大学英语（1）第二次网络作业
（三次网络作业的平均成绩占期末考试成绩30%，请大家在认真复习好《大学英语》课本第一册第3-4 单元的课文、词汇与短语后完成如下作业；作业一经批改评分，将不能修改；此次作业完成后应交到“在线作业”一栏本次作业界面中；作业必须按最后一页答卷表格格式作答，不要以附件形式缴交）一. 阅读：
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The angry woman stood by the station. “The railway owes
me £ 12, ”she said to Harry Jenks, the booking clerk （订票员）. “My ticket was for May 22nd, and there was no ship from Jersey
that night. 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, “I 'll just
check the Jersey timetable for May 22 nd . ”
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 ever had he made such a big mistake? Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child. “You look healthy, ” he said to her. “Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey? ”
“Yes, ”she answered. “The beach was beautiful. 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.
and a half. ”
I 'll soon be four
Harry turned to the mother. I remember your ticket,
madam, ” he said. did you? ”
“ Er, well-- But you didn 't get one for
The woman looked
your daughter,
at the child.
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 to Jersey costs----let me see---- £ 13.50. So if the
railway pays your hotel bill, you will owe £ 1.50.The law is
the law, but since we have made a mistake --- ”
The woman stood up, took the child 's hand and left the office.
1. The angry woman went to the station _________ .
a. to ask the railway to pay her hotel bill
b. to buy a ticket for her daughter
c. to have a friendly talk with the booking clerk
d. to buy the Jersey timetable
2. Harry had a talk with the girl in order to _______ .
a. find out how old the girl was and whether the girl had been to Jersey
b. please the girl and her mother
c. get some information about Jersey
d. find out how many days they spent in Jersey
3. The hotel bill is _________ .
a. more than the cost of a child 's ticket
b. exactly the same as the cost of a child 's ticket
c. less than the cost a child 's ticket
d. more than the cost of a woman 's ticket
4. The child is __________ years old.
a. two
b. four
c. three
d. five
5. A girl of ________ should buy a ticket according to the
law of the railway.
a. three
b. four
c. five
d. six
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In the eighteen century young ladies in Italy were taught
reading, writing, music and arithmetic（算
术). But their
knowledge of history and geography（地理） was very poor.
Once the French ambassador （大使） in Rome was giving a ball
