My neighbor’s children love playing hide-and-seek (捉迷藏) as all children do, but no one   36   that a game they played last week would be reported in the local newspaper.
One afternoon, they were playing in the vacant lot (空地)down by the corner. Young Paul, who is only five years old, found the perfect place to   37  . His sister, Natalie, had   38   her eyes and was counting to ten when Paul noticed the mail box at the corner and that the metal door was standing open. The mailman had just   39   several bags of mail and had carried them to his truck which was standing a few feet away. Paul climbed   40   the mail box and pulled the door closed so hard that it   41  . Soon realizing what he had done, he became   42   and started crying. At that time, Natalie was looking for him everywhere but could not find him. It was   43   that she happened to stand at the corner for a minute and heard her brother’s cries. She   44   ran to tell the mailman who hurried back from his   45   to unlock the metal door. Paul was now   46  , but he had such a bad fright that he could not stop crying. The mailman, however, soon found a way of making him   47   again. He told him that the next time he wanted to hide in a mail box, he should remember to put a stamp on himself!

A．realized B．warned C．imagined D．wondered

A．hide B．watch C．rest D．sleep

A．opened B．shut C．raised D．wiped

A．lost B．found C．taken out D．put in

A．through B．over C．out of D．into

A．broke B．fell down C．opened D．locked

A．surprised B．frightened C．excited D．angry

A．lucky B．a pity C．possible D．strange

A．suddenly B．slowly C．immediately D．carelessly

A．home B．truck C．mail box D．post office

A．found B．hidden C．happy D．free

A．laugh B．cry C．climb in D．play