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A passenger was looking everywhere for his ticket because the conductor was coming up to punch tickets. He searched the pockets of his trousers, his coat and his wallet. To the other passengers' surprise, they saw
that he had the ticket in his mouth. The conductor quickly pulled the ticked out of his mouth, punched it, and
gave it back to him. When the conductor moved on, the passenger's friend said, "I'm sure you felt foolish just
now, sitting there looking everywhere for your tickets when it was right in your mouth all the time."
"Foolish?" answered the passenger. "I was chewing the date off."
When his friend heard this, he criticized him and asked him to buy a ticket.
1. The passenger ________.
A. lost his tickets
B. didn't buy a ticket for the trip
C. was looking for a lost ticked
D. forgot when he had put his ticket
2. The other passengers wanted to laugh because ________.
A. the passenger lost his ticket
B. the passenger was chewing his ticket
C. the passenger had no ticket
D. they saw that the passenger had the ticket in his mouth
3. His friend ________.
A. knew why he was looking for the ticket
B. didn't know why he was looking for his ticket
C. didn't know he had lost his ticket
D. didn't know that he didn't have the money for a ticket
4. The conductor ________.
A. thought the man was not honest
B. knew why the man was chewing the ticket
C. thought the man had forgotten that the ticket was in his mouth
D. knew why the man had put the ticket into his mouth
5. The ticket in his mouth ________.
A. was someone else's
B. was the right one for the trip
C. was an old ticket that shouldn't be used again
D. was the one he bought on the train
