________confidence and the necessary equipment, they failed to rescue the 42 miners trapped in the coal mine.

　 A. Lack of　 B. Lacking of　 C. Lacking　 D. Having lacked

Mary could hardly stand up, ______walk.

　 A. let alone　 B. in case　　 C. not mention　 D. in spite of

_____ and I will hit you.

　 A. If you say that again 　 B. Say that again

　 C. Say you that again 　 D. You’ll say that again

One evening, Mr Green was driving his car along a lonely country road. He had __1__ $10 000 from the bank in town. Suddenly a man in rags stopped him and asked for ___2___. Mr Green told him to get on and continued his way. ___3___ he talked to the man, he _____4___ that he had just broken out of prison. Mr Green was very afraid at the ____5_____ of the money. Suddenly he saw a police－car and had a ___6___ idea. He ___7_____ speed and drove as quickly as possible. Then he found the police-car running ____8_____ him. After a mile _____9___ the police-car passed him and ordered him to stop. A policeman came up. Mr Green had hoped to tell him about the trouble but the man put a gun to Mr Green’s ___10___.

The policeman said he wanted Mr Green’s name and __11__ and Mr Green obeyed. The policeman wrote it down in his notebook and put it in his ___12___. “You ___13___ appear at the police station. “ He said. Then he talked to Mr Green about ___14____ driving. Mr Green started up his car again. He had ___15____ all hope of his ￡10,000, but as he reached a more lonely part, the robber said he wanted to ___16___. Mr Green stopped and the man said. “____17____. You’ve been ___18___ to me. This is what I can do in ___19____.” And he handed Mr Green the policeman’s ___20___, which was stolen while the policeman was talking to Mr Green.

1. A. taken　　　 B. held　　　　 C. brought　　 D. drawn