18、Jerry Balkwin, 30 years old, restaurant．He lived in a flat about one mile north of the restaurant．He walked to and from work．When it was raining, he took the bus．

Jerry loved gangster（匪徒） movies．When a new one came out, he would go to the theater and watch the new movie three or four times．Then, when it went to video, Jerry would buy the video at Barney’s Video Store．Jerry had a home over 1,000 gangster videos．Old ones, new ones; color, black and white; English, Spanish, Japanese ---- he loved them all．He could tell you the name of the movie, the director, the stars, and the story．

Jerry finally decided that he would own a gun, just like the gangsters．So he saved his money for a couple of years．Then he went to the gun club to practice shooting．He was in the club for only 10 minutes when he accidentally dropped his gun．The gun went off, and the bullet（子彈） went into Jerry’s right knee．

Jerry now walks with a walking stick, just like some gangsters．

1．What was Jerry Baldwin?

  A．The boss of a restaurant．                       B．The manager of a cinema．

  C．The owner of a video shop．                          D．The head of a shooting club．

2．Jerry Baldwin had a large collection of EXCEPT _____ones．

  A．Spanish               B．Japanese                 C．Russian           D．English

3．How did Jerry Baldwin get a gun?

  A．He bought it for himself．                        B．He borrowed it from the club．

  C．He made it on his own．                          D．He got it to from the gangster．

4．Jerry Baldwin dropped his gun mainly because of his ______．

  A．illness                 B．a(chǎn)nger                      C．carelessness            D．eyesight

5．From the passage, we learn that Jerry ______ in the end．

  A．lost his interest in movies                         B．turned out to be a real gangster

  C．had his own shooting club                        D．couldn’t walk in a normal way