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：本文叙述了Harry倒霉的一天。从早晨一起床就接连发生一连串倒霉的事情，最终导致他失去工作。

1.细节理解题。根据第一句话中“everything goes wrong.”和整篇文章讲述他倒霉的一天，可知选B。

2.细节理解题。通读全文，可知事情发生的顺序是：刮脸受伤，血弄到了干净的衬衫上------熨另一件衬衣------有人敲门------那人来查电表，衬衫被熨坏了------ 穿着带血的衬衫去上班。故选D。

3.细节理解题。根据“……the iron had burnt a hole in his shirt. So he had to wear the one with the blood on it ”可知他穿带血的衬衫，是因为另一件衬衫被熨斗烫坏了。故选A。

4.细节理解题。根据“a man had killed a woman with a knife and was seen to run away in a taxi.”可知因为穿着带血的衬衫并坐着出租车，和逃犯特点很相似，警察把他当成逃犯了，故选B。

5.细节理解题。根据“When he finally arrived at the office at about four,”可知他下午4点才到公司，他迟到了所以老板让他离开去找另一份工作，故选Ｃ。

考点：故事类短文阅读。