Mr．Brown was tired of living in the big city where he worked．He wanted to move to the country and live in a house from which he could get to his office in the city easily every day．He was looking for such a house until he saw an advertisement in a newspaper one day．The advertisement said a suitable house in a quiet area was up for sale at a reasonable price, and the house was within a stone’s throw of a railway station, from which there were frequent trains to the big city．
“That’s exactly what I need．”Mr．Brown said to himself．So he called the house agency(代理)and arranged to go down by train the next day to have a look at the house．
The house agent met him at the station and they started walking．It took them at least 15 minutes to get to the house．When they reached, Mr．Brown said angrily, “ I should be very interested to meet the man who threw the stone you mentioned in the newspaper!”
(1)
Mr．Brown wanted to find a house in the country because ________．
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A．
the life in the big city was interesting
B．
he liked living in the country
C．
he was fed up with the life in the big city
D．
he wanted to get to his office easily
(2)
The newspaper said the house was within a stone’s throw of a railway station．This means ________．
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A．
the house was close to the railway station
B．
the house was as near to the station as you threw a stone
C．
the newspaper was making fun of people
D．
it just took them 15 minutes to get to the house from the situation．
(3)
Mr．Brown decided to have a look at the house because ________．
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A．
the house was very cheap
B．
the house was in a good place and the price was reasonable
C．
the house was just the one he was looking for
D．
the house was rather quiet
(4)
From the story we know that ________
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A．
Mr．Brown was satisfied with the house．
B．
Mr．Brown thought the house was far away from the city
C．
Mr．Brown found a house in the country
D．
Mr．Brown thought the house agent was telling a lie in the newspaper
(5)
After reading this passage we guess the word “ frequent” means ________．