to flatten out.
After three or four minutes,thejob Was finally finished.Eddie picked up his tools,and began
to walk out to his car.Mrs.Vanbrugh accompanied him.She seemed a little worried about something.
“Young man,while you were working today,you didn’t by any chance see any sign of
Armand,did you? Armand is my bird.I let him out of his cage,you see,this morning,and he’S
disappeared.He likes to walk around the house,and he usually just comes back to his cage after an
hour or so and gets right in.Only today he didn’t come back.He’S never done such a thing before,it’S most peculiar…”
“No,madam,I haven’t seen him anywhere,”said Eddie,as he reached to start the Car.
And he saw his packet of Marlboro cigarettes on the panel,where he had left it at lunchtime…
And he remembered the lump in the carpet….
31.What did Eddie Want tO do when he had finished fitting the carpet?
A. To have a cigarette.
B.To hammer the carpet flat.
C. To put back his tools.
D. To start work in the dining room.
答案:A