On Thursday afternoon Mrs. Clarke locked the door and went to the women’s club as usual. It was a pleasant way of passing time (36) an old woman who lived (37) .
When she came home she sensed something (38) . Had someone got in The back door and the windows were all (39) and there was no (40) of forced entry. Had (41) been taken She went from room to room, (42) , and found her camera and spare watch (43) .
The following Thursday she went out at her (44) time, but didn’t go to the club. (45) she took a short walk in a park nearby and came home, (46) herself in through the back door. She settled down to wait and see what would (47) .
It was 4 o’clock when the front doorbell rang. Mrs. Clarke was (48) tea at the time. The bell rang again, and (49) she heard her letter-box being pushed open. (50) the kettle of bo
A. self-satisfaction
B. self-protetion
C. self-respect
D. self-service
Taiwan police cannot decide whether to treat it as an extremely clever act of stealing or an even cleverer cheat. Either way, it could be the perfect crime, because the criminals are birds homing pigeons!
The crime begins with a telephone message to the owner of a stolen car: if you want the car back, pay up. Then, the ear owner is directed to a park, told where to find a bird cage and how to attach money to the neck of the pigeon inside. Carrying the money in a tiny bag, the pigeon flies off.
There have been at least four such pigeon pick ups in Changwa. What at first seemed like the work of a clever stay at home car thief, however, may in fact be the work of an even lazier and more inventive criminal mind—one that avoids not only collecting money but going out to steal the car in the first place. Police officer Chen says that the criminal probably has pulled a double trick: he gets money for things he cannot possibly return. Instead of stealing cars, he le
A. criminals
B. pigeons
C. the stolen cars
D. demands for money
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