6 Mrs. Ramsay was instructed to place the money in a cardboard box and to leave it outside her door.

be instructed to do sth. 受指示做某事

eg. The journalist was instructed to obtain the so-called important statistics.

7 At first, she decided to go to the police, but fearing that she would never see Rastus again --the

letter had made that quite clear--she changed her mind.

fearing 现在分词做原因状语

make it clear to sb. that

eg. The teacher has made it clear to us that we must read English aloud every day.

8 The next morning, the box had disappeared but Mrs. Ramsay was sure that the kidnapper would keep

his word.

keep his promise=keep his promise 遵守承诺

word 表示诺言时，要采用单数形式