Question

I was very disappointed not to be able to go to the jazz concert last Friday. The advertisement in the paper said that you could buy tickets at the theatre box in Richland Hills any day between 10:00 and 4:00. Since I work from 9:00 to 5:30, the only time I could go to the theatre was during my 45-minute lunch break. Unfortunately, the theatre is on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and Richland Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky, you can make the round trip in 45 minutes.

Last Monday, I stood at the bus stop for fifteen minutes waiting for the bus. By the time I saw one come around the corner, there was not enough time left to make the trip. So I gave up and went back to the office. The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again the next day. On Thursday, my luck changed. I got on a bus right away and arrived at the theatre in exactly twenty minutes.

When I got there, however, I found a long line of people at the office. I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for over an hour. Realizing I would not have enough time to wait in line, I caught the next bus and headed back across the town. By Friday I realized my only hope was to make the trip by taxi. It was expensive, but I felt it would be worth it to hear the concert. The trip by taxi only took 10 minutes, but it felt like an hour to me. When I got to the theatre, I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line. The reason, however, I quickly discovered, was that they had already sold all the tickets.

1.He tried to go to the theatre every day but managed to get there only __________.

A. once B. twice

C. three times D. four times

2.It can be learnt from the passage that taking a taxi to the theatre will save the writer at least _________than going by bus?

A. forty-five minutes B. ten minutes

C. just twenty minutes D. over an hour

3.The underlined word "relieved" may best be replaced by "___________".

A. pleased B. sorry C. puzzled D. surprised

4.The writer mainly shows us his____________. ?

A. complaints of the public transportation (交通)

B. anger for buying the ticket

C. efforts to buy the ticket

D. disappointment at the concert

Answer 1

1.B

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：一部我非常想看的爵士音樂會在上周五舉行，但我非常遺憾的沒有去。原因是之前我只有中午吃飯的45分鐘去哪里買票，但是我工作的地方和劇場相距甚遠！我該如何努力才能買到票呢？

1.細節理解題。星期一到星期三我沒有足夠的時間坐公交車去，星期四我去了可但排隊買票的人太多，星期五我坐出租車去的，但是票已經賣完了。所以我只取了劇院兩次。因此選B。

2.細節理解題。坐出租車我用了10分鐘，坐公交車最快我用了20分鐘，因此可以至少節省10分鐘。 故選B。

3.詞義猜測題。前幾次我來到劇場的時候有很多人在排隊，但這次居然一個人也沒有，所以我第一反應應該是很“高興” 。pleased 高興的；sorry遺憾的； puzzled困惑的；surprised驚訝的。D項干擾性較強，因為我一開始以為這次能買到票，又來意識到票已經賣完了，所以一開始只是空歡喜。A項更恰當。故選A。

4.主旨大意題。文章主要是講了我為了買票所做出的努力的經歷。故選C。

考點：故事類短文閱讀。