完形填空。
       阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出
可以填入空白处的最佳选项。      Paul Carson, a music teacher, was driving along a country road with his sister Nora.    1   he saw a
man in a big American car who _ 2  the man wanted by the police.   3  by a reward (奖赏) of fifty pounds,
the sister and brother _ 4  to catch the criminal(罪犯) by following him   5  .  As soon as the man entered
Seldon Manor, a _ 6  belonging to Paul"s friend Mr. Lightfoot, Paul shut him in and then drove to    7  .
Realizing that Paul had made a _ 8  because the criminal had been put into prison that morning , the police
officer set off immediately with Paul to set the man free. The man who was _ 9 up in the house was really
an American visitor from     10   City. Paul and Nora felt very much     11    for what they had done. This
  12  action of theirs would surely make them the laughing-stock of the whole town. But a letter from the
American    13  changed the situation. _ 14  blaming(责怪) him, the American visitor thanked Paul for
shutting him up in his 
  1 5  house. It  16  that Seldon Manor was the American ancestors" home. He had come   17 to England
to look for it. In order to show his 18 , he offered the sister and brother a check  19 fifty pounds. Paul
and Nora got the  20  in the end, though in a quite different way.

(     )1. A. Clearly         (     )2. A. looked like       (     )3. A. Feared           (     )4. A. wondered           (     )5. A. closely         (     )6. A. factory         (     )7. A. the railway station  (     )8. A. mistake         (     )9. A. pulled           (     )10. A. London         (     )11. A. joyful         (     )12. A. rude           (     )13. A. president         (     )14. A. Instead of       (     )15. A. small           (     )16. A. turned out       (     )17. A. all the time     (     )18. A. anger           (     )19. A. as           (     )20. A. honor

B. Finally B. cared about B. Attracted B. promised    B. anxiously  B. garden    B. the city    B. choice    B. shut      B. New York    B. ashamed    B. kind      B. couple    B. As well as B. own      B. turned up  B. all the way B. thanks    B. to      B. gift

C. Quickly   C. hunted for      C. Moved   C. decided     C. separately     C. farm       C. his home     C. joke       C. brought     C. Paris        C. pleased   C. worthy       C. visitor     C. In case of       C. new     C. turned on   C. all the same C. pity       C. for       C. position

D. Suddenly            D. called on           D. Shared              D. struggled           D. excitedly           D. house               D. the police station  D. adventure           D. sent                D. Cairo               D. disappointed        D. clever              D. policeman           D. As a result of      D. big                 D. turned down         D. by chance           D. interest            D. of                  D. reward