Question

Everybody has one of those days when everything goes wrong. This is what happened to Harry.

He got up one morning very late because he had forgotten to wind up his alarm clock(闹钟). He tried to shave(刮脸) quickly and cut himself. When he got dressed, he got blood all over his clean shirt, so he had to find another one. The only other shirt that was clean needed ironing(熨), so he ironed it. While he was ironing it, there was a knock at the door. It was the man to read the electricity meter(表). He showed him where the meter was, said good-bye and found that the iron had burnt a hole in his shirt. So he had to wear the one with the blood on it after all. By this time it was very late, so he decided he couldn’t go to work by bus. He telephoned for a taxi to take him to work. The taxi arrived and Harry got in and began to read the newspaper.

In another part of the town, a man had killed a woman with a knife and was seen to run away in a taxi. When Harry’s taxi stopped outside his office, a policeman happened to be standing there. He saw the blood on Harry’s shirt, and took him to the police station. He was kept till 3 o’clock in the afternoon before the police were sure that he was not the man they wanted. When he finally arrived at the office at about four, his boss took a look at him and told him to go away and find another job.

1.Harry had       .

A. a lucky day    B. an unlucky day

C. a busy day   D. a good day

2.Put the following sentences into correct order according to the passage.

a. The man who read the electricity meter came.

b. Harry ironed his shirt.

c. Harry got blood all over his clean shirt.

d. There was a knock at the door.

e. Harry wore the shirt with blood on it.

A. a, b, c, d, e     B. b, a, d, c, e

C. b, a, c, d, e     D. c, b, d, a, e

3.Why did Harry wear the shirt with blood on it?

A. The iron had burnt a hole in his clean shirt.

B. The only other needed ironing.

C. He had only one shirt.

D. He cut himself and got blood all over his shirt.

4.Harry was taken to the police station because       .

A. his taxi stopped outside his office and a policeman happened to be there

B. there was blood on his shirt and he was in a taxi

C. a man killed a woman with a knife

D. the murderer was seen to run away in a taxi

5.His boss told him to go away and find another job because      .

A. he had been kept by the police

B. there was blood on his shirt

C. he was late for work

D. he had killed a woman

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：生活中，每个人都会遇到不顺利的时候。有一天，亨利起晚了，他在刮脸时不小心伤到了自己。结果，他的衬衫上沾满了血渍。仅有的一件可以更换的衬衫也被亨利烫坏了，他只好穿着带血渍的衬衫去上班。不幸的是，警察把亨利当成了杀人犯带回了警局。最后，亨利因为迟到时间太长而丢掉了工作。

1.Everybody has one of those days when everything goes wrong. This is what happened to Harry.”可知，每个人都有不顺利的时候，亨利也不例外，说明亨利经历了不幸的一天，故选B。

2.cut himself. When he got dressed, he got blood all over his clean shirt, ...The only other shirt that was clean needed ironing(熨), so he ironed it.”可知，亨利刮脸时划伤了自己，衣服上沾满了血渍，他不得不换一件新的，然而，那件新的衬衫需要熨烫，根据“While he was ironing it, there was a knock at the door.”可知，正在熨衣服时，有人敲门，因此，顺序是c, b, d，由此可知答案，故选D。

3.He showed him where the meter was, said good-bye and found that the iron had burnt a hole in his shirt.”可知，亨利带工作人员抄电表，在此期间，他的衬衫被烫了一个洞，他只好穿着带有血渍的那件衬衫去上班，故选A。

4.So he had to wear the one with the blood on it after all. ...He telephoned for a taxi to take him to work.”和第三段“a man had killed a woman with a knife and was seen to run away in a taxi”可知，一个杀人犯乘坐出租车逃跑，而亨利身上有血渍，巧合的是他也是乘坐的出租车，说明警察误把亨利当成了杀人犯，故选B。

5.When he finally arrived at the office at about four, his boss took a look at him and told him to go away and find another job.”可知，亨利下午大概四点才到达公司，因为迟到太长时间，老板让他再重新找一份工作，说明老板把亨利解雇了，故选C。

考点：生活类短文阅读