An Uncommon Trip

林锋

Summer holiday began and Richard left California and went traveling in Africa①. He lost his wallet in a hotel and he had a little money left. He had to go to a city where one of his friends worked. There he was going to borrow some money so that he could fly back to his country. He got on a bus and the conductor held out to him a yellow ticket. “You had better buy a yellow ticket，” said the conductor. “It’s ten dollars. I have two other kinds. The red one is five dollars and the green one is three dollars.”

It took them two days to get to the city. The passengers had to stay for a night when they were halfway②. Richard had to pay③ five dollars for the hotel and food. He thought for a while and then said， “Green， please.”

The bus started. Now it was getting dark④ and the bus began to go up a hill. It was very steep⑤ and soon the bus stopped as usual.

“Yellow ticket passengers，” the driver shouted， “Stay in the bus， please. Red ticket passengers， get out and walk. Green ticket passengers， get out， close the door and push the bus！”

Notes：

①Africa n. 非洲

②halfway  adj. 半路的;中途的

③pay  v.付（款）

④dark adj. 黑暗的

⑤steep  adj.陡峭的

Exercises：

（ ）1. Where did Richard come from？

A. He came from China. B. He came from America.

C. He came from Japan. D. He came from Korea.

（ ）2. How much did Richard have after he lost his wallet？

A. 3 dollars. B. 5 dollars.

C. 8 dollars. D. 10 dollars.

（ ）3. What did Richard go to the city for？

A. He went there to borrow some money from his friend.

B. He went there to lend some money to his friend.

C. He went there to earn money  in the factory.

D. He went there to donate money for the poor people.

（ ）4. How was Richard going back to his country？

A. He was going back by bus. B. He was going back by train.

C. He was going back by ship. D. He was going back by plane.

（ ）5. Why did Richard buy the green ticket？

A. Because he wanted to save some money for the hotel and food.

B. Because he wanted to save some money for traveling other places.

C. Because he wanted to save some money for flying back home.

D. Because he was no necessary to buy other kinds of tickets.

（ ）6. What did Richard have to do when the bus went up the hill？

A. He had to get off the bus and walk.

B. He had to stay in the bus.

C. He had to get off the bus and push it.

D. He had to get off the bus and take another bus.