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How to Catch the Thief (贼)

Henry Smith taught science at the City School. Once he went to a bookstore and bought some books. Most of them were expensive ones. He left them in his car in a quiet street. Then he went and bought some other things at other shops. At 6 o’clock he came back to the car. One window was open and the books were gone. Henry drove back to his home in Lake Street.

    That night he wrote a letter to a newspaper. The next day he went to the police station. On Friday people read an advertisement (广告) in the newspaper:

BOOKS WANTED HAVE YOU ANY BOOKS THAT YOU NO LONGER WANTED? I BUY OLD AND MODERN BOOKS. OPEN ALL DAY ON SATURDAY. HENRY SMITH, 18 LAKE STREET.

Henry stayed at home on Saturday. His first visitor came at 8 o’clock. Henry took him to the kitchen. At half past nine, another man arrived. He had a bag under his arm.

“ Mr. Smith?” the man asked.
“ That’s right,” Henry said. “ Can I help you? ”
“ I have some good books. You buy books, don’t you? ”
“ Yes, bring them in. I’ll have a look at them.”
Soon the books were on the dining-table.
“ Come in now,” Henry called out. “ And bring the list.”
A policeman came into the dining-room. He read the titles on the books and then those on the list in his hand. They were the same.
“ Come with me, sir,” the policeman said to the man.
1．Henry Smith was ________.

A．a policeman

B．a bookseller

C．a teacher

D．a scientist

2．Henry Smith lived in ________.

A．a quiet street	B．Lake Street
C．a bookstore	D．the City School

3．When the thief came into Henry Smith’s house, the policeman was ________.

A．in the kitchen	B．out of the door
C．in the police station	D．in the street

4．Mr. Smith’s books were gone from his ________.

A．kitchen

B．home

C．dining-room

D．car

5．Did Mr. Smith get his books back?

A．Yes, he did.	B．No, he didn’t.
C．Yes, he was.	D．No, he wasn’t.