After her husband had gone to work, Mrs. Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom. She was too _26_ to do any housework that morning, _27_ in the evening she was going to an interesting fancy dress party with her husband. What she __28_ was a terrible genie（妖怪）and as she had made that special dress of hers the night before, she was anxious to try it on. __29__ the dress was just a big piece of old cloth which was red, green, black and white, it would be very effective to make her like a red genie. After putting it on, Mrs. Richards went downstairs happily. She wanted to find out __30__ it would be comfortable to wear.
　　Just as Mrs. Richards was entering the dining-room there was a __31_ at the door. She thought that it __32 be the baker. She had told him to come straight in if she _33__ to open the door and leave the bread on the kitchen table. Now not wanting to _34__ the poor man, Mrs. Richards quickly __35_ in the small storeroom under the stairs. She heard the front door open and a man came in. When Mrs. Richards_36_ that it was the man from the electricity board（供电局）who had come to read the meter, she walked out of the hiding-place on a sudden and tried to explain the matter, saying with a smile, “It’s only __37_! It is not __38_ for you to be __39_ !” But it was too late. The man let out a sharp cry and jumped back several paces. Then he ran away, __40__ the door behind him with great force and noise.
小题1:A．angryB．readyC．frightenedD．excited小题2:A．forB．butC．soD．and小题3:A．wanted to seeB．wanted to playC．was afraid to seeD．was afraid to play小题4:A．ThoughB．ButC．AndD．If小题5:A．thatB．howC．whetherD．when小题6:A．knockB．voiceC．manD．baker小题7:A．mayB．mustC．wouldn’tD．couldn’t小题8:A．notB．hadC．triedD．failed小题9:A．seeB．frightenC．helpD．scold小题10:A．wentB．layC．appearedD．hid小题11:A．thoughtB．wonderedC．imaginedD．realized小题12:A．meB．youC．D．play小题13:A．goodB．necessaryC．lateD．early小题14:A．offB．hereC．afraidD．sorry小题15:A．pushedB．lockingC．knockingD．shutting