We live in a small town and almost everyone knows each other. It used to be very quiet. 【小题1】 (nothing) much ever happened around here. However , these days , something unusual is happening in our town. Victor, a teacher at my school, is really nervous. When he 【小题2】 (interview)by the town newspaper, he said, “Every night we 【小题3】(hear) strange noises outside our window. My wife thinks that it could be an animal, but my friends and I think it

must be teenagers 【小题4】(have) fun. My parents called the 【小题5】(policeman), but they couldn’t find anything strange. They think it might be the wind. I don’t think so !”

Victor’s next-door neighbor Helen is worried, too. “At 【小题6】 (one)， I thought that it might be a dog, but I couldn’t see a dog or anything else , either. So I guess it 【小题7】(can) be a dog. But then , what could it be ?”One woman in the area saw something running away, but it was dark so she is not sure . “I think it was too big 【小题8】 (be) a dog,” she said. “Maybe it was a bear or a wolf.”

Everyone in our town is feeling uneasy, and everyone has 【小题9】 (he) or her own ideas. There must be something visiting the homes in our neighborhood, but what is it? We have no idea. Most people hope that this animal or person will 【小题10】 (simple) go away, but I do not think that is going to happen. The noise-maker is having too much fun creating fear in the neighborhood.