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閱讀理解 　　After returning from her round trip, the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station．“The railway owes me 12 pounds,” 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 pounds．” 　　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 sun burnt,” 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 pounds．The law is the law, but since the mistake is mine…．” 　　The woman stood up, took the child’s hand and left the office． (1) The woman was angry because ________． [　　] A． she couldn’t use the ticket for her round trip B． she had to return home a day earlier than she had planned C． she spent more money than she had expected D． Harry had sold her a ticket to Jersey where there was no sailing (2) Harry was worried ________． [　　] A． the woman was angry with him B． he had not done his work carefully C． the Jersey timetable was wrong D． the little girl didn’t have a return ticket (3) Harry started talking to the little girl ________． [　　] A． because he was in trouble 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 (4) When Harry said, “The law is the law, but since the mistake was mine…” he meant that ________． [　　] A． they must follow it without other choice, even though the mistake 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 pounds and the railway would pay her for the hotel D． she should pay 1.50 pounds, but he had made a mistake, she could go without paying (5) The woman left the office without saying anything because ________． [　　] A． she wanted to go home and get money for the child’s ticket B． she was so angry that she didn’t want to have anything more to do with the young man C． she was moved(感動)by Harry’s kindness D． she knew she would have to pay the railway if she insisted(堅持)

Answer 1

答案：1．C;2．B;3．A;4．D;5．D;
解析：

(1)	這是一道辨認事實細節題．粗看D似乎應該是此題的答案，但仔細辨認一下就不難發現短文中確定指出五月二十二日那天沒有去Jersey的輪船，可是當讀完the women所說的話后，你就會清楚地知道她生氣的主要原因是她多花了一宿住旅店的錢．
(2)	仔細閱讀短文的二、三段就可以知道是因為Harry沒做好工作，5月22日晚上在Jersey無船的．
(3)	短文中的這句“Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child．”是解答該題的依據．
(4)	根據上下文對事情和年輕的售票員思想過程的敘述，可知這句話的意思是：按規定那婦女要付小孩的票錢，但售票員也有錯．因此，他希望互相不追究，所以正確答案為D．
(5)	從最后年輕人的那段話，及那位婦女一句話都沒說，站起來，牽起小女孩的手就離開了票房這一事實，可以推理出那婦女的思想過程，即如果她要堅持讓票房賠她一晚住宿營費的話，那么車站也可以按規定要她補買小女孩的票，這樣她就會多付1.5英鎊，因此，她也就不再堅持了． 　　這篇短文的大致情節是：一位婦女向車站售票員索要12英鎊，原因是：由于售票員工作的疏忽，買給這位婦女的票是5月22日的，那天并沒有輪船出航．這位婦女和自己的女兒只好在旅館住了一宿，花去了12英鎊．可是當售票員和這位婦女攀談時，得知她四歲的女兒沒有買票，而兒童票價是13.5英鎊．結果，這位婦女非但沒有得到12英鎊的補償，反而欠車站1.5英鎊．