题目内容：

Alice was very worried about her dad. For some time now she had noticed he was ______ his hair. One day, she asked him, “Daddy, every day you have less hair. ______ is that?” Her father smiled and said, “It’s the hair thief. He visits my head during the night when I’m ______. One by one he ______ out my hair, as much as he likes.”

This worried Alice but she was ______ to help her father. That very night she stayed ______ as long as she could. When she was ______ her dad and mom had fallen asleep, she took a hammer and went straight to their bedroom. She walked carefully in order not to make any ______. She didn’t want the hair thief to hear her. Then she began carefully ______ her father’s head. When she arrived at her father’s side, she began looking at his head, ______ to catch the hair thief as soon as he appeared. Before long, she saw a shadow on it and ______ all her strength, she swung the hammer down.

Thwack! Her father ______a loud cry. The lump(肿块) on his head was big and growing. ______ with shock, he turned the light on and saw Alice waving her hammer in the ______ with her hands. “Daddy, I ______ got him. I thought I ______ him, but it looks like he escaped!” said Alice. At the same time, the mother woke up. She ______laughing when she knew what had happened.

So Alice’s father had to ______to her that the hair thief didn’t exist, and that losing hair is something that just happens ______ to most daddies. And Alice still worried about her daddy, but she no longer waited for the hair thief. ______ , she bought her daddy a very nice sleeping hat.

1.A. checking    B. losing    C. touching    D. protecting

2.A. How    B. Where    C. What    D. Why

3.A. asleep    B. tired    C. sad    D. careless

4.A. pushes    B. makes    C. pulls    D. gets

5.A. energetic    B. determined    C. fundamental    D. terrified

6.A. awake    B. busy    C. excited    D. hungry

7.A. glad    B. sorry    C. worried    D. certain

8.A. news    B. noise    C. experience    D. mistake

9.A. questioning    B. testing    C. inspecting    D. considering

10.A. trying    B. tried    C. managing    D. managed

11.A. in    B. by    C. with    D. of

12.A. carried out    B. let out    C. thought out    D. gave out

13.A. Trembling    B. Laughing    C. Puzzling    D. Glaring

14.A. middle    B. hair    C. air    D. box

15.A. still    B. hardly    C. never    D. almost

16.A. hit    B. killed    C. scared    D. moved

17.A. burst out    B. burst into    C. pulled out    D. turned into

18.A. write    B. lie    C. explain    D. shout

19.A. mysterious    B. unbelievable    C. approximately    D. naturally

20.A. Instead    B. Usually    C. Sadly    D. Anyway