单选题 I arrived at a little town late at night and felt too tired to drive any further so I went to a hotel.
"Could you give me a room for the night?" I asked a lady at the front desk ."I am sorry," she said, "You should have booked a room earlier. If you had, it would have been all right. But now every room is full. I wish I could suggest somewhere else but this is the only hotel in town and every room was booked up weeks ago."
"What a pity!" I said, "I have been traveling since breakfast and I am very tired."
"Well," she said kindly, "Before you give up completely, let's look at the record of the list. Someone might have changed his plan. Yes, here is a telegram. 'I am arriving on the 7th instead of the 6th.' You can have this gentleman's room for the night./

单选题 The writer feel too tired to drive any further because it was too dark for him to go on driving.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[详细解答] 根据本文第三小段可知“我”早餐后一直开车到晚上,没有休息。
单选题 The lady at the front desk could not give the writer a room at first because the rooms had just been booked up.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[详细解答] 从文中第二小段倒数第二句可知,所有的房间都已经满了。
单选题 The town had only one hotel.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[详细解答] 从前台女士谈话中得知小镇太小,只有一家旅店。
单选题 The lady know there was a free room from someone's telephone.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[详细解答] 根据本文最后一小段可知前台女士检查登记本,发现一份电报。
单选题 From the text we know that the writer slept till nine the next morning.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[详细解答] 文中没有讲到这一点。