | D.anything |
【小题19】A.searched | B.searched for | C.looked into | D.found |
【小题20】A.gone | B.missed | C.lost | D.stolen |