The two thieves waited to make it dear whether they had been found or not the night before. The next day they acted as men selling sweet potatoes and came before the house.

　　The man and the woman were ploughing in their fields. The rein (缰绳) broke and the woman came home for a rope. She saw two men selling sweet potatoes and wanted to buy some. She picked out two which looked like mice. At the time the man couldn't wait for her any longer in the fields and he ran back from the fields to hurry her up. The woman showed the sweet potatoes to the man and said," How they look like the two of last night. "The man said, "I asked you to fetch a rope, why don't hurry for it? 'The two thieves ran away very quickly without their sweet potatoes.

　　1. The two thieves failed to steal anything from the house because___________.

　　A. they were found out

　　B. they were frightened by what they had heard in the house

　　C. they didn't work together well with each other

　　D. mice stopped them from doing so

　　答案：

　　2. From the last paragraph, we know that

　　A. the two thieves were famous selling sweet potatoes

　　B. the woman recognized the two thieves

　　C. the woman pretended to know nothing about the two thieves and made fun of them

　　D. the two thieves didn't know that they were not found at all

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