通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出一个最佳选项。
A young man was going to spend his holiday in a mountain village. That night he  1 at a small hotel ( 旅馆 ) near the train station.  2 going to bed, he went to the owner of the hotel and said, “ Excuse me, sir. Will you please   3  me up at four forty-five tomorrow morning? I’ll take the five o’clock   4  .”
“ Oh, sorry, ” the owner said in a hurry. “ I’m afraid I can’t. I won’t be able to get up so 5  . ”
The young man was going to return to his room   6  he stopped and asked, “ Have you got an alarm clock ( 闹钟 )? Maybe it can help me.”
“ Yes, here you are, young man, ” said the owner.
The young man thanked the owner  7  . But as he looked at the alarm clock closely, it seemed there was   8   wrong with it.
“ Will it  9  on time? ” he asked.
“ Sure! You just give it a good shake ( 摇晃 ) at a quarter  10  five, and it will do! ”
A. worked             B. stayed              C. studied
A. Before              B. After                C. While
A. wash               B. beat                 C. wake
A. ship                B. plane                C. train
A. early               B. late                  C. quickly
A. when               B. because               C. until
A. angrily              B. happily               C. sadly
A. something           B. nothing               C. anything
A. shout               B. cry                   C. ring
A. past               B. to                    C. of