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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

Mr. Scott was the owner of a shop. He lived by himself in a small room above his shop. He was always afraid that someone might break into his shop at night.
One day, when he checked his money after closing up, he found he had almost 10,000 dollars. He thought keeping so much money in the shop was a dangerous thing. So he took the money with him to his bedroom, put it in the pocket of his coat and went to bed with his coat on. At midnight the doorbell rang and woke him up. He got out of bed and called out in a shaky(颤抖的) voice, “What do you want?” Under the street light stood a policeman, “Sorry to wake you up,” the policeman said, “but all the lights are on in your shop. I think you just forgot to turn them off when you closed up.”
【小题1】Where did Mr. Scott live?
A. By himself.          B. In his shop.        C. Above his shop.
【小题2】How much money did he have that day?
A.$10,000.          B. ¥10,000.        C. 10,000.
【小题3】Why did Mr. Scott sleep with the money that night? '
A. Because he loved money very much.
b. Because he thought it was not safe to keep it in the shop.
C. Because he knew the policeman would wake him up.
【小题4】Why did the policeman wake him up? '
A. Because he wanted to turn off the lights .
b. Because he wanted to remind Mr. Scott
C. Because he wanted to ring his doorbell.
【小题5】How did Mr. Scott feel when he heard the doorbell.
A. Excited.            B. Angry.          C. Stressed.

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