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A few minutes before six o'clock, Mr. Smith left the house. He just wanted to
1 the car when a
gunman (持枪者) jumped up from the back seat. He
2 a gun to Mr. Smith's head. "Drive me to
Paris!" he shouted.
"All right," Mr. Smith answered. He started the engine (发动机), pulled away (开走) from the side
of the street and
3 down. Being 81 years old, he knew he could not fight with the gunman. He knew
he needed
4 . Where were the police? As he drove
5 each crossing, he looked up and down the
side streets, hoping to find a police car, but he could see
6 . "Just my luck," he thought. "If I were
driving too
7 , there would be a police car on every corner."
Suddenly he pushed his
8 down on the accelerator (加速器), and the car went
9 faster.
"What are you doing?" shouted the gunman. "To
10 the police," Mr. Smith answered. "I thought I
saw a police car near there."
He ran red lights, drove wrong on one-way streets. On the two-way streets, he drove on the wrong
11 of the road. Not one of the policemen saw him. Again, Mr. Smith's plan was not working. He had
to try a
12 plan.
He turned at a corner and saw the
13 in front. Then he drove his car as fast as he could towards
the police gate. The car knocked a police motorbike over and stopped. Mr. Smith shouted, "Help! Help!"
Then he
14 back to grab (抓住) the man's gun. At the same time the policemen heard the
15 and quickly caught the gunman.
( )1. A. stop
( )2. A. brought
( )3. A. drove
( )4. A. money
( )5. A. past
( )6. A. somebody
( )7. A. fast
( )8. A. hand
( )9. A. more
( )10. A. look for
( )11. A. street
( )12. A. new
( )13. A. train station
( )14. A. got
( )15. A. laugh |
B. begin
B. pointed
B. left
B. cry
B. over
B. anybody
B. slowly
B. foot
B. much
B. keep away from
B. way
B. safe
B. police station
B. looked
B. sound |
C. leave
C. held
C. took
C. help
C. through
C. everybody
C. generally
C. leg
C. very
C. look at
C. side
C. successful
C. hospital
C. turned
C. voice |
D. start
D. carried
D. pushed
D. car
D. towards
D. nobody
D. commonly
D. arm
D. quite
D. care about
D. corner
D. difficult
D. bank
D. came
D. noise |