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. He tried to shave（刮臉）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.
小題1:Harry had__________________________.
A．a(chǎn) lucky dayB．a(chǎn)n unlucky day
C．a(chǎn) busy dayD．a(chǎn) good day
小題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(chǎn), b, c, d, eB．b, a, d, c, e
C．b, a, c, d, eD．c, b, d, a, e
小題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.
小題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(chǎn) man killed a woman with a knife
D．the murderer was seen to run away in a taxi
小題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

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:B
小題5:C

試題分析：
小題1:根據(jù)故事第一句話可選準(zhǔn)答案。根據(jù)全文可進一步證實答案的準(zhǔn)確性。選B
小題2:本題考查細節(jié)理解及思維的順序性?須按動作發(fā)生的先后排列。選D
小題3:答案依據(jù)為第二段倒數(shù)第四、五句。選A
小題4:一男人持刀殺人后乘出租車逃跑?恰巧Harry乘坐出租車且襯衣上有血跡?警察自然懷疑其為兇手。選B。
小題5:Harry從警察局出來時?已弄清他不是兇手?故可排除D。按常識?老板解雇他是因為他上班遲到。選C
點評：故事類短文要注意故事發(fā)生的時間地點，順序，還有但是要在字里行間推斷出作者的意圖，要求學(xué)生做題時更好的把握細節(jié)。
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