单选题 An English tourist found that he had only enough money in his pocket to buy the ticket. As he knew that it took only two days to go back to England he decided to spend the two days without having meals. So he bought the ticket and got on the ship. He dosed his ears to the sound of the lunch bell. When dinner time came, be refused to go to the dining hall, saying that he didn't feel well. The next morning he didn't go to breakfast and lunch. At dinner time be was so hungry that he could not stand(忍受)it any longer. "I'm going to eat, "be said, "even if they throw me into the sea."
At dinner he ate everything the waiter put out in front of him and got ready for the coming quarrel(争吵). "Bring me the bill(账单), "he said.
"The bill, sir?" said the waiter.
"Yes, "answered the tourist.
"There isn't any bill, "was the answer." On the ship meals are included in the money for the ticket. /

单选题 The tourist decided to have no meals these two days because ______ .
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 根据第一段的第一句话，可知这个游客之所以两天没吃饭，是因为他没有足够多的钱买食物。
单选题 When lunch was ready the waiter ______ to let people know.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 根据He closed his ears to the sounds of the lunch bell，可知每次吃饭的时候，就会响铃。
单选题 The next day at dinner time the tourist was too hungry to ______ .
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 根据文中At dinner time he was so hungry that he could not stand it any longer，即“他实在太饿了，以至于再也不能忍受了”。
单选题 He ate everything the waiter put out in front of him because ______ .
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 这个游客很快就吃完了放在他面前的所有饭菜，是因为他实在太饿了。
单选题 At last ______ .
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 根据文中最后一段可知直到最后这个游客才发现在船上吃饭是不需要付钱的。