A long time ago I lived in a small town in south. In the morning I was often woken up by the __36__made by those boys who were on their way to school. To tell the truth, I got so _37__ that I decided to teach them a lesson, especially the one who _38__at my window. So one morning I   __39__ my bed as quickly as I could _40__ I heard the knock once again. But I found no _41__ there when I ran outside.
    The next morning, I got up as early as possible and went outside, smoking by the roadside, _42__my eyes upon my house. Soon those bad boys walked over, shouting and laughing. I was prepared to catch the _43__one noticed one boy walk towards my house, reaching out his hand to do the __44__thing as usual. He did it every day. No wonder he did it so __45__. In no time I ran over, and the boys _46__as far as they could, surprised and frightened. But to my great __47__, the one who knocked at the window__48_ stood there. I caught him by the collar, shouting at him, “It was you who did it? Didn’t you know I was sleeping?” The boy answered in a low voice, “Yes, but I simply want to let you know a _49___.” Then he pointed to the little dog, which was __50___at   the foot of the _51___. It was cold then, and we were all in __52__coats.
    “Every morning I passed here I saw the poor dog. Why didn’t you let it__53__?” The boy left, with me standing there alone, not knowing what to ____. But I’ve never __55__the knock since.
36 A. noises          B. smiles          C. prays          D. quarrels
37 A. tired           B. excited          C. angry         D. disappointed
38 A. stared          B. knocked         C. shouted        D. worked  
39 A. jumped onto     B. jumped out of    C. put up         D. put down
40 A. though         B. in order that      C. since          D. as soon as
41A. stranger         B. dog            C. student         D. boy  
42 A. fixing          B. widening        C. getting         D. closing  
43 A. best           B. tallest           C. shortest         D. worst