It was Sunday .The train was crowded. A gentleman was trying to look for a place. In one of the cars he saw a vacant seat. But a small suitcase was lying on it and a young man was sitting next to it .
"Is this seat taken ?" asked the gentleman .
"Yes ,it’s my friend’s ." answered the young man ."He’s just coming ---this is his suitcase."
"Well." said the gentleman , " I’ll sit here till he comes. " Five minutes later the train started ,but nobody came .
"Your friend is late . "said the gentleman ."He has missed his train, but he need not lose his suitcase." And with these words he took the suitcase and threw it out of the window .
The young man got up and tried to catch the suitcase ,but it was too late .It was a good lesson to him .---"It’s impolite to take a second seat just for being more comfortable for oneself ."
小题1:The gentleman was looking for a ______
A. seat B. suitcase C. friend
小题2:"A vacant seat" is a seat that ______
A. somebody sits on B. there’s something on C. nobody sits on
小题3:In fact ,the suitcase belonged to be______.
A. young man B. gentleman C. young man’s friend
小题4:We know from the story that the young man ______
A. was friendly and helpful B. was not honest C. told the truth
小题5:We can guess that the young man must feel very______ in the end .
A. happy B. excited C. upset .
小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:B
小题5:C
文章讲了一个绅士在火车上找位置，看到一个座位上有个箱子没人。另一年轻人告诉不想给他座，故说他是朋友的，后面被绅士丢出火车，一是告诉我们做事要有礼貌，二是要友善要乐于助人而不能太自私。
1. A 此题可从A gentleman was trying to look for a place得出，找个地方在这里意为找座位。而不是找朋友或是箱子，故选A。
2. C 此题是猜词题，我们应看下面的解释：But a small suitcase was lying on it可知上面并没有人，故选C，vacant空缺的。
3. A 从The young man got up and tried to catch the suitcase可知是年青人的。他这么说是因为他想把箱子放座位上，而并非真的有朋友要来。
4. B 推理题。年轻人这么说是不想让这位绅士座，而并非真的有朋友要来，所以他不友善，没说实情，而是在说谎，选B。
5. C 这也是推理题。故事最后讲绅士把他的箱子丢出窗外，but it was too late可知他箱子没了，选C。