B
"Of course," the man in the brown hat said, "there are good policemen and there are bad
policemen, you know."
"You're right," the young man said. "Yes. That's very true. Isn't it, Julie?" He looked at the
young woman next to him.
Julie didn't answer and looked bored. She closed her eyes.
"Julie's my wife," the young man told the man in the brown hat. "She doesn't like trains. She
always feels ill on trains."
"Oh yes?" the man in the brown hat said. "Now my wife—she doesn't like buses. She nearly had
an accident on a bus once. It was last year... No, no, it wasn't. It was two years ago. I remember
now. It was in Manchester." He told a long boring story about his wife and a bus in Manchester.
It was a hot day and the train was slow. There were some people in the carriage. There was the
man in the brown hat; the young man and his wife, Julie; a mother and two children; and a tall dark
man in an expensive suit.
The young man's name was Bill. He had short brown hair and a happy smile. His wife, Julie, had
long red hair and very green eyes—the colour of sea water. They were very beautiful.
The man in the brown hat talked and talked. He had a big red face and a loud voice. He talked to
Bill because Bill liked to talk too. The man in the brown hat laughed a lot and when he laughed, Bill
laughed too. Bill liked talking and laughing with people.
The two children were hot and bored. They didn't want to sit down. They wanted to be noisy and
run up and down the train.
The tall dark man took out his newspaper and began to read. Julie opened her eyes and looked at
the back page of his newspaper. She read about the weather in Budapest and about the football in
Liverpool. She wasn't interested in Budapest and she didn't like football, but she didn't want to listen to
Bill and the man in the brown hat. "Talk, talk, talk," she thought, "Bill never stops talking."
—Adapted from One-Way Ticket
() 4. According to the passage, how many people are there in the carriage?
A. Five. B. Six. C. Seven. D. Eight.
() 5. How did Julie feel in the carriage?
A. She felt afraid because of the accident.
B. She felt bored because of Bill's talk.
C. She felt angry because of the noisy children.
D. She felt ill because of too many people.
() 6. Which is the correct order of the following events in the passage?
①Julie didn't answer and closed her eyes.
②The tall dark man began to read his newspaper.
③The two children wanted to run up and down the train.
④The wife of the man in the brown hat had an accident on a bus once.
A. ④①③② B. ②③④① C. ④①②③ D. ③①②④
() 7. What is this passage mainly about?
A. Why Julie didn't like travelling by train.
B. A dangerous bus accident in Manchester.
C. A man telling a long story about his wife.
D. Different people and how they acted on a train.

【语篇导读】本文主要讲述了在炎热夏日一列
缓慢行驶的火车车厢内的众生相。
4. C 提示:细节理解题。根据第六段最后一句
"There was the man in the brown hat; the young man
and his wife, Julie; a mother and two children; and a
tall dark man in an expensive suit."可知,车厢里有
戴棕色帽子的男人、年轻男人和他的妻子朱莉、一
位母亲和两个孩子、一个穿着昂贵西装的高个子
黑皮肤男人,总共7个人。
5. B 提示:细节理解题。根据最后一段最后两句
"She wasn't interested in Budapest and she didn't like
football, but she didn't want to listen to Bill and the
man in the brown hat. 'Talk, talk, talk,' she
thought,'Bill never stops talking.'"可以看出,朱莉
因为比尔不停地说话而感到无聊。
6. A 提示:细节理解题。根据第五段中"...the man
in the brown hat said. 'Now my wife-she doesn't like
buses. She nearly had an accident on a bus once....It
was two years ago.'"可知,④排第一;根据第三段
"Julie didn't answer and looked bored. She closed her
eyes."可知,①排第二;根据倒数第二段"The two
children were hot and bored. They didn't want to sit
down. They wanted to be noisy and run up and down
the train."可知,③排第三;根据最后一段第一句"The tall
dark man took out his newspaper and began to read."可
知,②排最后。故事情节的顺序应为④①③②。
7. D 提示:主旨大意题。通读全文可知,文章主要
描述了炎热夏日里火车车厢内不同乘客的行为:
戴棕色帽子的男人不停地说话,比尔喜欢和人谈
笑,两个孩子又吵又闹不想坐下,高个子黑皮肤男
人专注看报纸,厌烦的朱莉闭目养神等,由此可见
文章主要讲述了火车上不同的人以及他们的
行为。