Mr. Cooper arrived at London airport at the end of a two-week holiday. It had been very hot in Rome, so Mr. Cooper had cut the beard that he had always worn. But the photo in his passport showed him with beard.
　　An officer looked at the photo for a moment and said,“Will you excuse me, sir? Please sit down. I won’t keep you waiting long.”With this, he walked away and showed the passport to a second officer, saying,“I know the face.”The second officer took a look at the photo and asked where Mr. Cooper had just come back from. When he heard Mr. Cooper was from Rome, the second officer’s eyes lit up and said,“An Englishman with a beard stole an old painting in Rome on Friday. And that man looked just like the man who...”Suddenly it came to the first officer who Mr. Cooper was! He returned to Mr. Cooper and asked,“Did you teach at Feltham High School?”When Mr. Cooper answered, with some surprise, that he did, the first officer smiled and said,“I thought so. I’m Alan Simpson. You taught me French. You haven’t changed a bit.”
　　1．Mr. Cooper was _________.
　　A. an Englishman       B. a Frenchman
　　C. an Italian        D. a policeman
　　2．Mr. Cooper’s photo showed_________.
　　A. he was much younger for his age
　　B. he was a little older for his age
　　C. he looked like the thief
　　D. he was a young man
　　3．Why did the first officer show Mr. Cooper’s passport to his colleague?
　　A. He was sure Mr. Cooper was the thief.
　　B. He was not quite sure whether Mr. Cooper was the Englishman who had stolen the painting.
　　C. He was glad to see his old teacher.
　　D. He was surprised to find his old teacher had become a thief.
　　4．_________ inclined to(有……倾向)take this Mr. Cooper as the thief from Rome.
　　A. Alan Simpson was
　　B. The second officer was
　　C. Both the two officers were
　　D. Neither of the two officers was
　　5．When he came to know the first officer had been one of his old pupils, Mr. Cooper _________.
　　A. got quite angry with him
　　B. was angry with the two policemen
　　C. felt ashamed of being regarded as a thief
　　D. felt surprised

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