2．Everybody has one of those days when everything goes wrong．This is what happened to Harry．
He got up one moring very late because he had forgotten to wind up （上发条） his alarm clock．He tried to shave（刮胡须） quickly and cut himself．When he got dressed he got blood （血） all over his clean shirt，so he had to find another one．The only other shirt that was clean needed ironing （熨烫），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（电表）．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 3o'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．
18．Put the following sentences into correct order according to the passage．B
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，b，c，d，e B．c，b，d，a，e C．b，a，c，d，e D．b，a，d，c，e
19．Harry was taken to the police station becauseC．
A．a man killed a woman with a knife
B．he was the murderer （杀人犯）
C．there was blood on his shirt and he was in a taxi
D．his taxi stopped outside his office and a policeman happened to be there
20．His boss told him to go away and find another job becauseA．
A．he was late for work
B．Harry asked him to do so
C．he had been kept by the police
D．he had killed a woman．
分析 本文属于记叙文阅读，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了Harry的不幸的一天，他因为干净衬衫烫坏了不得不穿有血的衬衫，因此被警察带到警局，导致迟到被老板开除．
解答 BCA
18．B细节理解题．根据第二段可知顺序是Harry的干净衬衫上到处都是血，Harry熨了一件衬衫，有敲门声，看电表的人来了，衬衫烫坏了，Harry不得不穿着那件有血迹的衬衫．故选B．
19．C细节理解题．根据最后一段"When Harry's taxi stopped outside his office，a policeman happened to be standing there．He saw the blood on Harry's shirt"可知Harry被带到警局是因为他衬衫上有血并且在出租车里．故选C．
20．A推理判断题．根据最后一段"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"可知，他的老板叫他走开，找另一份工作是因为他工作迟到了．故选A．
点评 本文是一个人物故事类阅读理解．题目涉及多道细节理解题，做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析，结合选项选出正确答案．推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案，不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要联系上下文根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断，切忌胡乱猜测，一定要做到有理有据．
