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  An angry woman sat in the station office. “The railway should pay me $12,”she said to Harry, the man who sold the ticket. “My ticket was for May 22nd, and there was (1) train from Jersey that night. My daughter and I had to (2) in a hotel. It (3) me $12.”

  Harry was (4)  . He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. (5) he checked the Jersey timetable for May 22nd, he knew she was right. However, had he made such a careless mistake? Wondering (6) to do, he smiled at the woman's child. “Did you have a nice (7) in Jersey?” he said to her.“Yes,” she answered shyly. “The seashore was lovely. And I can swim, too !”

  “That's fine,” said Harry. “My little girl can't swim at all. Of course, she's only three...”

  “I'm four,” the child said (8) .“I'll soon be four and a half.”

  Harry turned to the mother. “I remember your ticket, madam,” he said. (9) you didn't buy one ticket (10) your daughter, did you?”

  “Well,” the woman looked at her child, “I (11) she hasn't started school yet. She is only four.” “A four-year-old child (12) pay for a ticket, madam. A child's return ticket (13) Jersey costs $13.50. So (14) we pay your hotel hill, you will owe $ 1.50. The law is the law, since the mistake was mine...“ Saying (15) , the woman stood up, took the child's hand and left the station office.

(1)

[  ]

A. no
B. a
C. some
D. the

(2)

[  ]

A. eat
B. live
C. stay
D. rest

(3)

[  ]

A. paid
B. spent
C. took
D. cost

(4)

[  ]

A. worried
B. tired
C. frightened
D. pleased

(5)

[  ]

A. When
B. Before
C. After
D. While

(6)

[  ]

A. where
B. when
C. how
D. what

(7)

[  ]

A. present
B. rest
C. party
D. holiday

(8)

[  ]

A. loudly
B. politely
C. sadly
D. proudly

(9)

[  ]

A. And
B. But
C. So
D. Or

(10)

[  ]

A. with
B. to
C. for
D. from

(11)

[  ]

A. mean
B. ask
C. guess
D. decide

(12)

[  ]

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

(13)

[  ]

A. from
B. for
C. in
D. to

(14)

[  ]

A. when
B. if
C. as
D. because

(15)

[  ]

A. a lot
B. something
C. nothing
D. everything