閱讀理解。

John made sure that he had locked up the house, got into his car, and drove along the street he lived at until he came to the main road. He turned left onto it and got into the fast lane(車道). Soon he was heading for the airport where he was to catch the 4:30 flight to Stockholm. There wasn't much traffic on the road, just a few large trucks, one or two buses to spare. But he did not want to stop on the way, so he kept a fixed speed. After three quarters of an hour the familiar airport building were just ahead of him and he drove into the car park and found somewhere to park his car. Then, having checked that all the doors were locked, he got out. He looked up as a huge airplane passed directly overhead. Half an hour later as his own plane took off, the horrible thought came to him that he had turned off the freezer in which there was about a hundred pounds worth of food.

(1)John wanted to go ________.

[　　]

A．shopping

B．to a European city

C．to the airport to see somebody off

D．to the airport to take a plane to Australia

(2)Most probably John left his house ________.

[　　]

A．a(chǎn)t 3:50
B．before lunch time
C．a(chǎn)t about 3:00
D．a(chǎn)t 4:30

(3)It took John about 45 minutes to get to the airport because ________.

[　　]

A．he drove his car at a high speed-he was in a hurry

B．he lived too far away from the airport----he had to drive very fast

C．he didn't want to get to the airport too early----he left his house a bit too early

D．he could not drive fast----there was too much traffic on the road

(4)When the plane took off, John ________.

[　　]

A．should be very pleased; he would get to Stockholm soon

B．must be very sad; he was too late to catch it

C．might be a bit sleepy; he had not slept well during the night

D．became worried; he had forgot to do something that he should have done before he left his house

(5)What kind of man do you think John was?

[　　]

A．He was absent-minded; he always forgot things.

B．He was kind; he left a lot of food at home for his neighbours when he was away.

C．He tried to be careful; but he was not careful enough.

D．He was very greedy.

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