It began to rain heavily so I decided 36 , while I rushed into a shop.
答案：(C) I would leave the children in the car
下雨了，所以「我」決定把孩子們留在車上，自己衝進店裡；其他三個選項（開車送回家/帶她們一起去/留在車上陪孩子）都跟後半句「while I rushed into a shop（我自己衝進商店）」互相矛盾。
本題大考中心未公布逐題答對率，以下不談數據，只談觀念。
雨突然下大了，帶著三歲和五歲的孩子，四個選項聽起來都像大人可能做的決定，光看這半句選不出來。但這一句話後面還有半句，那半句已經把答案框死了。
先把整句讀完：It began to rain heavily so I decided ___, while I rushed into a shop.（雨開始下大，所以我決定……，而我自己衝進一家店裡。）while 在這裡表示「同時」，前後兩件事必須能同時成立。「我」衝進店裡的那一刻，孩子在哪裡？四個選項裡只有「把孩子留在車上」能與「我自己衝進店裡」同時發生。再往後讀一句就更確定了：I told the girls I would be back in a few minutes and asked them not to touch anything. Then I locked all the doors and left.（我告訴她們我幾分鐘就回來，要她們什麼都別碰，然後我把車門全鎖上就走了。）交代不要亂碰、把門鎖上、然後離開——三個動作句句都在說孩子被留在車裡。
I would take them with me（我會帶她們一起去）：與 while I rushed into a shop 衝突，帶著兩個幼童沒辦法「衝」；後面把車門全鎖上的動作也會變得毫無意義。I would drive them home（我會開車送她們回家）：那就不會有後面「回到車旁」的情節，整個故事的前提就垮了。I would stay in the car with the children（我會待在車上陪孩子）：與 I rushed into a shop 正面矛盾，「我」明明離開了車子。
leave sb in the car（把某人留在車上）、rush into（衝進）、in a few minutes（幾分鐘後）、rain heavily（下大雨）、lock the doors（把門鎖上）、aged three and five（三歲和五歲）。
Last Tuesday I took my two nieces, aged three and five, to town in the car. It began to rain heavily so I decided 36 , while I rushed into a shop. I told the girls I would be back in a few minutes and asked them not to touch anything. Then I locked all the doors and left.
I was back at the car in less than five minutes 37 ! I could hardly believe my eyes. The car doors were still locked, the windows tightly shut, and on the back seat were their two jackets. 38 , I ran to the corner of the street but there was no sign of them. I rushed up to a couple of passers-by and asked in vain whether 39 .
Feeling quite sick with fear, I sat on the driver's seat, trying to stop trembling. Suddenly, behind me I heard a tapping noise and laughter. I jumped out of the car, ran round to open the trunk and there inside 40 . They had apparently pulled out the back seat, crawled behind it, and then had not been able to push the seat forward again. I almost wept with relief!