Mr.Robinson had to travel somewhere on business, and as he was in a hurry, hedecided to go by air. He liked sitting beside a window when he was flying, sowhen he got on to the plane, he looked for a window seat. He found that all ofthem had already been taken except for one. There was a soldier sitting in theseat beside this one, and Mr. Robinson was surprised that he had not taken theone by the window, so he at once went towards it. Whenhe reached it, however, he saw that there was a notice on it. It was written inink and said,“ This seat is reserved( 预定 )forproper load( 货物 )balance. Thank you.” Mr. Robinson had never seen such a notice in a planebefore, but he thought that the plane must be carrying something particularlyheavy in its baggage room which made it necessary to have the passengersproperly balanced, so he walked on and found another empty seat, not beside awindow, to sit in. Twoor three other people tried to sit in the window seat beside the soldier, butthey too read the notice and went on. Then, when the plane was nearly full, avery beautiful girl stepped into the plane. The soldier, who was watching thepassengers coming in, quickly took the notice off the seat beside him and inthis way succeeded in having the company( 陪伴 )ofthe girl during the whole of the trip. 1.Which of the following best explains why Mr. Robinson decided to go by air? A.He had never traveled anywhere by plane before. B.He had some urgent business to settle. C.He expected to meet a good friend of his in the plane. D.He wanted to pass the business to the soldier. 2.W hen Mr. Robinson got on the plane, he found that _____________ A.he had lost his reserved seat. B.a stranger had taken the window seat beside the soldier C.all the window seats had been taken. D.only one window seat hadn’t been taken. 3.What the notice said made Mr. Robinson believe that ____________ A.the plane was really full. B.he could hardly find another empty seat in the plane. C.there must be something particularly heavy in the baggage room. D.the window seat beside the soldier must have been reserved for a girl. 4.What did the soldier do as soon as he saw a very beautiful girl? A.He offered his seat to the girl. B.He took the notice off the seat beside him. C.He asked her to take the window seat. D.He asked her to take the notice off the seat. 5.Obviously the notice was written by___________ A. the soldier B. the girl C. Mr. Robinson D. Mr. Robinson’sfriend