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　　We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. A day may begin well enough, but suddenly everything seems to get out of control. What invariably happens is that a great number of things choose to go wrong at precisely the same moment. It is as if a single unimportant event set up a chain of reactions. 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 marks the prelude(序幕)to an unforeseen(意料之外的)series of catastrophes(大祸). While you are on the phone，the baby pulls the table-cloth off the table, smashing half your best crockery(陶器)and cutting himself in the process. You hang up hurriedly and attended to baby, crockery, etc. Meanwhile, the meal gets burnt. As if this were not enough to reduce you to tears, your husband arrives, unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.

　　Things can go wrong on a big scale as a number of people recently discovered in Parramatta, a suburb of Sydney. During the rush hour one evening two cars collided and both drivers began to argue．The woman immediately behind the two cars happened to be a learner. She suddenly got into a panic and stopped her car. This made the driver following her brake hard. His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake. As she was thrown forward, the cake went right through the windscreen and landed on the road. Seeing a cake flying through the air, a lorry-diver who was drawing up alongside the car, pulled up all of a sudden. The lorry was loaded with empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the vehicle and on to the road. This led to yet another angry argument. Meanwhile, the traffic piled up behind. It took the police nearly an hour to get the traffic on the move again. In the meantime, the lorry-driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles. Only two stray dogs benefited from all this confusion, for they greedily devoured what was left of the cake. It was just one of those days!

1．What would have most upset the woman the day every thing went wrong for her?

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A．She had not expected her husband to arrive so early.

B．The meal she had cooked for the three guests had got burnt.

C．Her husband had not told her he was bringing anyone to dinner.

D．She had not got enough crockery left to serve the meal with.

2．There was a second angry argument because _____.

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A．the lorry driver blamed the owner of the cake for his accident

B．the traffic was extremely slow to get on the move again

C．the lorry-driver did not think he should be made to sweep up the glass

D．two dogs had devoured what was left of the cake

3．In the sentence“It is as if a single unimportant event set up a chain of reactions”,“set up”means“_____”.

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A．establish　　　 B．build

C．cause　　　　　D．fix

4．According to the passage，the lorry stopped suddenly _____.

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A．in order not to hit the car in front

B．in order to draw up alongside the car

C．because the driver didn't want to run over the dogs

D．because the driver has seen a cake in the air

Terry was a middle-aged businessman. He was36 in career and often complained that he had been fooled (欺骗) by others. One day he told his wife he was 37  disappointed with the city that he had to 38.

       So his family moved to another city. It was Saturday 39. When Terry and his wife were busily putting their things in their new home, the lights suddenly 40 and they were forced to stop work. Terry was sorry to have 41 to bring along some candles. Just then he heard light 42 on his door.

       “Who is it?” he wondered. Terry knew 43 else in the new city, and this was the moment he especially hated to be 44. He opened the door impatiently (不耐烦地). At the door was a little 45, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have 46? I’m your neighbor.” “No,” answered Terry angrily. He shut the door 47.

       After a while the door was knocked again. He opened it and 48 the same little girl outside. But this time she was 49 two candles radiating (放光) red light. She said, “My grandma told me the 50 neighbor downstairs might need candles. She sent me here to 51 you these.”

    At that moment Terry suddenly realized what 52 his failure in life. It was his indifference (冷漠) and 53 to other people. The person who had fooled him in life was actually nobody else 54 himself, for his eyes had been covered by his 55 mind.

36. A. experienced   B. unsuccessful       C. interested         D. unlucky

37. A. very                B. so                  C. such              D. rather

38. A. leave        B. travel               C. stay           D. choose

39. A. morning           B. afternoon           C. noon                D. evening     

40. A. went down   B. went out          C. went by      D. went on

41. A. wanted      B. decided          C. forgotten     D. remembered

42. A. knocks           B. calls                 C. strikes        D. sounds

43. A. everybody   B. anybody          C. somebody     D. nobody

44. A. troubled          B. followed             C. liked              D. learned

45. A. boy               B. girl                C. postman        D. shopper

46. A. candies          B. toys                   C. lights         D. candles

47. A. easily            B. worriedly           C. happily             D. heavily

48. A. found            B. met                 C. touched            D. knew

49. A. bringing         B. seeing              C. holding         D. drawing

50. A. buy             B. give           C. borrow       D. sell

51. A. buy             B. give           C. borrow       D. sell

52. A. made              B. caused              C. developed         D. stopped

53. A. laziness     B. sadness            C. unkindness        D. unhappiness

54. A. besides    B. except         C. but         D. than

55. A. open     B. right                C. warm             D. cold

Terry was a middle-aged businessman. He was 36 in career and often complained that he had been fooled (欺骗) by others. One day he told his wife he was 37 disappointed with the city that he had to 38.

       So his family moved to another city. It was Saturday 39. When Terry and his wife were busily putting their things in their new home, the lights suddenly 40 and they were forced to stop work. Terry was sorry to have 41 to bring along some candles. Just then he heard light 42 on his door.

       “Who is it?” he wondered. Terry knew 43 else in the new city, and this was the moment he especially hated to be 44. He opened the door impatiently (不耐烦地). At the door was a little 45, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have 46? I’m your neighbor.” “No,” answered Terry angrily. He shut the door 47.

