历届高考完形填空语篇荟萃(11)

（单词翻译:单击）

(十一)

Kate said "Hello" to Mr.Patel as she entered .She picked up a wire¹ basket and walked towards the back of the store where the rice was kept. The room was quite large and divided by three long aisles(过道),with rows of shelves full of goods³. Besides her and Mr. Patel there were only two boys in the store. They were both wearing long overcoats⁵. They looked rather strange because the overcoats were too big for them ."watch out," she heard one of them whisper⁶ to the other. She walked on to the next aisle² and found the rice she was looking for. Then she heard something else. It sounded like a box dropping on the floor. She looked through the small open space between goods on the shelf and saw one of the boys picking up a box. But instead of putting it in the basket. he dropped it into the inside pocket of his overcoat⁴. Kate looked back and could see Mr. Patel at the door checking through a list. Then she looked through the space in the shelf again. The boys still had their backs to her. They were putting something else into their inside pockets and then one of them said, "Let's get out of here." They moved away from her.
When she got to the door the two boys were in front of her. She watched them paying for the few things in their basket. They had both buttoned their overcoats. Mr. Patel did not seem to know what they had done. He even smiled at them as they were about to leave. Now, Kate decided⁷ to stop them.
简析：故事，记叙kate在商店亲眼目睹两个男孩偷东西藏在内口袋，并躲过店主的检查，最后决定阻止他们。