新概念英语第三册课文填空训练13-Lesson13 It's only me

新概念英语第三册Lesson 13 "It's only me' What did the man expect to find under the stairs? After her husband______ ______(go)to work, Mrs. Richards ______her children to school and ______upstairs to her bedroom. She was ______excited____ do any housework that morning,____ in the evening she would be going to a fancy-dress party ____ her husband. She intended to ______ ____ as a ghost and as she _____ ______(make) her costume the night before, she was ___________(patient)to try it on. =__________ Though the costume _________(consist) only of a sheet, it was very________(effect). After _______(put) it on, Mrs. Richards went downstairs. She wanted to find out _______it would be comfortable to wear. Just as Mrs. Richards was _________(enter) the dinning room, there was a _______ on the front door. She knew that it ______be the baker. She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to _____ the door and to ______ the bread on the kitchen table. Not _______(want) to frighten the poor man, Mrs. Richards quickly _____(hide) in the small storeroom under the stairs. She _______(hear) the front door open and _______ footsteps in the hall. Suddenly the door of the storeroom ______ _______(open) and a man entered. Mrs. Richards _______ that it must be the man from the Electricity Board ______had come to read the meter. She tried to ______ the situation, _______(say) 'It's only me', ____ it was too late. The man let out cry and ________(jump) back several _______(pace). When Mrs. Richards walked ________him, he fled, ________(slam) the door behind him. Fancy dress party A costume party (American English) or a fancy dress party (British English) is a type of party, common mainly in contemporary Western culture, ______ many of the guests are dressed up in costumes. Costumed Halloween parties are popular in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand