Jane raced onto the train platform and asked a porter, “Is this the train to Rochester?”

    “Yes,” said the porter. “but only the …Hey! Wait.” He was too   21 .Jane had raced off

  22    he had finished speaking.

   She had just   23    herself in a seat when the train    24  out of the station. Jane got out her book and settled down to read. After about an hour or so, she looked  25   and glanced out of the window. “That’s  26     .” she thought . “the landscape(景色)doesn’t look  27    ,and it should; I’ve   28   this route so many times.” She was getting increasing  29    when the big, red-faced conductor walked up and asked for her  30    .

   One glance was enough. He  31  his head in friendly reproach(责备) and said, “Now, young lady, what did you do a fool thing like that for? This is the  32  ticket. You  33  have sat at the back of the train. The Rochester-bound(开往) section was  34    at the last station.

   Jane’s face grew red. “I’m sorry,” she said, “I guess I was in too much of a   35     to find out…”  “Well,” said the conductor, “don’t   `36    . You shouldn’t have been in such a hurry, but I dare say we can  37    you a train going in the right  38    at Syracuse. You’ll be a couple of hours late  39   ,though .”

   When Jane finally stepped onto the Rochester platform, her mother  40  up to her . “Oh, Jane, we have been so worried. What on earth happened?”

“Well, Mom,” said Jane, “it’s a long story.”

1.A. busy              B. early            C. late            D. quick

2.A. when             B. then             C. after           D. before

3.A. settled             B. took             C. made          D. gave

4.A. pushed            B. pulled           C. left            D. started

5.A. around             B. about            C. up            D. down

6.A. exciting           B. interesting        C. strange         D. right

7.A. familiar           B. beautiful         C. nice            D. alike

8.A. walked             B. gone            C. followed        D. traveled

9.A. uneasy             B. calm            C. angry           D. unhappy

10.A. money            B. ticket            C. book           D. name

11.A. put              B. shook            C. raised          D. nodded

12.A. wrong            B. used            C. only            D. right

13.A. would             B. must            C. should          D. could

14.A. joined            B. turned           C. connected       D. separated

15.A. hurry             B. trouble          C. worry           D. difficulty

16.A. sorry             B. worry           C. hurry            D. regret

17.A. make             B. give            C. find             D. get

18.A. time               B. place           C. station           D. direction

19.A. arriving           B. leaving          C. going           D. returning

20.A. called              B. picked          C. rushed          D. pushed

 

　　Jane raced onto the train platform and asked a porter,“Is this the train to Rochester?”

　　“Yes,” said the porter, “but only the… Hey! Wait.” He was too 1 . Jane had raced off 2 he had finished speaking.

　　She had just 3 herself in a seat when the train 4 out of the station. Jane got out her 5 and settled down to read. After about an hour or so, she looked up and glanced out of the 6 .

　　“That's strange,” she thought, “the landscape (景色) doesn't look familiar, I've 7 this route so many times,” She was getting increa singly 8 when the burly (粗壮的), red faced conductor walked up and asked for her 9 .

　　One glance was enough. He 10 his head in friendly reproach (责备) and said,“Now, young lady, what did you do a fool thing like that for? This is the wrong ticket. You 11 have sat at the back of the train. The Rochester-bound section was 12 at the last station.”

　　Jane's face grew 13 . “I'm sorry,” she said, “I guess I was in too much of a 14 to find out… ”

　　“Well,” said the conductor, “don't 15 . You shouldn't have been in such a hurry, but I dare say we can find you a train going in the right 16 at Syracuse. You will be a couple of hours late 17 , though.”

　　When Jane 18 stepped onto the Rochester platform, her mother 19 up to her, “Oh, Jane, we have been so worried, what on earth 20 ?”

　　“Well, Mother,” said Jane, “It's a long story.”

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阅读下面的短文，从短文所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on.

    A ___1___ came, “Nice shirt,” I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said, “That shirt belonged to my dad. Greg’s mother works for my family. We were going to ___2___ that shirt away, but gave it to her ___3___.” I was speechless. I wanted to hide.

    I ___4___ the shirt in the back of the closet and told my mum what had happened. She then dialed her ___5___, “I will no longer work for your family,” she told him. That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore; she knew her life’s ___6___ was something greater.

    The next morning she ___7___ with the personnel manager at the Board of Education. He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So Mom decided to ___8___ a university.

     After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager. He said, “You are ___9___, aren’t you? I think I have a ___10___ for you as a teacher’s assistant. This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of___11___.” Mom accepted the opportunity very ___12___.

    For almost five years, as a teacher’s assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling ___13___. Then one day, the personnel manager and the principal ___14___ in her classroom. The principal said, “We have watched how you ___15___ the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard-working ___16___ over the last five years. We are all in agreement that you ___17___ be the teacher of this class.”

    My mom spent more than 20 years there. ___18___ her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the ___19___ comment made in the classroom that day when I was in my high school. Mom showed me how to handle ___20___ situations and never give up.

1.A. noise  B. voice    C. sound    D. tune

2.A. get    B. take C. carry    D. throw

3.A. otherwise  B. anyhow   C. instead  D. actually

4.A. settled    B. pushed   C. picked   D. put

5.A. teacher    B. employer C. director D. adviser

6.A. purpose    B. encouragement        C. process  D. victory

7.A. went   B. met  C. worked   D. stayed

8.A. visit  B. continue C. attend   D. prepare

9.A. serious    B. fortunate    C. careful  D. responsible

10.A. career    B. duty C. position D. part

11.A. learning  B. judging C. obeying  D. imagining

12.A. patiently B. eagerly  C. successfully D. skillfully

13.A. upset B. frightened   C. guilty   D. ashamed

14.A. looked up B went up   C. took up  D. showed up

15.A. believe   B. protect  C. treat    D. receive

16.A. spirit    B. intention    C. idea D. attempt

17.A. must  B. would    C. might    D. should

18.A. At    B. During   C. On   D. With

19.A. worthless B. thoughtless  C. hopeless D. helpless

20.A. challenging   B. different    C. dangerous    D. strange