One afternoon, he received a telephone call: his only son was knocked down by a car in Paris. The young man’s leg was badly hurt and had to be put in the hospital. Mrs. White was worried and asked her husband to go there with her to see him at once. The scientist was busy with his work, so he made quite a few excuses, but it only made her angry. At last he had to leave for Paris with her at once. Their flight number was BA347. They arrived at the hospital in the evening. A friend of their son’s asked,“When did you start, Mr. White?”“At half past five,”answered Mr. White.“Today or yesterday?”What’s the date today?”“July 3.”“Oh, I remember,”called out Mr. White,“We started this afternoon.”“How did you come here, by air or by sea?”“I don’t know,”answered Mr. White,“You’d better ask my wife. She always arranges these things.”

A．her husband wouldn’t go to see their son

B．her husband was hit by a car

C．her husband didn’t love her

A．he was asleep

B．he was thinking about his work

C．he was worried about his son

阅读理解

　　One evening, three men came to a station and asked a porter (搬运工人) ,“What time is the next train for London?”

　　The porter said,“You have just missed one. They go every hour, and the next one is at ten o'clock.”

　　“That's all right,”they said.“We'll go and have a drink.” So they went to a refreshment room (茶点室) . A minute or two after ten o'clock they came and said to the porter,“Has the train gone?”

　　“Yes ,”he said ,“it went at ten o'colck.”

　　“That's all right.”they said.“We'll go and have another drink.”So they went back again.

　　They missed the eleven o'clock train in the same way , and the porter said ,“Now the next train is the last one. If you miss that, you won't get to London tonight.”

　　Twelve o'clock came , and the three men ran quickly out of the refreshment room. Two of them got into the train just as the train was leaving, but the third one didn't run fast enough, and the train went out.

　　The porter went up to the third man and said ,“I told you this was the last train. Why didn't you come earlier?”

　　The man stood there and laughed for a long time. Then he said ,“I was going to London and they only came here to see me off.”

1．The three men came to the station because ________.

[　　]

A．they were going to London

B．they wanted to have a drink

C．they wanted to find out when the next train left for London

D．one of them was going to London and the other two came to see him off

2．Why did they go to the refreshment room?

　　Because ________.

[　　]

A．they were asked to stay there waiting for the train

B．they had to stay there waiting for the train

C．they could stay there drinking while waiting for the train

D．they were hungry and thirsty

3．They missed the ten o'clock train ________.

[　　]

A．because they wanted to stay a little longer

B．because they wanted to have another drink

C．but they felt happy about it

D．but they didn't seem to worry about it

4．How did they miss the eleven o'clock train?

　　________.

[　　]

A．They came out of the refreshment room after the train had gone

B．They talked with the porter

C．They drank too much

D．They didn't know what time the train would leave

5．The third man didn't get into the train because ________.

[　　]

A．he wanted to stay there by himself

B．he didn't run fast enough

C．he only came to see them off

D．he wanted to have a word with the porter