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　　Mr．Frank shot well and once he had come in fourth(得第四名) in a competition．

　　Then he went to a big city on business．There he joined the local rifle club．The club had a very good team, which used to take part in a lot of important shooting competitions．One of these took place while Frank was with them．But one of the members of the club's team suddenly fell ill just before the match．The captain had heard of Mr． Frank．He therefore invited Mr．Frank to take the sick man's place．

　　Mr．Frank felt greatly happy to be asked to shoot for such a good team, but he also felt very nervous, because he was afraid of making a fool of himself．

　　In fact, he was so nervous that he could not keep his hands from trembling while he was shooting, with the result that he did very badly in the competition．When he took his score card to his captain, he said: “After seeing my score, I want to go outside and shoot myself．” The captain looked at the card for a few seconds and then said, “Well, you’d better take two bullets with you if you want to do that．”

(1) Mr．Frank once ______ in a competition．

[　　]

A．joined the fourth team

B．took the fourth place

C．was the fourth to start shooting

D．shot with the other three

(2) Why did Mr．Frank feel nervous to be asked to shoot for the team? Because ______．

[　　]

A．actually he was not good at shooting

B．he thought the captain and the other members would fool him

C．he was afraid of losing face before so many good shooters

D．he would lose a lot of money if he should fail

(3) When Frank said, “After seeing my score, I want to go outside and shoot myself”, he meant to say that ______．

[　　]

A．he want to practice shooting all by himself

B．he wanted to find out the reason for his failure

C．he was too ashamed of himself to remain inside and face the captain and the other members

D．he wanted to kill himself with the rifle

(4) By saying “You had better take two bullets with you if you want to do that”, the captain actually meant to say ______．

[　　]

A． “We haven't got so many bullets for you to practice shooting．”

B． “You can't improve your shooting with only one bullet．”

C． “You can't improve you shooting with only one bullet．”

D． “I don't believe you can keep your hands from shaking this time．”

(5) According to this passage, which of the following is wrong?

[　　]

A．He fired several shots and they all missed the target．

B．The captain wasn't satisfied with Frank and laughed at him．

C．In the big city Frank was admitted to the local rifle club．

D．Frank could have done better in the competition．

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