摘要:8.Animals can't speak.so . A.they can't talk to each other B.they are more foolish than human beings C.they have to be taught D.they can't keep any knowledge for long C James wrote a play for television about a family who came to England from Pakistan.and it was difficult for them to settle down in England.The play was very successful.and it was bought by an American TV company. James was invited to go to New York to help with the production.He lived in Dulwich.which was an hour's ride away from Hesthrow Airport.The flight was to leave at 8:30a.m.so he had to be at the airport at about 7:30 in the morning. He ordered a taxi for 6:30.set his alarm clock for 5:45.and then went to sleep.Unfortunately he forgot to wind the clock.and it stopped shortly after midnight.Also the driver of the taxi had to work deep into the night and overslept. James awoke with the terrible feeling that something was wrong.He looked at his alarm clock.It was stood there silently.with the hands pointing to ten past twelve.He turned on the radio and discovered that it was in fact ten to nine.He switched on the electric kettle. He was just pouring the boiling water into the teapot when the nine o'clock pipssounded on the radio.The announcerbegan to read the news-“Reports are coming in of a crashnear Hesthrow Airport.A Boeing 707 leaving for New York crashed after taking off this morning.Flight number 2234- James turned pale. “My flight. he said out loud.“IF I HADN'T OVERSLEPT.I would have been on that plane!
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