CHAPTER ONE
The Fight
Suddenly the door opened. John Reed ran in.
"Where are you, your little rat? " he said. He did not see my
hiding place. "Eliza! Georgy! I Jane is not here! Tell Mamma
she's gone outside - what a bad girl she is! "
"How lucky I [-----1-----] the curtain! " I thought. I knew he
would never find me, because he was very stupid. But his
sister Eliza was not stupid,and she knew exactly where I was.
"She's in the window [-----2-----]., John!" she said.
Immediately I came out, because I did not want them to be
angry with me. "What do you want?" I asked him.
"Say,what would you like,Master Reed? "he said, sitting in a
comfortable chair. "I want you to come here."
" John Reed was fourteen, and I was only ten. He was large,
ugly, and fat. He often [-----3-----] too much at meals which
made him look like a pig. Usually he was away at school, but
his mother had made him come home for a while, because she
thought his health was not good. He did not have anything to
do but fight with his sisters, get into troube with Bessie,
and treat me badly.
Vocabulary Focus
get into trouble with……惹上麻烦，例如：Tom got into trouble
with the police(汤姆惹事落到警方手里)
答案：
1.drew
2.seat
3.ate
