Question

Having returned from her round trip, the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station. “The railway owes me ￡12,” She said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the office. “You sold me a ticket for May 22nd, but there was no ship from Jersey that night. So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It cost me ￡12. ”

Harry was worried. He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. “Come into the office, Madam,” he said politely. “I’ll just check the Jersey timetable for May 22nd.”

The woman and her little girl followed him inside. She was quite right, as Harry soon discovered. There was no sailing on May 22nd. How could he have made such a careless mistake? He shouldn’t have sold her a ticket for that day. Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child. “You look sunburnt,” he said to her. “Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?”

“Yes,” she answered shyly, “The beach was lovely. And I can swim, too!”

“That’s fine,” said Harry.

“My little girl can’t swim a bit yet. Of course, she’s only three…”

“I’m four,” the child said proudly, “I’ll be four and a half.”

Harry turned to the mother, “I remember your ticket, Madam,” he said. “But you didn’t get one for your daughter, did you?”

“Er, well---” the woman looked at the child, “I mean…she hasn’t started school yet. She’s only four.”

“A four-year-old child must have a ticket, Madam. A child’s return ticket to Jersey costs…let me see…￡13.50. So if the railway pays your hotel, you will owe ￡1.50. The law is the law, but since the fault was mine… ”

The woman stood up, took the child’s hand and left the office.

1.Harry was worried because ________.

A．the woman was angry with him

B．he had not done his work properly

C．the Jersey timetable was wrong

D．the little girl didn’t have a return ticket

2.Harry started talking to the little girl ________.

A．because he was in difficulty and did not know what to do

B．because he had a little girl about the same age as this girl

C．because he wanted to be friendly to the little girl who looked so nice

D．when he suddenly realized that he could find a way out from the little girl

3.When Harry said, “The law is the law, but since the fault was mine…” he means that ________.

A．they must follow it without other choice, even though the fault was his

B．he had to be strict with the woman because of the law, although he didn’t want to

C．the woman had to pay him ￡1.50 and the railway would pay her for the hotel

D．she should pay ￡1.50, but he had made a mistake, she could go without paying

4.How did the woman feel when she left the office?

A．angry            B．peaceful          C．embarrassed       D．nervous

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述的是一位母親想借售票員的失誤而報銷旅館費用的故事。這位女乘客帶女兒到 Jersey 旅游，并在那里住了一夜。她想借售票員誤賣給她的一張船票而讓他歸還 12 英鎊錢。不過，售票員在了解到這位旅客帶女兒(4 歲)旅游而沒有買票時算了一筆賬，結果這位乘客沒有拿到錢而走了。

1.細節理解題。根據He remembered selling the woman a return ticket和How could he have made such a careless mistake? 故選B。

2.細節理解題。根據Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child. 她不知如何是好就去和小女孩搭訕，故選A。

3.細節理解題。根據A four-year-old child must have a ticket, Madam. A child’s return ticket to Jersey costs…let me see…￡13.50. So if the railway pays your hotel, you will owe ￡1.50. The law is the law, but since the fault was mine… ”故選D。

4.推理判斷題。根據The woman stood up, took the child’s hand and left the office，她想要回錢，沒想到她卻要再拿出￡1.50，這樣她感覺很尷尬，故選C。

考點：故事類短文閱讀。

點評：做推理題干擾選項的特點夸大事實：一是對于原文中的細節或論斷的某方面程度進行了夸大處理。二是無中生有：捏造原文并不存在的信息，并以此作為依據進行推理。三是摻入常識：根據考生已有的常識是正確的，但卻不是基于文章。四是推理過頭：引申過度，使結論過于絕對化。知道了這些特點在容易排除干擾項進而做出正確的判斷。