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

Have you ever heard anyone say“It’s raining cats and dogs”? It means“It’s raining hard!”
　　But sometimes cats and dogs do drop from the sky! Here’s how it happens.
　　Not so long ago, a country far away had many large rats. The people there said,“We need cats!”So cats were sent to them by airplane. But the country had many mountains. It was hard for an airplane to land. So the cats came down by parachute(降落伞). Did the cats like the ride? They didn’t say they didn’t! And today they are still catching rats!
　　In another country far away, there is snow the year around. People sometimes got lost in it.
　　“We need big dogs!”the people said.“The dogs could find people lost in the snow. The dogs could help bring them home. Where can we get big dogs?”
　　A man across the sea had big dogs to sell.“I will send dogs to you.”He said.“I have some very big ones. They can find people lost in the snow.”
　　He sent the dogs by airplane.
　　But the airplane didn’t land in the snow. The dogs came down by parachute—you guessed it!
　　Did the dogs like the ride? They didn’t say they didn’t! And today they are well and happy. They find anyone who gets lost in the snow. Then they help him get home. Good dogs!
　　Remember it, so you can say,“Yes, it does rain cats and dogs sometimes. They came down by parachute!”
　　1．The underlined word“it”in Paragraph 2 refers to_________.
　　A. the weather
　　B. the saying“It’s raining cats and dogs.”
　　C. the saying“It’s raining hard.”
　　D. the fact that real cats and dogs drop from the sky
　　2．Cats and dogs drop from the sky because_________.
　　A. there are many mountains in the country
　　B. it snows the year around in the country
　　C. it was hard for a plane to land in the two countries
　　D. coming down by parachute could save money
　　3．The underlined sentence“They didn’t say they didn’t!”in Paragraph 3 means“_________”.
　　A. Poor animals       B. Good animals
　　C. Have a nice trip       D. Thank you
　　4．Which of the following is not true according to the passage?
　　A. Cats and dogs can help people quite a lot.
　　B.“It rains cats and dogs.”usually means a heavy rain.
　　C. When the people saw cats drop from the plane, they were pleased.
　　D. The man across the sea didn’t want his dogs dropped by air.
　　5．The main purpose of the passage is to_________.
　　A. tell the readers a famous British saying
　　B. tell the readers of a new meaning about an old saying
　　C. show cats and dogs are our good friends
　　D. show parachutes is an important invention