Havingreturnedfromherroundtrip,theangrywomanstoodoutsid...

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Having returned from her round trip, the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station. “The railway owes (欠債) me $12,” she said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the    36  . “You sold me a ticket   37   May 22nd, but there was no ship from Jersey that night. So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It   38   me $12.”

Harry was   39  . He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. “Come into the office, Madam,” he said politely. “I’ll just   40   the Jersey timetable for May 22nd. The woman and her little girl followed him   41  . She was   42   right, as Harry soon discovered, there was no   43   on May 22nd. How could he have   44   such a careless mistake? He shouldn’t have sold her a ticket for that day. Wondering   45   to do, he smiled at the child. “You look sunburned,” he said to her. “Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?”

“Yes,” she answered, shyly. “The beach was   46  . And I can swim too!” “That’s fine,” said Harry. “My little girl can’t   47   a bit yet. Of course, she’s only three…”

“I’m four,” the child said proudly. “I’ll be four and a half.”

Harry   48   the mother. “I remember your   49  , Madam.” he said. “But you didn’t get     50   for your daughter, did you?” “Er, well,” the woman looked at the child. “I mean, she hasn’t started school yet. She’s only four.”

“A four-year-old child   51   have a ticket, Madam. A child’s return ticket to Jersey costs…, let me see… $13. So   52   the railway pays your hotel, you will   53   $1. The law is the law, but since the   54   was mine…”

The woman stood up,   55   the child’s hand and left the office.

36. A. train                           B. ship                               C. office                      D. hotel

37. A. in                        B. for                                  C. at                                   D. before

38. A. paid                           B. spent                             C. cost                        D. saved

39. A. worried               B. pleased                         C. disappointed          D. interested

40. A. look                           B. watch                             C. test                         D. check

41. A. into                            B. out                                 C. outside                   D. inside

42. A. quite                  B. all                                  C. not                          D. never

43. A. plane                  B. sailing                                   C. train                        D. bus

44. A. broken                B. made                             C. given                      D. thought

45. A. how                            B. why                                C. what                       D. which

46. A. lovely                  B. beautifully                      C. wonderfully             D. terrible

47. A. walk                    B. ride                                C. swim                       D. run

48. A. listened to           B. asked for                       C. got to                      D. turned to

49. A. money                B. ticket                              C. ship                        D. daughter

50. A. one                            B. it                                    C. them                       D. ones

51. A. can                            B. may                               C. need                       D. must

52. A. since                   B. if                                    C. unless                           D. until

53. A. owe                            B. have                              C. get                          D. spend

54. A. money                B. debt (債務)                           C. fault                        D. ticket

55. A. raised                 B. picked                                   C. took                        D. brought

【回答】

 36-40 CBCAD  41-45 DABBC  46-50 ACDBA  51-55 DBACC

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