第三节 短文理解 2 阅读下列短文，从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择一个正确答案。
A Frenchman went to stay at the best
hotel in a small Italian town with his wife. One night, he went out for a walk
alone. The small street was dark and quiet. Suddenly he felt someone behind him.
He turned his head and saw an Italian young man who quickly walked past him. The
man was nearly out of sight (看不见了) when the Frenchman suddenly found that his
watch was gone. He thought that it must be the Italian who had taken his watch.
He decided to follow him and get back the watch. Soon the Frenchman
caught up with the Italian. Neither of them understood the other’ s language.
The Frenchman frightened the Italian with his fist (拳头) and pointed at the
Italian’ s watch. In the end the Italian took off his watch and gave it to the
Frenchman. When he returned to the hotel, the Frenchman told his
wife what had happened. He was greatly surprised when his wife pointed to the
watch on the table. Now he realized (意识到) that by mistake he had robbed (抢劫) the
watch and it was the Italian’ s. The word "frighten" in the passage means ______.