单选题 I was very disappointed not to be able to go to the jazz (爵士乐) concert last Friday. The advertisement (广告) in the paper said that you could buy tickets at the theatre box in Richland Hills any day be- tween 10:00 and 4:00. Since I work from 9:00 to 5:00, the only time I could go to the theatre was during my 45 minutes lunch break. Unfortunately, the theatre is on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and Richland Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky (幸运的) , you can make the round trip in 45 minutes. Last Monday, I stood at the bus stop for fifteen minutes wait- ing the bus. By the time I saw one come around the corner, there was not enough time left to make the trip. So I gave up and went back to the office. The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again the next day. On Thursday, my luck changed. I got on a bus right away and arrived at the theatre in exactly twenty minutes. When I got there, however, I found a long line of people at the box office. I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for over an hour. Realizing I would not have enough time to wait in line, I caught the next bus and headed back across the town. By Friday I realized my only hope was to make the trip by taxi, it was expensive, but I felt it would be worth it to hear the concert. The trip by taxi only took 10 minutes, but it felt like an hour to me. When I got to the theatre, I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line. The reason, however, I quickly dis- covered, was that they had already sold all the tickets.

单选题 The man learned______that there would be a concert last Fri- day.
A. over the radio
B. from one of his workmates
C. from the newspaper
D. from his friends
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】第二句提到,The advertisement in the paper...所以选C。
单选题 He tried to go to the theatre everyday but managed to get there only______.
A. four times
B. once
C. twice
D. three times
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】作者周一、周二、周三都没去成,但周四、周五去成了,但没买到票。
单选题 One day the man took ______ to get to the theatre by bus.
A. fifteen minutes
B. just twenty minutes
C. forty-five minutes
D. over an hour
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】文章提到,I got on a bus right away and arrived at the theatre in exactly twenty minutes。
单选题 The underlined word "relieved" may best be replaced by
A. surprised
B. puzzled
C. pleased
D. sorry
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】上一句说他坐出租车10分钟就像过了一个小时似的,说明作者很焦虑,到那里发现没有队伍在买票,心里显然是松了一口气。所以选C最好。
单选题 The writer mainly shows us his______.
A. anger for buying the ti&ets
B. enjoyment of the concert
C. efforts to buy the ticket
D. disappointment at the concert
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】主题。全文都是围绕作者怎么费尽脑汁的想得到音乐会的门票来叙述的。所以答案是C。