Question

We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. A day may begin well enough, but suddenly everything seems to get out of control. Sometimes a single unimportant event may cause a number of things to happen. Let us suppose that you are preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the baby at the same time. The telephone rings and this causes your troubles to begin. While you are on the phone, the baby pulls the tablecloth off the table, destroying your half-prepared meal. You hang up hurriedly and attend to your baby. Meanwhile, the meal gets burnt. As if this is not enough to bring you to tears, your husband arrives home, unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.
Things can also go wrong on the road. During rush hour one evening two cars collided and the drivers began to argue. The woman driver behind the two cars happened to be a learner. She got into a panic and stopped her car. This forced the driver following her to stop suddenly. This driver’s wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake, and as she was thrown forward, the cake went right through the window and landed on the road. A truck driver seeing a cake flying through the air slammed on the brakes. The truck was carrying empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the truck onto the road, causing a terrible traffic jam. It took the police an hour to get the traffic on the move again. In the meantime, the truck driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles. Only two dogs were enjoying themselves, for they were happily having what was left of the cake.

1. 1.
   If you want to answer the phone without any trouble, you’d better ___________ .
   1. A.
      pull out the telephone line when you are with your baby
   2. B.
      put your baby on the bed and keep an eye on him / her
   3. C.
      not hurry to answer the phone
   4. D.
      make sure your baby is not near the table
2. 2.
   Who is responsible for the accidents that happened on the road?  
   1. A.
      The two drivers who were arguing.
   2. B.
      It wasn’t mentioned in the passage.
   3. C.
      The woman driver.
   4. D.
      The truck driver.
3. 3.
   From this story we learn that ________.  
   1. A.
      there are many road accidents every day
   2. B.
      the accidents mentioned in the passage are very strange
   3. C.
      no one knows why this kind of accident happens
   4. D.
      the accidents mentioned in the passage are very common
4. 4.
   The writer’s purpose in writing this passage is to ___________.  
   1. A.
      remind us not to answer the phone when we are busy
   2. B.
      tell us driving is dangerous every day
   3. C.
      remind us not to be nervous when we meet an accident
   4. D.
      remind us not to carry a cake when we are sitting in a car
5. 5.
   The main idea of this passage is that ________.
   1. A.
      troubles always come in groups
   2. B.
      accidents may happen anywhere at anytime
   3. C.
      a telephone call may cause great trouble
   4. D.
      anyone may have trouble on their way home

Answer 1

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1.C。这里并不是说要通过什么具体的事情来避免接电话的麻烦，而是指做事不可太慌乱。
2.B。文中只是在陈述事情，并没有提到谁应为此事负责任。
3.D。从文章的第一句话以及接下来举的两个例子都可看出，这种事件的发生还是比较普遍的。
4.C。作者写这篇文章主要是为了说明：一件很小的事情有可能引发很多麻烦，原因在于一时的慌乱。
5.A。从文中所举的两个例子可知，在我们的生活中麻烦事会接连发生，会有连锁反应，所以选项A为最佳标题。