24 Whom To Trust

　　　　One night M r Smith left his car outside his house as usual, but when he came downstairs the next morning to go to his office, he found that the car wasn’t there.

He called on the policemen and told them what had happen e d. The policemen said they would try to find it.

When M r Smith hurried home from his office that evening，the car was back again in its usual Place in front of his house．

　　　　He checked it careful1y and found two film tickets on one of the seats and a letter which said，“ We’re very sorry. We took your car because of a sick boy.”

　　　　So M r and M r s Smith went to the cinema with the two tickets the next night and of course they enjoyed them－selves very much．

　　　　But when they came back home, they found that everything was taken己way from their house．

相信谁

一天晚上,史密斯先生和平常一样，巴车停在了屋外。但是当他第二天早晨下楼去上班时，他发现车不在那儿了。

他给警察打了电话，告诉他们发生的事。警察说他们会尽力寻找的。

那天晚上，史密斯先生下班匆忙赶回家时，车又回来了，还放在屋前跟平常一样的位置上。

仔细地查看了一下，发现其中一个座位上放着两张电影票和一封信，上面说：“很抱歉，我们用了你的车，因为有个小男孩生病了。”

于是，史密斯夫妇在第二天晚上拿着这两张票去看了电影。当然，他们非常开心了。

不过，当他们回到家时，他们发现家里的东西都被别人拿走了

参考译文

词汇：

Downstairs　在楼下　　　　　　 check检查

　　　　Ticket　　　票　　　　　　　　 sick生病的

　　　  enjoy享受……乐趣　　　　　　 take away拿走，夺走

 I. 听全文录音，选择正确答案

1． One ninght the stolen car 　　　.

　　A. was taken back by the police

　　B. was back again in its usual place

　　C. was taken back by two men

　　D. was found near M r Smith’s office

2.　On oen seat, M r Smith found 　　　.

　　A. two tickets　 B. a letter written by a boy

　　C. a wallet　　　D. some money

3.　The next inght, M r and M rs Smith 　　　.

　　　　A. stayed at home B. lost the car again

　　　　C. went to see a film D. went to visit the sick boy

II. 听录音，补全下列段落

　　　 When M r Smith 　 1　 home from his office that evening, the car was back again in its usual 　 2　 in front of his house.

　He checked it carefiully and found two film 　3　 on one of the　　4　and a 　 5　  whick said, “We’re very sorry. We took your car because of a sick 　 6　 .”

　　　　So M r and M r s Smith went to the　　7　with the two tickets the next inght and of course they　  8　themselves very much.

　　　　But when they came back　 9　　, they found that 　 10　 was taken away from their house.

答案：

I．1．B 2．A 3．C

　　　　II．1. hurried 2.place 3.tickets 4.seats 5.letter

　　　　　  6. boy 7.cinema 8.enjoyed 9.home 10.everything