11. We can be sure that the story happened in ____.

A. America　 B. the Queen’s palace

C. England　 D. an small restaurant

10. The best title (标题) for this story is ____.

A. A Ticket without Date　　 B. A Foolish Passenger

C. Eating a Ticket　　　　　 D. A Clever conductor

C

A man in a very famous restaurant started to take off his jacket. As soon as he saw this, the head waiter rushed over to his table and said, “I’m afraid I must ask you to keep your jacket on, sir, because it is not good manners (礼貌) to do it in such a nice restaurant.”

“Now, listen,” said the man. “I will let you know that the Queen (女王) of England gave me permission (许可) to take off my jacket here.”

“The Queen of England?” said the waiter in great surprise.

“Sure.” replied the man, “When I was in England last month, a friend of mine took me to see the Queen. It was very hot. I started taking my coat off. The Queen looked over and said, ‘You may do that in the United States, but you may not do it here!’ So I got the Queen’s permission, right?”

9. Which of the following is true about the conductor?　 A. He thought the young man was too lazy.

B. He thought the young man was forgetful.

C. He knew why the young man put the ticket in his mouth

D. He knew the young man would get off at the next station.

8. It is clear that the conductor ____.

A. knew the young man had no money for a ticket

B. didn’t know the young man had lost his ticket

C. knew why the young man had the ticket in his mouth

D. didn’t know why the young man was looking for his ticket

7. The other passengers laughed because ____.

A. the young passenger lost his ticket　　

B. the young passenger gave his ticket to another passenger　 C. they saw the ticket was just in the passenger’s mouth　

D. the conductor moved away without questioning the passenger

6. From the story we know that the young passenger ____.　

A. really lost his ticket　

B. was looking for a lost ticket　

C. didn’t buy a ticket for the trip　

D. didn’t remember where he had put his ticket

5. From the text we know David is ____.

A. clever　 B. foolish　 C. old　 D. tall

B

A young passenger (乘客) was looking everywhere for his ticket because the conductor was coming to punch (剪) the ticket. He was looking for it in all the pockets of his coats and trousers. What surprised the other passengers most was that they found he had the ticket in his mouth. The conductor quickly pulled the ticket out of his mouth, punched it and gave it back to the young man. When the conductor moved on, all the other passengers couldn’t help (忍不住) laughing. One of them said to him at last, “I’m sure you felt foolish just now, sitting there looking everywhere for your ticket when it was right in your mouth all the time.”

“Foolish?” answered the passenger, “I was chewing (嚼) the date off.”

4. The man asked David to ____.

A. write his answers under the questions

B. clean the bank

C. show how strong he was

D. give himself up (投案自首)

3. David went to the bank to ____.

A. deposit (储蓄) money　　 B. draw money

C. ask for that job　　　　　 D. work hard

2.How did he know one of the banks needed a guard?

A. His wife saw it in the newspaper.　

B. His wife worked in that bank.　

C. His wife saw it on the computer.　

D. His friend told him the information.