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According to Andrew, it never would have happened if he had not had a flat tire on Highway 10 last night about7:30. He was on his way to Beaver Greek to attend a three-day sales meeting when he had the flat. Unfortunately, he did not have a spare, so he pushed the car off the road, locked it up, and managed to thumb a ride back to Pine Grove. It was after eleven o'clock when he finally got home, and it was then that his real problems started.
When Andrew left home at 5:30, he had told his wife not to expect him back until Thursday or Friday. Knowing that his wife was nervous about staying in the house alone at night, Andrew took the precaution of checking all the windows in the house to be sure they were locked, so that he could report to his wife that the house was secure. He convinced his wife that the house was burglar-proof, and that she would be perfectly safe, providing she bolted the front door as soon as he drove away.
Andrew's only thought as he made his way in the dark to his front door was how surprised his wife was going to see him, since he was not supposed to be back until Thursday or Friday. He had forgotten about the bolt on the front door.When he turned his key in the lock and the door wouldn't budge, he remembered the bolt. And he remembered that he had carefully locked all of the windows.
Although Andrew didn't know it at the time, a next-door neighbor had seen him approaching the house and watched him go up the steps to the front door. In the dark, it was impossible for the neighbor to recognize Andrew, and, besides,the neighbor knew that Andrew had gone out-of-town for a three-day meeting. As a matter of fact, Andrew had asked the neighbor to keep an eye on the house while he was gone.
Finding that he couldn't get in by the front door, and knowing that there was no possibility of getting in through a window, Andrew began pounding on the front door to get his -wife to open the door. According to Andrew, however, his wife is a very sound sleeper, and he knew it was going to be hard to wake her up. In the meantime, because of all the noise he had been making, the neighbor was convinced that somebody was trying to break into the house; so he called the police.
When we talked to Andrew at the country jail this morning, he said that he still didn't understand how the police managed to circle the house without his seeing them. He stated that he had decided the only way to get in was to break one of the dining room windows, and that he was about to hurl his briefcase into the window to break it when two of the officers grabbed him from behind.
Andrew could not make the officers believe that he lived there; so they took him off to jail. Apparently, he did succeed in convincing them that they ought to wake up the woman, in the house to check his story. But there was no answer when they knocked at the door. He tried to explain to them that his wife was a very sound sleeper, but they concluded there was nobody in the house.

单选题

As Andrew had a flat tire on the way he________.

【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】

第一段第三句“Unfortunately, he did not have a spare, so he pushed the car off the road, locked it up, and managed to thumb a ride back to Pine Grove.” 提到 Andrew 把车推到路边锁好, 并搭车回到了 Pine Grove,故 B 项为正确答案。

单选题

In order to allay his wife's fears, Andrew________.

【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】

第二段第二句“Knowing that his wife was nervous about staying in the house alone at night, Andrew took the precaution of checking all the windows in the house to be sure they were locked...” 提到因为妻子害怕晚上一人在家, Andrew 提前检查了家里所有的窗户确保它们都锁好了, 故 C 项为正确答案。

单选题

When Andrew was approaching his house________

【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】

第三段第一句“Andrew's only thought as he made his way in the dark to his front door was how surprised his wife was going to see him, since he was not supposed to be back until Thursday or Friday.” 讲到 Andrew 在回家的路上一直在想他的妻子见到她会多么惊喜, 故 D 项为正确答案。

单选题

Why didn't the neighbor recognize Andrew?

【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】

第四段第二句“In the dark, it was impossible for the neighbor to recognize Andrew...…” 讲到因为天太黑了,所以邻居很难认出 Andrew, 故 B 项为正确答案。

单选题

Why did the police officers take Andrew off to jail?

【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】

最后一段第一句“Andrew could not make the officers believe that he lived there; so they took him off to jail.”讲到 Andrew 没能让警员相信他真的住在那里, 所以他们把他带到了监狱, 即警员认为 Andrew 编造了整个故事, 故 C 项为正确答案。