I remember seeing Harry that first evening. He wasn't much more than a thin，anxious kid then and I knew he was meeting his girlfriend and that they would be married twenty minutes after she arrived. The passengers came up and I had to get busy. I didn't look toward the stairs again until it was nearly time for the 918 train and I was very surprised to see that the young fellow was still there.

　　She didn't come on the 918 either，nor on the 940，and when the passengers from the 1002 had all arrived and left，Harry was looking pretty desperate. He showed me the telegram he'd received：ARRIVE THURSDAY. MEET ME STATION. LOVE YOU. MAY.

　　Harry met every train for the next three or four days，but in vain.

　　Then came yesterday. I heard a cry and found that it was from Harry. He grabbed a girl who was small and dark. For a while they just hung there to each other laughing and crying and saying things without meaning. She'd say a few words like，"It was the bus station I meant" and he'd kiss her speechless and tell her the many things he had done to find her. What apparently had happened three years ago was that May had come by bus，not by train，and in her telegram she meant "bus station"，not "railroad station"．She had waited at the bus station for days and had spent all her money trying to find Harry. Finally she got a job typing.

　　"What？"said Harry."Have you been working in town？All the time？"

　　She nodded.

　　"Didn't you ever come down here to the station？"He pointed across to a magazine stand. "I've been there all the time. I own it. I've watched everybody that came up the stairs."

　　She began to look a little pale. Pretty soon she looked over at the stairs and said in a weak voice，"I never came up the stairs before. Harry，for three years，for three solid years，I've been right over there working right in this very station，typing，in the office of the station master."

语篇解读　这是一篇故事类记叙文。文章讲述了两个年轻人，因为对电报中所传达信息的误解而造成了三年的等待，最终他们等来了幸福的相遇，浪漫的道路充满曲折。

18．Why did Harry look desperate?

A．Because he missed the train that he should take.

B．Because the train he waited for didn't come.

C．Because his girlfriend didn't turn up.

D．Because his girlfriend arrived late.

答案　C

解析　细节理解题。根据文章第四段中的"She didn't come on the 918 either，nor on the 940，and when the passengers from the 1002 had all arrived and left，Harry was looking pretty desperate.