单选题
阅读下面短文，从短文后所组的A、B、C三个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

The policemen in a big city were looking for a thief. At last they {{U}}(41) {{/U}} him. They took {{U}}(42) {{/U}} of him—from the front, from the left, from the right, with a hat, {{U}}(43) {{/U}} a hat. Just after they took the last one, the thief attacked the policemen and ran{{U}} (44) {{/U}}. They tried to catch him, but failed.
A week {{U}}(45) {{/U}} the telephone rang in the police station, and somebody said, "You are looking for Bill Cross, aren't you?"
"Yes, where is he?" "Well, he left here {{U}}(46) {{/U}} Waterbridge an hour ago."
Waterbridge was a small town about 100 miles from the city. The city police {{U}}(47) {{/U}} sent four {{U}}(48) {{/U}} photos of the thief to the police in Waterbridge.
Less than twelve hours later they {{U}}(49) {{/U}} a telephone call from the police station in Waterbridge. "We have caught three of your men," they said happily, "And we will catch the {{U}}(50) {{/U}} this evening, we think."

A、

A. caught
B、

B. killed
C、

C. found

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[详细解答] 根据题意，此句意为抓住了小偷，因此选择A。

A、

A. hold
B、

B. photos
C、

C. care

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[详细解答] 根据题意，此句意为给小偷照相，因此选B。

A、

A. in
B、

B. without
C、

C. wearing

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[详细解答] 根据题意，此处应与“with a hat戴帽”对应，应为“脱帽”，故选B。

A、

A. off
B、

B. out
C、

C. of

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[详细解答] 此处考查固定搭配，run off意为“逃跑”，run out意为“跑出，逐出”，没有run of这个搭配。根据题意，此处选A。

A、

A. ago
B、

B. later
C、

C. before

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[详细解答] 根据题意，此句表示的事件的时间应为前面事件时间之后，故选B。

A、

A. to
B、

B. at
C、

C. for

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[详细解答] 此处考查固定搭配，leave for意为“离开某处去另一地”。

A、

A. at once
B、

B. once
C、

C. again

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[详细解答] 根据题意，此句意为警察立即把四张小偷的照片送到Waterbridge镇的警察那里。

A、

A. beautiful
B、

B. ugly
C、

C. different

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[详细解答] 根据上文可知，警察总共为小偷照了四张不同的照片，因此选择C。

A、

A. got
B、

B. passed
C、

C. made

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[详细解答] 根据全文可知，这个电话应为来自 Water bridge镇的，因此选择A。

A、

A. thief
B、

B. first
C、

C. fourth

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[详细解答] 根据上文可知，Waterbridge镇的警察以为四张照片代表不同的四个小偷，现在已经抓住了其中三个，因此此处意为“第四个小偷”。