Theskywascompletelydark，thehousewascreaking（吱吱响），andIstillhadfourhoursuntilmyparentsgothome．Lockedinmyparents'room，IturnedontheTVatfullvolumesoIwouldn'thearthecreakinghouse．

Ibarelyheardthephonering．Ipickeditupandsaid，"Hello…hello..？"buttherewasnoresponse．Iknewsomeonewasontheotherend．Finally，Ihungup．Afewminuteslater，thephonerangagain；stillnoonewasthere．Ibecamemorefrightenedastimepassed；thesamepersoncalledfivemoretimes．

AtthispointIdidn'tbotherpickingup，buttheringingcontinued．Togetmymindoffthiscaller，Icalledmyfriend．Shetoldmenottoworryandtoturnthephoneoff．Aswetalked，Iheardsomeonepullintothedriveway．WhenIpeekedout（探出）ofthewindow，Isawanunfamiliarcar．

Thirtyminutespassedandthecarwasstillinmydriveway．Itdroveupanddownthedriveway．Myfriendtoldmetocallthepolice，butIrefused．

Soonthephonecallsstartedagain．Iheardnoisesinthebackground，butIcouldn'ttellwhattheywere．Ireallydidn'twantthatpersontogetoutofthecarandstarttowardthehouse．Iftheydid，Ididn'tknowwhatI'ddo．Noneofthedoorswerelocked，andIwouldhavenowayofprotectingmyself．TheonlythingIcoulddowashide，whichwasn'taverygoodplan．

AtthispointIwasconsideringcallingthepolice，butmyfriendofferedtodriveby．"Maybeiftheyseemepullin，theywillleave，"shesuggested．Bythetimeshearrived，thecarhadleft．ThephonerangagainandIpickedup，thinkingitmightbemyfriend．Someoneontheotherendsaid，"Bye-bye．"

31．Whentheauthorstayedathomealonethatnight，hemustfeel___．

A．lonely B．scared C．bored D．surprised

32．Whichofthefollowingstatementsisnottrueinthispassage？___

A．Theauthor'sfriendofferedtodriveby．

B．Theauthorsawanunfamiliarcar．

C．Noteverydoorwaslockedwhentheauthorstayedathishouse．

D．Theauthorreceivedseveralcallsbutnoreply．

33．Fromthisstory，wecanlearnthattheauthor'sfriend___．

A．wasfrightenedaswell

B．wasnoteasytogetridof

C．calledthepoliceherself

D．wasbraveandreadytohelp