A student was going to spend his
holiday in a cool mountain village. That evening he stayed at an inn (小旅館) near the railway station (火車站).
Before going to bed, he went to the boss of the inn and said, "Excuse me,
sir. Will you please wake me up at a quarter to five tomorrow morning? I'll
take the five o'clock train."
"Oh, sorry, sir," the
boss said in a hurry, "I'm afraid I can't. I won't be able to get up so
early."
The student was disappointed (失望). When he began to return to his room, be stopped and asked,
"Have you got an alarm-clock (鬧鐘)?
Maybe it can help me."
"Wait a minute, then."
The boss said and brought out an alarm-clock. "Here you are, sir."
"Thank you very much."
The student said happily. But he found it was rusty (銹的) when he had a look at it. And it sometimes worked and
sometimes didn't. He asked, "Will it ring in time?"
"I don't know, either."
said the boss, "But it doesn't matter. You just give it a good shake at a
quarter to five. And it will ring on time."
1. The
student stayed at the inn because ____.
A. it was in the cool mountain
village he was going to
B. the boss of the inn was kind
to him
C. the boss could wake him up at
the right time
D. it was near the railway
station
2. The student asked the boss to wake him up the next morning
because ____.
A. the boss had the habit (習慣) of getting up early
B. the boss had promised (答應(yīng)) to help him in every possible way (千方百計地)
C. he was afraid he would not
wake up in time to catch the train
D. it would take him a long time
to walk to the railway station
3. The
train the student was going to take would start at ____ the next morning.
A. five o'clock B.
a quarter to five
C. half past four
D. a quarter to six
4. The
student was disappointed because ____.
A. he had to buy an alarm-clock
B. the boss refused to wake him
up
C. he would take another train
D. he had to go to the village on
foot
5. From
the story we know the ____.
A. clock would wake the student
up in time
B. student certainly missed his
train the next morning
C. alarm-clock was no use for the
student
D.
student had the alarm-clock repaired (修理)
