Mr. Brown’s house was less than two miles from his office, so he could drive home every day for lunch. Every time he drove home at noon, he found many cars outside his house and there was no room for his own car. He had to drive somewhere else to park his car. Then he walked back home. This made him very angry.

He put up a board in the garden facing the road．The board said, “No Parking”. But nobody noticed it. People seemed to obey only a police notice with white letters on a blue board:

Mrs. Brown asked his husband to steal a police notice but he was afraid to do so. Then she asked him to make one just like a police notice. Mr. Brown said he was not the police and couldn’t use the word “police”. Several days later, Mr. Brown made a blue board with white letters.

“Oh!” Mrs. Brown said．“You told me you weren’t going to use the word ‘police’, but why do you use it now?” “Really?” he asked．

“Look again,” she started to laugh. “You are really clever”.

1. Mr. Brown’s office was ______ his house.

A．next to     B．not far from     C．2 hours’ drive from      D．5 miles from

2. Mr. Brown was angry because ______.

A．he found no room to park his car outside his house

B．he had nothing to eat for lunch at home

C．he lost the way when he drove back home one day

D．he couldn’t make a police notice outside his house

3. Mr. Brown made ______ notice board （s） altogether （总共）。

A．one                   B．two             C．three            D．no

4.In the end, Mr. Brown made a notice board and it _____.

A．was just the same as a police notice

B．was different in color from a police notice

C．just looked like a police notice

D．said “POLICE NOTICE, NO PARKING”

5. We can infer（推断） that ______ after he put up the blue board．

A．more people will park their cars outside his house

B．more policemen will park their cars outside his house

C．fewer people will park their cars outside his house

D．fewer people will visit him at noon later on

Mr. Brown was on his way home from the railway station. It was very late, and he was alone on the dark road. Suddenly he heard someone behind him. He began to walk faster. The man behind him walked faster, too. He walked more slowly, and the man moved more slowly, too. He began to run, and the man was following him and he was really scared.

There was a wall on one side of the road, and he quickly climbed up on it and jumped down on the other side. “If he passes and doesn’t stop,” Mr. Brown thought, “everything will be all right.” But the man didn’t pass. He climbed up on the wall and jumped down, too. Mr. Brown’s only thought was, “I’m in great danger!” He stood up and shouted, “What do you want? Why are you following me?”

The man was so tired that at first it was difficult for him to speak. “I didn’t know that you were a very good runner,” he said at last, “I have to go to Mr. White’s house, but I don’t know the way. A man at the station told me that you lived next to Mr. White’s and he told me to follow you. I’m too tired to go any farther （更远）.”

（  ） 1. Mr. Brown came home from _____.

A. the police station                   B. the railway station

C. the hospital                       D. Mr. White’s house

（  ） 2. Mr. Brown was really _____.

A. in great danger               B. a policeman

C. afraid of the man            D. too tired to move

（  ） 3. The man followed Mr. Brown because _____.

A. he wanted to scare Mr. Brown         

B. he wanted to get some money from Mr. Brown

C. Mr. Brown lived next to Mr. White

D. Mr. Brown was one of his good friends

（  ） 4. The man was _____.

A. a thief                      B. a good runner

C. too tired to speak            D. very angry with Mr. Brown

（  ） 5. Which is wrong?

A. There were few people on the road.

B. The man didn’t know where Mr. White lived.

C. Mr. Brown thought he was in great danger.

D. Mr. Brown didn’t know where Mr. White lived.

Mr Brown is one of my friend . He can run very fast and likes to show people how fast he can run .

One day , a thief(小偷) got into his house , took some of his things and ran out of the house fast . Mr. Brown found it and ran after him , and shouted （喊）,“Hey ! Don’t you know you can’t get away from me ?”

But the thief ran much faster . Mr. Brown got angry and ran faster , too . He was soon a few kilometers away from his house . He was running hard when he met me. “ Why are you running so fast ?” I asked , “ I want to catch a thief .” said Mr. Brown “But where is the thief ?” I asked . “ Kilometers and kilometers behind .” Said Mr. Brown proudly . “ He thought he could run faster than me , but you see he is wrong .”

1.Did the thief steal(偷) anything from Mr. Brown’s house ?

2.Who ran faster , Mr. Brown or the thief ?

3.Did Mr. Brown catch the thief?

4.What did Mr. Brown do when he found the thief ?

5.What does the word “ proudly”mean ?