问题补充：
An old porter (搬运工人) had worked for the railway for a very long time. One morning he was standing in one of the big railway stations and waiting for travelers to ask him to help them with their luggage, when he saw a small man running toward the trains with a big bag in his hand.
The porter watched the man for a few seconds, and the man saw the porter.
At once the small man ran up the porter and said, “Can I catch the 10:35 train to London, porter?” He was breathing very fast, and he seemed worried.
The old porter looked at him for a moment and then said with a smile, “Well, sir, I’d like to help you, but I can’t answer your question because I don’t know how fast you can run along rails. You see,” he explained, “the 10:35 train to London left five minutes ago.”
【小题1】The old porter’s job was A．to stand in the railway stationB．to answer the traveler’s questionC．to help the travelers carry their luggageD．to ask the travelers to help him【小题2】The small man looked worried, because .A．he couldn’t run so fast as the trainB．he wondered if he could catch the 10:35 train to LondonC．the porter watched him for a few secondsD．he lost his bag【小题3】At the end of the story, the porter .A．played a joke on the small manB．told the small man when he could catch the train C．helped the samll man to catch the trainD．told the small man there was no 10:35 train to London【小题4】When the porter told the man the train had left, the time was
A 10:40 B. 10:35 C. 10:30 D. 10:45C
答案：
(答案→)C
解析：短文大意：这篇短文主要讲述了一个发生在火车站的故事。一个人担心自己是否能赶上10:35的火车，但是火车在5分钟以前已经开走了，因此文中的老搬运工就和他开了一个小玩笑。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据短文第一段and waiting for travelers to ask him to help them with their luggage,描述，可知这个搬运工人的工作是帮助人们搬运行李。故选C。
【小题2】推理判断题。联系前文“Can I catch the 10:35 train to London, porter?” 描述，可知这个人担心的是，自己是否能赶上10:35的火车。故选B。
【小题3】细节理解题。根据because I don’t know how fast you can run along rails. 描述，可知这个老搬运工是在给这个人开玩笑。故选A。
【小题4】推理判断题。根据“the 10:35 train to London left five minutes ago.”可知现在是10:40，故选A。
