Mr． Hawkins， the headmaster， stopped　Anna one day at the school gate．

"Now，" he said，"I want you to tell me the （1）　　， my dear．" Feeling something terrible had happened， Anna said slowly，"（2）　　"

"I have had a most（3）　　accusation（投诉） made against you by Mrs． Bond．"

"MK． Bond？" said Anna， not understanding． Janet Bond was a quiet little（4）　　of a Child． As far as Anna could remember she had never had（5）　　to speak an angry word to the girl．

"Mrs． Bond，" went on Mr． Hawkins，"told me that you scolded（责备） her daughter yesterday afternoon．"

"Scolded？"cried Anna．"I certainly didn't do that． （6）　　not in school．" she added honestly．

Mr． Bond's （7）　　is that Janet was a little late back to school in the afternoon． She said she set out from home a little late．

"Just a minute．" said Anna， beginning to （8）　　．"She did come late， very late． I had marked Her（9）　　， of course． Then she （10）　　slowly in， when we'd started our paper﹣cutting， and I believe I said she was a nuisance（讨厌）． She didn't appear to hear， and was certainly quite（11）　　．"

"A nuisance!" Mr． Hawkins couldn't （12）　　it and asked，"You're sure you said nuisance？"

"I may not even have said that，" Anna replied．"I was not angry at all at that moment﹣﹣（13）　　I certainly didn't scold．"

"Mrs． Bond said that you called her child a 'nuisance'， Is that true？"

"Indeed it isn't．"said Anna．"The child﹣﹣or the other﹣﹣had （14）　　it up!"

After Anna's explanation， Mr． Hawkins felt（15）　　．"Just as I thought， my dear， but of course I had to make sure．"

（1）A． result	B． truth	C． news	D． secret
（2）A． Naturally	B． No way	C． Exactly	D． Certainly not
（3）A． mistaken	B． correct	C． serious	D．careless
（4）A． mouse	B． pig	C． rabbit	D． bird
（5）A． courage	B． chance	C． time	D．cause
（6）A． At first	B． At least	C． In fact	D． After all
（7）A． explanation	B． excuse	C． story	D． question
（8）A． think	B． imagine	C． complain	D． understand
（9）A． absent	B． present	C． sick	D． early
（10）A． rushed	B．jumped	C．walked	D．pushed
（11）A． sad	B． tired	C．cheerful	D．proud
（12）A． guess	B． repeat	C．follow	D．believe
（13）A． as	B． and	C．but	D．or
（14）A． put	B． picked	C．looked	D．made
（15）A． interested	B． satisfied	C．disappointed	D．surprised