       After a while the door was knocked again. He opened it and 48 the same little girl outside. But this time she was 49 two candles radiating (放光) red light. She said, “My grandma told me the 50 neighbor downstairs might need candles. She sent me here to51 you these.”

       At that moment Terry suddenly realized what 52 his failure in life. It was his indifference (冷漠) and 53 to other people. The person who had fooled him in life was actually nobody else 54 himself,  for his eyes had been covered by his 55 mind.

   36. A. experienced   B. unsuccessful    C. interested   D. unlucky

   37. A. very              B. so              C. such         D. rather

   38. A. leave           B. travel           C. stay          D. choose

   39. A. morning       B. afternoon       C. noon       D. evening

   40. A. went down    B. went out       C. went by     D. went on

   41. A. wanted       B. decided        C. forgotten    D. remembered

   42. A. knocks      B. calls             C. strikes      D. sounds

   43. A. everybody    B. anybody          C. somebody     D. nobody

   44. A. troubled       B. followed         C. liked          D. learned

   45. A. boy               B. girl               C. postman       D. shopper

   46. A. candies         B. toys               C. lights        D. candles

   47. A. easily               B. worriedly        C. happily         D. heavily

   48. A. found         B. met             C. touched        D. knew

   49. A. bringing         B. seeing         C. holding     D. drawing

   50. A. poor          B. kind             C. new            D. young

   51. A. buy            B. give               C. borrow     D. sell

   52. A. made             B. caused           C. developed      D. stopped

   53. A. laziness       B. sadness        C. unkindness    D. unhappiness

   54. A. besides        B. except             C. but         D. than

   55. A. open          B. right              C. warm         D. cold

 

We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. A day may begin well enough, but suddenly everything seems to get out of control. It seems as if a single unimportant event set up a chain of reactions. 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 means your troubles are beginning. 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 were not enough to bring you to tears, your husband arrives, unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.

    Things can go wrong on a big scale, as a number of people recently discovered in Parramatta, a suburb of Sydney. During the rush hour one evening two cars hit each other and both drivers began to argue. The woman immediately behind the two cars happened to be a learner. She suddenly got into a panic and stopped her car. This made the driver following her brake hard. His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake. As she was thrown forward, the cake went right through the windscreen and landed on the road. Seeing a cake flying through the air, a lorry driver who was drawing up alongside the car, pulled up all of a sudden. The lorry was loaded with empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the vehicle and on to the road. This led to yet another angry argument. Meanwhile, the traffic piled up behind. It took the police nearly an hour to get the traffic on the move again. In the meantime, the lorry driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles. Only two dogs benefited from all this confusion, for they were happily having what was left of the cake. It was just one of those days!

According to the author’s opinion, ______.                                                      

A. a small matter may cause great trouble  B. accidents may happen anytime

C. anyone may have trouble any day      D. troubles always come in groups

When the telephone rings, ______.                                                                

A. your trouble is approaching if you are taking care of your baby

B. you should never go to answer it in a hurry unless you know it’s an important one

C. you’d better have your baby a little distant from your table before going to answer it

D. you’d better just let it ring all the way unless you can find someone to take care of

your baby

What did the police do after the accident?                                                       

    A. They helped the drivers to go on with their journey.

    B. They helped the truck-driver to clean up the road.

    C. They would find out who should be fined.

    D. They tried to stop the people from arguing.

From the story we can see ______.                                                                  

    A. such accidents are usually funny

       B. such accidents are rather common

    C. no one can explain why such accidents happen

    D. some drivers should take responsibility for their carelessness

We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. A day may begin well enough, but suddenly everything seems to get out of control. It seems as if a single unimportant event set up a chain of reactions. 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 means your troubles are beginning. 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 were not enough to bring you to tears, your husband arrives, unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.

    Things can go wrong on a big scale, as a number of people recently discovered in Parramatta, a suburb of Sydney. During the rush hour one evening two cars hit each other and both drivers began to argue. The woman immediately behind the two cars happened to be a learner. She suddenly got into a panic and stopped her car. This made the driver following her brake hard. His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake. As she was thrown forward, the cake went right through the windscreen and landed on the road. Seeing a cake flying through the air, a lorry driver who was drawing up alongside the car, pulled up all of a sudden. The lorry was loaded with empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the vehicle and on to the road. This led to yet another angry argument. Meanwhile, the traffic piled up behind. It took the police nearly an hour to get the traffic on the move again. In the meantime, the lorry driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles. Only two dogs benefited from all this confusion, for they were happily having what was left of the cake. It was just one of those days!

1.According to the author’s opinion, ______.                                                      

A. a small matter may cause great trouble  B. accidents may happen anytime

C. anyone may have trouble any day      D. troubles always come in groups

2. When the telephone rings, ______.                                                                 

A. your trouble is approaching if you are taking care of your baby

B. you should never go to answer it in a hurry unless you know it’s an important one

C. you’d better have your baby a little distant from your table before going to answer it

D. you’d better just let it ring all the way unless you can find someone to take care of

your baby

3. What did the police do after the accident?                                                       

    A. They helped the drivers to go on with their journey.

    B. They helped the truck-driver to clean up the road.

    C. They would find out who should be fined.

    D. They tried to stop the people from arguing.

4.From the story we can see ______.                                                                  

    A. such accidents are usually funny

       B. such accidents are rather common

    C. no one can explain why such accidents happen

    D. some drivers should take responsibility for their carelessness