Tom isn’t _________ Jack．
A. tall as　　 　B. so tall as    C. the taller than　　D the tallest than

A student was going to spend his holiday in a cool mountain village. That evening he stayed at an inn (小旅馆) near the railway station (火车站). Before going to bed, he went to the boss of the inn and said, "Excuse me, sir. Will you please wake me up at a quarter to five tomorrow morning? I'll take the five o'clock train."

"Oh, sorry, sir," the boss said in a hurry, "I'm afraid I can't. I won't be able to get up so early."

The student was disappointed (失望). When he began to return to his room, be stopped and asked, "Have you got an alarm-clock (闹钟)? Maybe it can help me."

"Wait a minute, then." The boss said and brought out an alarm-clock. "Here you are, sir."

"Thank you very much." The student said happily. But he found it was rusty (锈的) when he had a look at it. And it sometimes worked and sometimes didn't. He asked, "Will it ring in time?"

"I don't know, either." said the boss, "But it doesn't matter. You just give it a good shake at a quarter to five. And it will ring on time."

1.   The student stayed at the inn because ____.

A. it was in the cool mountain village he was going to     

B. the boss of the inn was kind to him                 

C. the boss could wake him up at the right time

D. it was near the railway station 

2. The student asked the boss to wake him up the next morning because ____.

A. the boss had the habit (习惯) of getting up early   

B. the boss had promised (答应) to help him in every possible way (千方百计地)

C. he was afraid he would not wake up in time to catch the train

D. it would take him a long time to walk to the railway station

3.  The train the student was going to take would start at ____ the next morning.

A. five o'clock             B. a quarter to five   

C. half past four               D. a quarter to six

4.  The student was disappointed because ____.

A. he had to buy an alarm-clock

B. the boss refused to wake him up             

C. he would take another train                 

D. he had to go to the village on foot

5.   From the story we know the ____.

A. clock would wake the student up in time     

B. student certainly missed his train the next morning

C. alarm-clock was no use for the student          

D. student had the alarm-clock repaired (修理)

根据首字母提示完成下列短文

A young man went to a mountain village for his holiday. That night he s  1  at a small hotel near a train station. B  2  going to bed, he went to the owner of the hotel and said, “Excuse me, sir. Will you please w  3  me up at a quarter to five? I’ll take the five o’clock t 4  tomorrow morning.” “Oh, sorry,” the owner said in a h  5 , “I am a 6  I can’t. I can’t get up so e  7 .” The young man just wanted to go back to his room when he stopped and asked, “Do you have an alarm clock(闹钟)? M  8  it can help me.” “Yes, here it is, young man.” The young man got the clock happily and thanked the old man. But when he looked at the clock carefully, it seemed there was something w  9  with it. “Can it ring o  10  time?” he asked the old man. “Sure! You just give a good shake(摇晃) when time is up. And it will ring.”