Jack is a twenty-year-old young man. Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he found work in a shop. Usually he works until ten o'clock in the evening. He is very tired when he gets home. After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep. His grandma who lives downstairs is satisfied with (满意) him.

One day, on his way home, he met Mary. They were both happy. He asked the girl to his house, she agreed happily. He bought some fruit and drinks for her. And they talked about their school, teachers, classmates and their future . They talked for a long time.

“Have a look at your watch, please,” said the girl. “What time is it now?”

　　“Sorry, something is wrong with my watch,” said Jack. “Where's yours?”

　　“I left it at home.”

　　Jack thought for a moment and found a way. He began to stamp his foot on the floor, “Bang! Bang! Bang!”

　　The sound woke his grandma up. The old woman shouted downstairs, “It's twelve o'clock in the night, Jack. Why are you still jumping upstairs?”

1.Jack was ________ when he finished middle school.

　　A. sixteen　        B. eighteen　               C. twenty　         D. fifteen

2.The old woman is satisfied with Jack because ________.

　　A. he's her grandson　　                    B. he's clever

　　C. he can keep quiet　　                    D. he gets home on time

3.From the story, we can know that Mary is Jack's ________.

　　A. classmate　　        B. colleague (同事)　　 C. aunt      　　  D. wife

4.The word “stamp” in the story means ______ in Chinese.

　　A. 盖印　　         B. 跺　　               C. 贴邮票　　   D. 承认

5.Jack stamped his foot on the floor in order (为了) ________.

　　A. to wake his grandma up

　　B. to make his grandma angry

　　C. that his grandma was going to tell him the time

D. that his grandma was going to buy him a watch

1.I saw Jack sitting 　　　　　(在……旁边) Jim talking.

2.I don’t understand the meaning of this　　　　　(符号).

3.My sister got the answer to the 　　　　　 (谜语) very quickly.

4.Many people are against 　　　　　(做实验) on animals.

5. He gave me a 　　　　　(恰当的) example, so I understood it easily.

The big red American car was much too wide for an English country road． When Jack saw it coming toward him ．he stopped his own car at the side if the road to make room for it to past ．The American car went slowly past ,so close that he could see the driver’s face quite clearly．

"Where have I seen that face before ?" he thought．, “Wait a minute! I remember now ． It was in the newspaper!” He took out the newspaper from his bag, turned quickly to the middle page ． There was a picture of the face in it ． Yes, it bad a large mouth and small ears, and his eyes were behind dark glasses。

　" Wanted by the police," read by Jack。" The City Bank will give a lot of money to anyone who helps the police to catch this man．"

"Call the police at once ," he said to himself ． But a few minutes later, he was sad． "This man was caught this morning," answered the police．

　1．In which country did the story happen?

　A．It happened in America．

　B．It happened in Australia．

　C．It happened in England．

　D．The story didn′t tell us．

　2．Why did Jack stop his car?

　A．He wanted to see who the driver was．

　B．He didn’t want to pass by first．

　C．The road was too narrow for the two cars to pass at the same time．

　D．Because it was good for an Englishman to stop to let other go．

　3．Who was wanted by the police in this passage ?

　A．Jack．

　B．The driver in the American car．

　C．Either Jack or the driver．

　D．Neither Jack nor the American driver．

　4．What did Jack do when he had read the newspaper again?

　A．He drove to the City Bank

　B．He drove to the police．

　C．He made a telephone call．

　D．He stopped the American car．

　5．Who caught the man with a large mouth and small ears?

　A．The police． 　　　　　B．Jack

C．Nobody． 　　　　　　D．The American driver