Once I went to a railway station near New York. I 36 to take the night train there. 37 of people were pushing into the 38 train. I found a railway official and asked him if I could get a place in a sleeping car, 39 he said sharply, “No, you can’t. The train is full. Don’t 40 me any more.”
I was very 41 indeed. I said to the friend who was with me, “ he talked to me like this 42 he doesn’t know that I am a famous writer. If he knew…But before I could 43 my sentence my friend said, “Don’t be 44 . How could that help you? Whoever you are, there are no 45 seats on the train.” I was 46 he was wrong, so I went up to the same official again and told him that I was Mark Twain. But all he said, “I told you not to trouble me any more.”
Just then I 47 a young porter in a sleeping car looking at me, He whispered something to the train conductor, and that conductor came over to me and said very 48 , “ Can I help you, sir?” “ I 49 do.” I answered.
The porter took out boxes and we got on to the train. When the porter saw we were fortably 50 in our places, he said, “Now. Is there anything you want, sir? Because you can have whatever you 51 .”
After the porter had gone, my friend looked 52 . He said. “I am 53 sorry I said those things to you just now…” Just then the porter came again and said. “ Oh. Sir, I 54 you immediately”. “Really?” I said happily, “of course”, he said. “I recognized you the 55 I saw you and told the conductor that you are Mr Smith, the mayor of New York City.”
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(答案→)B
解析：
【小题1】选B。去火车站当然是“打算”乘车。send后不接to do; used to do “过去常常”; happen to“碰巧”。
【小题1】选C。crowds of people “成群的人”。A、B、D三项接名词时, people前都要加限定词。
【小题1】选C。由下文的The train is full. 可推断出。
【小题1】选A。由下文的回答判断, 作者是问“是否”可以得到个座位。
【小题1】选B。由第二段最后一句的提示可知。
【小题1】选C。作为一名知名作家, 没受款待, 却遭冷遇, 应该是觉得受到了伤害。
【小题1】选D。他们是因为不知道“我”是著名作家才这样对“我”说话。
【小题1】选A。由上文If they knew. . . 可知, 话还没说完就被朋友打断了。
【小题1】选C。“不要犯傻了”。作者的朋友认为车上没有座位, “名气”也帮不上忙。
【小题1】选D。由第一段的The train is full. 可知现在没有空座位。[来源:学。科。网]
【小题1】选B。根据so I went up to the same official again可知, 马克·吐温确信朋友的说法不对。
【小题1】选B。notice sb. doing sth. “看见某人干某事”, 其他各项搭配不对。
【小题1】选C。根据下句Can I help you, sir? 可知此处与上文sharply态度相反, 故用politely。
【小题1】选C。I certainly do. 意为“当然需要”。
【小题1】选B。be fortably settled在此表示“舒适地安顿好了”。
【小题1】选C。你可以得到你想要的任何东西。
【小题1】选B。此处表示the porter走开后，我的朋友感到羞愧。
【小题1】选A。作者的朋友对之前所说的话表示抱歉。
【小题1】选C。the porter说一眼就认出了他, 所以作者很高兴。
【小题1】选C。名词短语the minute引导时间状语从句, 表示“一……就……”, 相当于as soon as。