An old porter (搬运工人) had
worked for the railway for a very long time. One morning he was standing in one
of the big railway
stations and waiting for travelers to ask him to help them with their luggage,
when he saw a small man running toward the trains with a big bag in his hand.
The porter watched the man for a few seconds, and the
man saw the porter.
At once the small man ran up the porter and said, “Can
I catch the 10:35 train to London, porter?” He was breathing very fast, and he
seemed worried.
The old porter looked at him for a moment and then
said with a smile, “Well, sir, I’d like to help you, but I can’t answer your
question because I don’t know how fast you can run along rails. You see,” he
explained, “the 10:35 train to London left five minutes ago.”
1.The old port
er’s
job was _______
A. to stand in the railway station
B. to answer the traveler’s question
C. to help the travelers carry their luggage
D. to ask the travelers to help him
2.The small man looked worried, because _______.
A. he couldn’t run so fast as the train
B. he wondered if he could catch the 10:35 train to
London
C. the porter watched him for a few seconds
D. he lost his bag
3.At the end of the story, the po
rter
_______.
A. played a joke
on the small man
B. told the small man when he could catch the train
C. helped the samll man to catch the train
D. told the small man there was no 10:35 train to
London
4.When the porter told the man the train had left, the
time was _______
A 10:40 B.
10:35 C.
10:30 D. 10:45
