An old porter worked at the railway station for a long time. One morning he was standing and waiting for travelers to ask him to help them with their luggage(包裹), when he saw a short man running wards to the train with a big bag in his hand.

The porter watched the man for a few seconds, and then the man saw him. At once the short man ran up to the porter and asked, “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. A porter’s job is___________.

A. to stand in the railway station B. to answer the travelers’ questions

C. to help the travelers carry their luggage    D. to ask the travelers to help him

2. One morning a short man ___________.

A. was waiting for the porter to help him

B. was running along rails

C. was waiting for the train to London

D. was in a hurry to catch the 10:35 train to London

3. The short man looked worried because ____________.

A. he couldn’t run so fast as the train

B. he wanted to knows if he could catch the 10:35 train to London

C. the porter watched him for a few seconds

D. he lost his bag

4. At the end of the story, the porter ______________.

A. told the short man there was no 10:35 train to London

B. told the short man when he could catch the train

C. helped the short man to catch the train

D. played a joke on the short man

5. When the porter told the short man the train had left, the time was _______.

A. 10:40    B. 10:35    C. 10:30    D. 10:45

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 porter’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 porter _______.

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

　　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 travellers to ask him to help them with their luggage(行李), when he saw a small man running towards the trains with a big bag in his hand.

　　The porter watched the man for a few seconds, and then the man saw the porter. At once the small man towards the porter and said, “Can I catch the 10:35 train to London, porter?” He was breathing(喘息) 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 porter usually ________ .

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A．stood in the railway station

B．answered the traveller's questions

C．helped the travellers carry their luggage

D．asked the travellers to help him

2．One morning a small man ________ .

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A．was waiting for the porter to help him

B．was running along the rails

C．was waiting for the train to London

D．was hurrying to catch to 10:35 train to London

3．The small man looked worried because ________ .

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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

4．At the end of the story, the porter _______.

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A．told the small man there was no 10:35 train to London

B．told the small man when he could catch the train

C．helped the small man to catch the train

D．played a joke on(开某人的玩笑) the small man

5．When the porter told the man the train had left, the time was ________ .

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阅读理解

　　An old porter (搬运工) 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 travellers to ask him to help them with luggage, when he saw a small man running towards the train with a big bag in his hand.

　　The porter watched the man for a few seconds, and then the man saw the porter. At once the small man ran up to the porter and said,“Can I catch 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 (铁轨) . You see ,”he explained ,“the 10 : 35 train to London left five minutes ago.”

1．The old porter's job was ________.

[　　]

A．to stand in the railway station

B．to answer the travellers' questions

C．to help the travellers carry their luggage

D．to ask the travellers to help him

2．One morning a small man ________.

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A．was waiting for the porter to help him

B．was running along rails

C．was waiting for the train to London

D．was in a hurry to catch the 10 : 35 train to London

3．The small man looked worried because ________.

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A．he couldn't run so fast as the train

B．he didn't know he could catch the 10 : 35 train to London

C．the porter watched him for a few seconds

D．he last his bag

4．At the end of the story, the porter ________.

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A．told the small man there was no 10 : 35 train to London

B．told the small man when he could catch the train

C．helped the small man to catch the train

D．play a joke on the small man

5．When the porter told the small man the train had left, the time was ________.

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