四、阅读短文,在文中空白处填入1个适当的单词,或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
Not everyone has the chance 1 a detective. But I got one when I was 13 years old. It happened in 1988. One afternoon, I 2 down the street when I saw my father's new car. I expected 3 my father, but to my surprise, I saw a young woman driving instead. "My father's car 4," I thought. So I quickly stopped a taxi and got in. I said to the driver, "Please 5 that new car in front. " And I told him why.
The taxi driver had a car phone, 6 I asked him to call the police. Soon we heard the sound of a police car and its loudspeaker. The police told the woman to stop her car. Our car came to 7 stop, too. I got out right now and said to the woman, "It's not your car. It's my father's. "
The woman smiled and said, "Oh. You're Mr Johnson's younger son, right? I 8 your photo in your father's office. " Before I could say another word, the woman explained that she was my father's new assistant.
My father asked her to take his computer to the shop to have it repaired. He lent her his car. After 9 her words, we called my father and he told us what she said was true. The police and the taxi driver laughed but I felt very sorry. It was both the first and last time 10 me to work as a detective. Don't you think my story funny?

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( )1. What can we learn from Paragraph 1?

( )2. Fingerprints may not show a person's ____.

( )3. What can make a fingerprint tell a story about us?

( )4. According to the passage, doctors may know about patients just through a ____.

( )5. What will the fingerprint's future be like?

1. A 【点拨】根据文章的第一句“Before the discovery of DNA information, fingerprints(指纹) were the easiest way to solve serious crimes.”可知选 A。2. B 【点拨】根据第二段的内容可知，指纹可能不会显示一个人的外表。故选 B。3. D 【点拨】根据第四段的第三句可知选 D。4. C 【点拨】根据第五段中的“For example, it may be helpful in the future for doctors to treat their patients. A fingerprint check may also tell a doctor whether a patient is properly taking a medicine.”可知，医生可能只是通过指纹检测就能了解患者。故选 C。5. A 【点拨】根据文章最后一段可知，在未来，指纹科学可以被警察使用，可以帮助医生让我们尽可能保持最好的健康状态。因此，指纹在未来会得到更广泛的应用。故选 A。