Question

【题目】任务型阅读，根据上下文，选择正确的句子将短文补充完整。
Mr. White lived in the country. One day, he bought a second-class train ticket and went to London to buy something. All the seats in the second-class carriages had been taken when Mr. White got on the train.
Half an hour later, So he went into one of them and took an empty seat. The other four men seemed to be rich people because they all wore fine clothes. But just before the train started, a different kind of person jumped in and sat down. It was clear that he was very poor.
Everyone in the carriage looked unhappy with the young man. Mr. White thought that he would not be the only person to pay more. If so, he was wrong. For when the train had traveled an hour, the door opened and the ticket-collector came into the carriage. Of course, Mr. White had to pay more money for his ticket. But to his great surprise, one by one each of the four men held out a second-class ticket. He was the only man who had the first-class ticket in the carriage.

A. Only the young man sat there quietly. B. He was a young man in old and dirty clothes. C. Maybe the young man hoped that the ticket-collector would never come. D. he found that there were some empty seats in the first-class carriages. E. He had to stand up all the way.

Answer 1

【答案】E；D；B；C；A
【解析】本文讲述怀特先生乘火车的有趣经历。
⑴根据前一句All the seats in the second-class carriages had been taken可知怀特先生上车后发现二等车厢的座位已经满了，所以他不得不一路上站着，所以答案是E。
⑵根据后一句 took an empty seat他走过去坐了一个空位，所以此处提到empty seats，所以答案是D。
⑶根据后一句It was clear that he was very poor很明显他很穷，所以此处是对poor的描写——他穿着又旧又脏的衣服，所以答案是B。
⑷根据If so, he was wrong可知他希望检票员永远不要来查票，所以答案是C。
⑸根据前一句each of the four men held out a second-class ticket可知别人都拿出了二等票，而他有一等票，所以只有他安静地坐在那儿，所以答案是A。