Policemen were called by a shop in Southland early on Christmas morning. When they 1 they found two burglars (偷盗者) 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. reached B. got C. 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
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读完这篇文章后，你会由衷地发出“恶有恶报”的感叹。整个故事既诙谐有趣而又富于深刻的含义。
答案简析
C。这里必须用不及物动词，故不用reach，而got单独使用不表示“到达”。
D 破门而入。
C。由上下文可知是一家商店。
B。ran into the lift 跑进电梯。
D。电梯只能“装得下”两人。
C。电梯被卡在两层楼之间。
B。此处took为“拿”的意思。
A。上文已有这个词组，表示一直被关在电梯中达两小时之久。
D。现在分词做伴随状语。
C。根据常识，他们把偷来的箱子当作自己的圣诞礼物。
B。此时人们还在各自的家中和家人团聚。
C。这对于他们来说，的确是一个很特别的时刻。
A。警察打开电梯门。
D。门打开了，他们走出电梯。
D。作为小偷，他们从未因看见警察而如此高兴过。
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