单选题 Mr. Jones was traveling in a car. Soon after setting out from a village to drive to London, he heard a strange noise from the back of the car. Naturally, he 1 to have a look. He examined the wheels closely but found nothing wrong. 2 , he got back into the car and continued his way. The noise began almost immediately and was louder than 3 . Quickly turning his head, the man saw what appeared to be a great black loud following the car. 4 He stopped at a village later on, he was told that a queen bee must be 5 in his car as there were thousands of bees nearby.
6 Learning his, the man realized that the only way to get rid of the bees would be to drive away as 7 as possible. After an hour"s hard driving, he arrived in London where he parked his car outside a hotel and went in to have a drink. It was not long 8 a waiter who had seen him 9 hurried in to inform him that his car was covered with bees. The poor driver telephoned the police and explained what had happened. The 10 decided that the best way to 11 the situation would be to call in a bee-keeper. In a short time, the bee-keeper arrived. He found the 12 passenger hidden near the wheel at the back of the car. Very thankful to the driver for his 13 gift, the bee-keeper took the queen and her thousands of 14 home in a large box. Then, the driver drove away in peace, 15 free from the "black cloud", which had hung over his car.