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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 4-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 bill, you will owe (欠)＄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．

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阅读下面短文，然后根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

　　Linda and David have travelled by air from London to Sydney, Australia．Linda has promised(答应)her mother that she will ring her to let her know that they have arrived safely．This is something she had done ever since she was a child．David thinks it is not a good idea to ring so far, to spend too much, and to say so little．

　　“If there were an accident．”He says,“they'd know soon enough．Bad news travels fast．”But Linda has promised that she would ring．“However,”she says,“it doesn't cost much when you just think that it's the other side of the world．It's only six pence per second(每秒六便士)．”

　　“If you're on that telephone for less than one minute, I'll eat my hat,”David says, “And one minute's nearly four pounds．”

　　“That's no more than you'd pay for a new hat,”Linda answers．

　　She has asked the man at the hotel desk to get her the number．The telephone rings．Linda picks it up．

　　“Hello, Mum．Is that you?”She says．

　　“Six pence per second,”David reminds(提醒)her．

　　“Hello．”It is Mrs Lee, Linda's mother, speaking from London．“I can hear you very clearly just like you are in the next room．It's a better line than when you called me from your office．Do you remember? I shouted at that time, and still you couldn't hear me sometimes．”

　　“Yes, Mum．”Linda puts in．“I just wanted to ring to…”

　　“I remember how you rang when you went to Betty's house to eat, when you were a little girl．And then when you…”Mrs Lee is a great talker．

　　“Nearly four pounds．”says David．

　　Linda tries to tell her mother that it is time to say goodbye．

　　“Yes, all right,”says Mrs Lee,“But you will write, won't you, as you did when you were at work…”

　　Once again, Mrs Lee talks about the past, and there is nobody stopping her．

　　“Four pounds fifty,”says David．

　　At last, Linda cuts her mother short, promises to write, and rings off．

　　“There! That wasn't long, was it?”

　　“Four pounds, ninety pence．”David answers．“And you didn't even say that we've arrived．”

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