Having returned from her round trip, the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station. “The railway should pay me back￡12, so you owe me the money,” she said to Harry Jenks, the young man who was 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.”
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…”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. So if the railway pays your hotel, you will owe￡1.50. The law is the law, but since the fault was mine…”
小题1:What happened to the woman?
A．She had to buy the return ticket in Jersey.
B．She had to return home a day earlier.
C．She had to stay in a hotel for one night.
D．She couldn’t use the ticket for the round trip.小题2:Which of the following is true?
A．Harry’s daughter could swim very well.
B．The Jersey timetable was totally wrong.
C．Actually, the little girl didn’t need a ticket.
D．The little girl was satisfied with the holiday.小题3:Harry started talking to the little girl because he _________.
A．did not know what to do
B．wanted to be friendly to her
C．had a little girl about the same age
D．wanted to find a way out from her小题4:According to the passage, we know that Harry was _________.
A．careful
B．hard-working
C．serious
D．smart小题5:What would be the end of the story?
A．The woman would ask the police for help.
B．The woman would see the head of the station.
C．The woman would insist on getting back￡12.
D．The woman would stop arguing and leave.
