题目内容
12.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 happens is that a great number of things choose to go wrong at exactly 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 (前奏) to an unforeseen series of catastrophes.While you are on the phone,the baby pulls the tablecloth off the table,smashing half your best pottery and cutting himself in the process.You hang up hurriedly and attend to baby,pottery,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 (猛撞) 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,stopped 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 greedily ate what was left of the cake.It was just one of those days!
28.What would have most upset the woman the day everything went wrong for her?C
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 pottery left to serve the meal with.
29.What might have prevented a chain reaction following the beginning collision?B
A.If the two drivers who had collided had not begun to argue.
B.Had there been a more experienced driver behind the two cars.
C.If,instead of panicing,the woman had made no attempt to stop.
D.Had the wife of the man who braked not thrown a cake through the window.
30.There was a second angry argument because.A
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 eaten what was left of the cake.
31.Which of the following sayings matches the situations in the passage?D
A.Practice makes perfect.
B.While there is life,there is hope.
C.He who laughs last laughs best.
D.Misfortunes never come singly.
分析 文章论述了生活中suddenlyeverything seems to get out of control现象.以下是参考译文:
我们大家都有过事事不顺心的日子.一天开始时,可能还不错,但突然间似乎一切都失去了控制.情况经常是这样的,许许多多的事情都偏偏赶在同一时刻出问题,好像是一件无关紧要的小事引起了一连串的连锁反应.假设你在做饭,同时又在照看孩子.这时电话铃响了,它预示着一连串意想不到的灾难的来临.就在你接电话时,孩子把桌布从桌子上扯了下来,将家中最好的陶瓷餐具半数摔碎,同时也弄伤了他自己.你急急忙忙挂上电话,赶去照看孩子和餐具.这时,饭又烧糊了.好像这一切还不足以使你急得掉泪,你的丈夫接着回来了,事先没打招呼就带来3个客人吃饭.
就像许多人最近在悉尼郊区帕拉马塔所发现的那样,有时乱子会闹得很大.一天傍晚交通最拥挤时,一辆汽车撞上前面一辆汽车,两个司机争吵起来.紧跟其后的一辆车上的司机碰巧是个初学者,她一惊之下突然把车停了下来.她这一停使得跟在后头的司机也来了个急刹车.司机的妻子正坐在他身边,手里托着块大蛋糕.她往前一冲,蛋糕从挡风玻璃飞了出去掉在马路上.此时,一辆卡车正好从后边开到那辆汽车边上,司机看见一块蛋糕从天而降,紧急刹车.卡车上装着空啤酒瓶,成百只瓶子顺势从卡车后面滑出车外落在马路上.这又引起了一场唇枪舌剑的争吵.与此同时,后面的车辆排成了长龙,警察花了将近一个小时才使车辆又开起来.在这段时间里,卡车司机不得不清扫那几百只破瓶子.只有两只野狗从这一片混乱中得到了好处,它们贪婪地吃掉了剩下的蛋糕.这就是事事不顺心的那么一天
解答 28.答案 C 推理判断题 根据最后一段可知好像这一切还不足以使你急得掉泪,你的丈夫接着回来了,事先没打招呼就带来3个客人吃饭.根据常识可知,此时应该是最糟糕的,故答案为C
29.答案 B 推理判断题 根据第二段The woman immediately behind the two cars happened to be a learner.She suddenly got into a panic andstopped her car.This made thedriver following her brake hard.可知紧跟其后的一辆车上的司机碰巧是个初学者,她一惊之下突然把车停了下来.她这一停使得跟在后头的司机也来了个急刹车.如果前面出现了事故,后面的车能顺利停下的话,也不会出现下面一系列的麻烦,故答案为B
30.答案 A 根据Seeing acake flying through the air,a lorry driver who was drawing up alongside the car,stopped all of a sudden.The lorry was loaded with emptybeer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the vehicle and on tothe road.This led toyet another angry argument.此时,一辆卡车正好从后边开到那辆汽车边上,司机看见一块蛋糕从天而降,紧急刹车.卡车上装着空啤酒瓶,成百只瓶子顺势从卡车后面滑出车外落在马路上.这又引起了一场唇枪舌剑的争吵.由此可知,答案为A
31.D 主旨归纳题 根据文章第一句We have all experienced dayswhen everything goes wrong.A day may begin well enough,but suddenly everything seems to get out of control. 我们大家都有过事事不顺心的日子.一天开始时,可能还不错,但突然间似乎一切都失去了控制.可知事情往往祸不单行,于此种状况相对应的谚语是 Misfortunes never come singly. 其他选项分别为Practice makes perfect 熟能生巧;While there is life,there is hope.哪里有生命,哪里就有希望;He who laughs last laughs best.笑到最后笑的最好,故答案为D
点评 本文是人生感悟类阅读,考查学生对细节的理解把握和推理判断能力,做题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确选择.在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.

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