阅读短文，从方框中选出适当的动词,并用其适当形式填空。有的需要加助动词或不定式符号（每词限用一次）。Mr.Sm...

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阅读短文，从方框中选出适当的动词,并用其适当形式填空。有的需要加助动词或不定式符号（每词限用一次）。

Mr. Smith （1）________ in a police station for 42 years and he will retire this autumn. He tried to work hard in his life but he wasn’t lucky enough （2）________ even a thief.

Last weekend, Mr. Smith （3）________ to buy some sugar in a shop. When he got into the shop, he suddenly saw a young man get some money from a woman’s bag and walk away. He ran to the thief and at the end of a blind alley(死胡同), the young thief （4）________ by Mr. Smith.

“Please give me a chance, sir,” said the thief. “I’ll never do that again!”

“But who can give me a chance?” said Mr. Smith. “I （5）________ next month and this is the first time I’ve caught a thief!”

【回答】

worked catch    

stopped  retire

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