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．angry B．ready C．frightened D．excited 小题2: A．for B．but C．so D．and 小题3: A．wanted to see B．wanted to play C．was afraid to see D．was afraid to play 小题4: A．Though B．But C．And D．If 小题5: A．that B．how C．whether D．when 小题6: A．knock B．voice C．man D．baker 小题7: A．may B．must C．wouldn’t D．couldn’t 小题8: A．not B．had C．tried D．failed 小题9: A．see B．frighten C．help D．scold 小题10: A．went B．lay C．appeared D．hid 小题11: A．thought B．wondered C．imagined D．realized 小题12: A．me B．you C．game D．play 小题13: A．good B．necessary C．late D．early 小题14: A．off B．here C．afraid D．sorry 小题15: A．pushed B．locking C．knocking D．shutting