A few minutes before six o'clock，Mr． Smith decided¹ to leave．He was about to start the car when a gunman（持枪歹徒  （1）   up from the back seat．He  （2）  a gun to Mr Smith's head．“Drive me to Paris！”he shouted．“All right，”Mr．Smith answered．He started the engine²（发动机）， （3）  away from the side of the street and drove³ down．Being⁴ 81 years old，he knew he could notfightthe gunman．He knew he needed help．Where  （4）  the police？As he drove  （5）  each crossing，he looked up and down the side streets，hoping to meet a police car．But he could see （6）  ．“Just my luck，”he thought．“If I was （7） too fast，there would be a police car on every corner．” （8）  ，he pushed his foot down on the accelerator（油门），and the car ran （9） faster．“What are you doing？”shouted the gunman．“Keeping off the police，”Mr．Smith answered．“I thought I saw a police car （10）  there．”He ran red lights，drove the wrong way on one-way streets．On two-way streets he drove on the wrong（11） of the road．Not one policeman saw him．Again Mr Smith's plan was not working．He had to try a （12） plan．He （13） at a corner and saw the police station in front．Then he drove his car as fast as he could towards the police gate．The car hit a police motorbike down and stopped．Mr．Smith shouted，“Help！Help！” Then he （14）  back to grab⁵ the man's gun．At the same time the policemen heard the （15）  and quickly caught the gunman．

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