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新概念英语第三册Lesson 19 A very dear cat
Why was Rastus 'very dear' in more ways than one?
Kidnappers are rarely _________(interest) in animals, but they ________(recent) took considerable ________(interested) in Mrs. Eleanor Ramsay's _____. Mrs.Eleanor Ramsay, a very _______(wealth) old lady, ____ _____(share) a flat _____ her cat, Rastus, for a great many years. Rastus leads an orderly ______. He usually ______ a short walk in the evenings and is always ______ by seven o'clock. One evening, ________, he failed to ______. Mrs. Ramsay got very ________(worry). She looked everywhere for him _____ could not _____ him. Three days after Rastus' ___________(disappear), Mrs. Ramsay _________ an anonymous letter. The writer stated that Rastus was in _____ hands and would be returned __________(immediate) if Mrs. Ramsay _____ a ransom of $1,000. Mrs. Ramsay was __________(instruct) to place the money in a cardboard box and to ______ it outside her door. At first she decided to go to the police, but _______(fear) that she would never see Rastus again -- the letter had made that quite clear -- she ________ her mind. She withdrew $1000 from her bank and _________ the kidnapper's __________(instruct). The next morning, the box had