4.D.根据上下文对事情和年轻的售票员思想过程的叙述，可知这句话的意思是：按规定那妇女要付小孩的票钱，但售票员也有错。因此，他希望互相不追究，所以正确答案为D。

3.A.短文中的这句“Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child.”是解答该题的依据。

1.C.这是一道辨认事实细节题。粗看D似乎应该是此题的答案，但仔细辨认一下就不难发现短文中确定指出五月二十二日那天没有去Jersey的轮船，可是当读完the women所说的话后，你就会清楚地知道她生气的主要原因是她多花了一宿住旅店的钱。

5. C。本来打算要在乡村农场过一个暑假，结果四天之后就回来了。这能不是个短暂的假期吗？用此作标题既切合题意，又具有幽默的味道。

　Passage 14

　[答案与解析]这篇短文的大致情节是：一位妇女向车站售票员索要12英镑，原因是：由于售票员工作的疏忽，买给这位妇女的票是5月22日的，那天并没有轮船出航。这位妇女和自己的女儿只好在旅馆住了一宿，花去了12英镑。可是当售票员和这位妇女攀谈时，得知她四岁的女儿没有买票，而儿童票价是13.5英镑。结果，这位妇女非但没有得到12英镑的补偿，反而欠车站1.5英镑。

4. B。这由“A different meat every day, and you are complaining!”一句可知。

3.B。本题考查通过上下文对词汇的推测能力。根据亨利的叙述可得出此答案。

2.C。本题考查根据语境进行分析判断的能力。由上下文，显然可知这是报纸上的一则广告信息。

1.A。第二段的首句“…but one year he saw an advertisement in a newspaper.”即是答案的出处。

5. What did the doctor think might happen to Ellen?

　A. She might put on more weight.　B. She might stop eating too much.

　C. She might have a heart attack.　D. She might go to another doctor.

　Passage 22

　(In court (法庭), the judge asks the boy named Henry some questions.)

　Judge: Can you tell us how the accident happened?

　Henry: Yes, sir. The farmer drove very fast when I met with him. His car knocked me down and hurt my arm.

　Judge: (To the farmer) Was that right?

　Farmer: No, sir. But it rained heavily and I couldn’t drive fast.

　Judge: So you don’t think you knocked him down?

　Farmer: Yes, I did. But I didn’t see him mending his bike in the middle of the road.

　Judge: Well. Did you send him to a hospital?

　Farmer: Yes. But the doctor said there was nothing serious to him.

　Judge: (To Henry) Do you agree with him?

　Henry: Yes, sir. But my left arm often hurts and I can't lift it at all.

　Judge: Could you show us how you can lift it now?

　Henry: Sure. (Slowly the boy lifts his arm below his nose.)

　Judge: Poor boy! And how high could you lift it before the accident?

　Henry: Oh, I could lift it very high like this. (Holding his left arm up over his head)

　Judge: But I don't think there's something wrong with your arm.

　Henry: I...I...So it is. But my lawyer (律师) tells me to do so.

　根据上面的对话，在短文的空白处填写一个适当的词，使短文内容与对话意思相符。

It happened on a (1)_________ day. A boy named Henry was (2)_________ his bike on the road while a farmer's (3)______ knocked him down. The farmer sent him to a hospital and the doctor said nothing (4)________ happened to the boy. But his parents hoped the boy could be paid more (5)_________ for it. They asked for a lawyer's (6)_______ .The lawyer taught the boy (7)______ to say in court. Henry told the judge his arm hurt and that he couldn't (8)________ it up. The judge asked him to show it to him. He could lift it below his nose. The judge asked him how (9)_______ he could lift it before the accident. The boy (10)___________ what the lawyer said and lifted it over his head!

Section II 趣味幽默篇 答案与解析

　Passage 13

　[答案与解析]假日里，亨利喜欢到海边去旅游。有一次，他想去西山农场享受一下田园风光，并计划在那儿度过一个月的时间。可是令人惊奇的是，才去四天之后他就回来了。当朋友问起其中的缘由时，亨利说道：第一天，农场里死了一只羊，晚餐时美美地吃了一顿烤羊肉；第二天农场死了一头牛，又吃了一顿烧牛肉；第三天农场死了一头猪，结果又吃了一顿烤猪肉。可是，到了第四天，农场主死了，我不敢再留下来吃饭了。