I was walking along the main street of a small seaside town in the north of England looking for somewhere to make a phone call．My car had broken down outside the town and I wanted to contact the AA Company．Low grey clouds were gathering across the sky and there was a cold damp wind blowing off the sea which nearly threw me off my feet every time I crossed one of the side streets．It had rained in the night and water was dropping from the bare trees that lined the street．I was glad that I was wearing a thick coat．
   There was no sign of a call box，nor was there anyone at that early hour whom I could ask．I had thought I might find a shop open selling the Sunday papers or a milkman doing his rounds，but the town was completely dead．The only living thing I saw was a thin frightened cat outside a small restaurant．
   Then suddenly I found what I was looking for．There was a small post office，and almost hidden from sight in a dark narrow street．Next to it was the town's only public call box，which badly needed a coat of paint．I hurried forward，but stopped in astonishment when I saw through the dirty glass that there was a man inside．He was fat，and was wearing a cheap blue plastic raincoat．I could not see his face and he didn't raise his head at the sound of my footsteps．
   Carefully，I remained standing a few feet away and lit a cigarette to wait for my turn．It was when I threw the dead match on the ground that I noticed something bright red trickling from under the box call door．

（1）At what time was the story set？

A

A

A．An early winter morning．
B．A cold winter afternoon．
C．An early summer morning．
D．A windy summer afternoon．
（2）Which of the following words best describe the writer's impression of the town？

C

C

A．Cold and frightening．
B．Dirty and crowded．
C．Empty and dead．
D．Unusual and unpleasant．
（3）The underlined word"trickling"in the last paragraph means

C

C

．
A．rushing out suddenly
B．shining brightly
C．flowing slowly in drops
D．a(chǎn)ppearing slowly
（4）Why didn't the man raise his head when the writer came near？

D

D

A．He was annoyed at being seen by the writ er．
B．He was angry at being disturbed by the writer．
C．He was probably fast asleep．
D．He was probably murdered．