Question

I woke up late and had breakfast in a hurry. I had never been late and didn’t want my boss to be unsatisfied. However, it seemed that day wasn’t a lucky one for me from the very second I left my flat. The moment I wanted to rush downstairs one of my stiletto heels (细高跟) broke. I had to return to change my red shoes. I also had to change my purse and other little things that I had tried to match with the shoes. I was sure I would be late for work.

On my way to work I had to wait for over half an hour because of an accident. I had no choice but to wait. I phoned my boss and he told me that it was no problem, but he needed me for the meeting with the Japanese clients (客户) that morning.

Finally, I arrived at the office one hour later. I had to keep calm and be fresh for the meeting to make the clients sure that our plan was the best for their future commercial (商业的) project. However, I left the plan I had made the night before at home and was going to present (介绍) it to the clients. I was about to get angry when I realized that I had a draft (草稿) of it in my office. At last, the presentation came to an end and it turned out to be a success. But I have to say that I had a terrible day, full of incidents (事件).

1.Which of the following is NOT the reason of the writer being late for her work?

A. She got up late in the morning.

B. She changed her purse and other little things.

C. One of her shoe heels broke.

D. She had a traffic accident on the way to work.

2.According to the passage, what could we learn about the writer?

A. Her boss was very angry with her.

B. She left her plan on the bus.

C. She often arrived at her office on time.

D. She was nervous at the meeting.

3.According to the passage, which is the correct order of the following events?

a. She presented the plan to the clients.

b. One of her stiletto heels broke.

c. She arrived at the office.

d. She phoned her boss.

e. She tried to match her purse with her red shoes.

A. beacd          B. bedca           C. dceab          D. edcba

4.Which old saying could be used to describe the writer’s incidents?

A. Failure is the mother of success.

B. A good beginning makes a good ending.

C. Where there is a will, there is a way.

D. One trouble never comes alone.

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】

试题分析:故事讲述了作者一天之内发生的不好的事，幸好没有影响工作。

1.D细节理解题。第一段，第二段I woke up late与A同义，I also had to change my purse and other little things与B同义，one of my stiletto heels (细高跟) broke与C同义，都提到她迟到的原因，没有提到出交通事故，故选D。

2.C细节理解题。从第一段的句子：I had never been late 可推理出作者总是准时到办公室的，故选C。

3.B细节理解题。根据短文故事发生的顺序为：one of my stiletto heels (细高跟) broke高跟鞋坏了，I had tried to match with the shoes要把包包和红鞋子搭配起来，I phoned my boss给老板打电话，I arrived at the office达到办公室，present (介绍) it to the clients给客户做介绍，故选B。

4.

考点：考查故事类短文阅读

【名师点睛】

故事类阅读应试技巧：

1、抓住文章的6个要素：

阅读时要学会从事情本身的发展去理解故事情节而不要只看事件在文中出现的先后顺序。因此，无论是顺叙还是倒叙，阅读此类文章时，必须要找到它结构中的5个W（when, where, who, why, what）和1个H（how），不过不是每篇都会完整地交待六个要素。毫无疑问，寻出这些元素是能够正确快速解题的一个先决条件。

2、注意作者的议论和抒情：

高考英语阅读理解故事类文章常伴随着作者思想情感的流露和表达，因此议论和抒情往往夹杂其中。行文时或按事情发生发展的先后时间进行或按事情发生发展的地点来转换，也可能按事情发展的阶段来布局。在引出话题，讲完一件事情后，作者往往会表达个人感悟或提出建议等。这些体现作者观点或思想的语句在阅读时可以划线，它们往往体现文章中心或者写作意图，属于必考点，所以要仔细体会。

3、结合前两点归纳文章中心，把握作者态度：

故事类文章是通过记叙一件事来表达中心思想的，它是文章的灵魂。归纳文章中心思想时，尤其要分析文章的结尾，因为很多文章卒章显志，用简短的议论、抒情揭示文章中心；文章中议论抒情的句子往往与中心密切相关；也有的文章需要在结合概括各段大意的基础上归纳中心。另外，叙述一件事必有其目的，或阐明某一观点，或赞美某种品德，或抨击某种陋习，这就要求我们在阅读时，通过对细节（第1点中的六要素）的理解，把握作者的态度。

4、有章有据进行解题判断：

分析文章，归纳主题，属于分析、概括、综合的表述能力的考查。切忌脱离文章，架空分析，一定让分析在文章中有依据。

比如第5小题According to the passage, what could we learn about the writer，从第一段的句子：I had never been late 可知作者从未迟到过，推理出作者总是准时到办公室的，故选C。