第四期中考英语阅读理解(二)

noise，reach，turn，new，side，

back， much，sudden，drive，

nobody， through，be，pull，hold，jump

A few minutes before six o'clock，Mr． Smith decided to leave．He was about to start the car when a gunman（持枪歹徒  （1）   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）， （3）  away from the side of the street and drove down．Being 81 years old，he knew he could notfightthe gunman．He knew he needed help．Where  （4）  the police？As he drove  （5）  each crossing，he looked up and down the side streets，hoping to meet a police car．But he could see （6）  ．“Just my luck，”he thought．“If I was （7） too fast，there would be a police car on every corner．” （8）  ，he pushed his foot down on the accelerator（油门），and the car ran （9） faster．“What are you doing？”shouted the gunman．“Keeping off the police，”Mr．Smith answered．“I thought I saw a police car （10）  there．”He ran red lights，drove the wrong way on one-way streets．On two-way streets he drove on the wrong（11） of the road．Not one policeman saw him．Again Mr Smith's plan was not working．He had to try a （12） plan．He （13） at a corner and saw the police station in front．Then he drove his car as fast as he could towards the police gate．The car hit a police motorbike down and stopped．Mr．Smith shouted，“Help！Help！” Then he （14）  back to grab the man's gun．At the same time the policemen heard the （15）  and quickly caught the gunman．

（1）________  （2）________  （3）________  （4）________ （5）________

（6）________  （7）________  （8）________  （9）________ （10）________

（11）________ （12）________ （13）________ （14）________（15）________

Key:B．1．jumped  2．held 3．pulled 4．were 5．through 6．nobody 7．driving 8．suddenly 9．much 10．back 11．side 12．new  13．turned  14．reached  15．noise