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Unit 5 The power of nature Ⅰ阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 On Thursday afternoon Mrs Clarke locked the door and went to the women’s club as usual.It was a pleasant way of __1__ time for an old woman who lived alone. When she came home she __2__ something unusual.Had someone got in？The back door and the windows were all locked and there was no __3__ of forced entry.Had anything been taken？She went from room to room，__4__，and found her camera and spare watch missing. The following Thursday she went out at her __5__ time，but didn’t go to the club.Instead，she took a short walk in a park nearby and came home，letting herself in through the __6__ door.She settled down to wait and see what would happen. It was 4 o’clock when the front doorbell rang.Mrs Clarke was __7__ tea at the time.The bell rang again，and the next moment she __8__ her letterbox being pushed open.Picking up the kettle of boiling water，she moved quietly towards the letterbox.A piece of __9__ appeared through the letterbox，and then a hand.The wire turned and caught around the knob(原形旋钮)on the doorlock.Mrs Clarke __10__ the kettle and poured the water over the hand.A __11__ cry was heard outside as the wire __12__ to the floor and the hand was pulled back，which was followed by the sound of __13__ feet. | 
