Three men got to the Dover Railway Station a few minutes after nine o’clock one evening. They asked a guard, "What time is the next train for London"
The guard said, "You’ve just missed one. A train goes every hour. The next one is at ten o’clock."
"That’s all right," they said. "We’ll go and have a drink." So off they went to a bar. A minute or two after ten o’clock they came running and asked the guard. "Has the train gone" "Yes," the guard said. "It went at ten, and I told you. The next one is at eleven o’clock."
"That’s all right," they said again. "We’ll go and have another drink." So they went back to the bar.
They missed the eleven o’clock train in the same way. Then the guard said, "No, the next train is the last one. If you miss that train, you won’t get to London tonight."
A. in London
B. at the London Railway Station
C. in a bar
D. in Dover
Plan of Railway Station | |
A Platforms |
F TraveI Information |
B Snack Bar |
G Taxi Rank/Telephones |
C Ticket Office |
H Buses |
D Wa [单项选择]How can the man get to the railway station
A. Take a No. 45 bus. B. Take a No. 35 bus. C. Take a No. 15 bus. [单项选择]When we arrived at the railway station, they were ______ there.
A. yet B. once C. already [填空题]England’s highest main-line railway station hangs on to life by a thread: deserted and unmanned (无人的) since it was officially closed in 1970. Dent, (36) high in the hills of Yorkshire, wakes up on six summer weekends each year, when a special charter train unloads walkers, sightseers and people who (37) want to catch a train from the highest station, on to its platform. But even this limited existence may soon be brought to an end. Dent station is situated on the Settle to Carlisle railway line, said to be the most (38) in the country. But no amount of scenic beauty can save the line from British Rail’s cash problems. This year, for the (39) of economy, the express trains which used to pass through Dent station have been put on to another route.
It is now an open secret that British Rail sees no future for this railway line. Most of its trains disappeared some time ago. Its bridge, built on a grand (40) a century ago, is fal 我来回答: 提交
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