阅读理解On Thursday afternoon Mrs Clarke,dressed for going out,t

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On Thursday afternoon Mrs Clarke,dressed for going out,took her handbag with her money and her key in it,pulled the door behind her to lock it and went to the Over 60s Club.She always went there on Thursdays.It was a nice outing for an old woman who lived alone.
At six o’clock she came home,let herself in and at once smelt cigarette smoke.Cigarette smoke in her house?How?Had somebody got in?she checked the back door and the windows.All were locked or fastened,as usual.There was no sign of forced entry.Had anything been taken?She went from room to room,checking.Yes,some things were missing---her small radio,her spare watch,a camera.That was all,she thought; but she couldn’t be sure just yet.She was annoyed,of course ,but rather glad that nothing had been thrown about.
Over a cup of tea she wondered whether someone might have a key that fitted her front door---“a master key” perhaps.So she stayed at home the following Thursday.Nothing happened.Was anyone watching her movements?On the Thursday after that she went out at her usual time,dressed as usual,but she didn’t go to the club.Instead she took a short cut home again,letting herself in through her garden and the back door.She settled down to wait.
It was just after four o’clock when the front door bell rang.Mrs Clarke was making a cup of tea at the time.The bell rang again,and then she heard her letterbox being pushed open.With the kettle of boiling water in her hand,she moved quietly towards the front door.A long piece of wire appeared through the letterbox,and then a hand.The wire turned and caught around the knob on the doorlock.Mrs Clarke raised the kettle and poured the water over the hand.There was a shout outside,and the skin seemed to drop off the fingers like a glove.The wire fell to the floor,the hand was pulled back,and Mrs Clarke heard the sound of running feet.
That evening she reported the matter to the police.They were not too pleased,but they came and took away the wire and the skin.“It was only self-protection,:” she told the officer.“An old woman must try to look after herself.” With the help of a doctor the police found the man and recovered Mrs Clarke’s things.She has become something of a heroine at the Over 60s Club.
Mrs Clarke looked forward to Thursdays because____.
a.she was working at the Over 60s Club on that day.
b.She usually had visitors Thursday afternoons
c.She would very much like to visit a club for lonely people like her
d.There was always something cheap on sale in the market
The smell of cigarette smoke surprised her because_____.
e.she had not taken her cigarettes with her that day
f.she remembered not having left a cigarette burning .
g.she never smoked herself
h.she could not bear anyone smoking in her house
On the third Thursday Mrs Clarke went out at her usual time________.
i.because she didn’t want to miss the club again
j.to see if the thief was hanging about outside
k.to the club,entirely forgetting about that unpleasant theft.
l.In an attempt to trick the thief