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.If you want to answer the phone without any trouble, you’d better ___________ .

A．pull out the telephone line when you are with your baby

B．put your baby on the bed and keep an eye on him / her

C．not hurry to answer the phone

D．make sure your baby is not near the table

2.Who is responsible for the accidents that happened on the road?  

A．The two drivers who were arguing.

B．It wasn’t mentioned in the passage.

C．The woman driver.

D．The truck driver.

3.From this story we learn that ________.  

A．there are many road accidents every day

B．the accidents mentioned in the passage are very strange

C．no one knows why this kind of accident happens

D．the accidents mentioned in the passage are very common

4.The writer’s purpose in writing this passage is to ___________.  

A．remind us not to answer the phone when we are busy

B．tell us driving is dangerous every day

C．remind us not to be nervous when we meet an accident

D．remind us not to carry a cake when we are sitting in a car

5.The main idea of this passage is that ________.

A．troubles always come in groups

B．accidents may happen anywhere at anytime

C．a telephone call may cause great trouble

D．anyone may have trouble on their way home

       A punctual person is in the habit of doing a thing at the proper time and is never late in keeping an appointment.

       The unpunctual man, on the other hand, never does what he has to do at the proper time. He is always in a hurry and in the end loses both time and his good name. A lost thing may be found again, but lost time can never be regained. Time is more valuable than material things. In fact, time is life itself. The unpunctual man is forever wasting and mismanaging his most valuable asset(财产)as well as others’. The unpunctual person is always complaining that he finds no time to answer letters, or return calls or keep appointments promptly. But the man who really has a great deal to do is very careful of his time and seldom complains of want of it. He knows that he cannot get through his huge amount of work unless he faithfully keeps every piece of work when it has to be attended to.

       Failure to be punctual in keeping one’s appointments is a sign of disrespect towards others. If a person is invited to dinner and arrives later than the appointed time, he keeps all the other guests waiting for him. Usually this will be regarded as a great disrespect to the host and all other guests present.

       Unpunctuality, moreover, is very harmful when it comes to do one’s duty, whether public or private. Imagine how it would be if those who are put in chare of important tasks failed to be at their proper places at the appointed time. A man who is known to be habitually unpunctual is never trusted by his friends or fellow men.

64. What does the author think is the main difference between  a punctual person and an unpunctual person?

       A. A punctual person does everything ahead of time while an unpunctual person does everything behind schedule.

       B. A punctual person does everything at the right time while an unpunctual person seldom does anything at the correct time.

       C. A punctual person has a lot of appointments while an unpunctual person has few appointments.

       D. A punctual person has much time to do everything while an unpunctual person has little time to do anything.

65. According to the passage, the main reason that a person is always unpunctual is that____.

       A. he has more work to do than other people

       B. he is always in a hurry when he works

       C. he doesn’t care much about time

       D. he always mismanages and wastes his time

66. According to the third paragraph, when you are invited to dinner, you should arrive there____.

       A. after other guests have arrived

       B. before all other guests

       C. at the appointed time

       D. after the host has got things ready

67. Which of the following statements best describes the harm of unpunctuality?

       A. If you are an unpunctual person, you cannot be in charge of any important task.

       B. If your friends know that you are unpunctual, they may not see you again.

       C. Unpunctuality may bring about heavy losses for both public and private affairs.

       D. Unpunctuality may make you miss a lot of appointments and lose friends.

One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive. Suddenly I    36     that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction,    37    he knew me. The man had a newspaper     38    in front of him, which he was    39     to read, but I could    40     that he was keeping an eye on me. when the waiter brought my     41    the man was clearly puzzled (困惑) by the    42     way in which the waiter and I    43     each other. He seemed even more puzzled as     44    went on and it became     45  that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me. Finally he got up and went into the    46    . When he came out, he paid his bill and    47  without another glance in my direction .

I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had    48    . "Well," he said , "that man was a detective (侦探) . He    49     you here because he thought you were the man he     50   ." "What ?" I said, showing my     51   . The owner continued, "He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man. I   52      say he looked very much like you ! Of course, since we know you, we told him that he had made a     53   ." "Well , it's really    54     I came to a restaurant where I'm known ," I said . "   55     , I might have been in trouble ."

1.A．knew       B．understood       C．noticed     D．recognized

2.A．since     B．even if          C．though       D．as if

3.A．flat       B．open             C．cut          D．fixed

4.A．hoping     B．thinking         C．pretending   D．continuing

5.A．see            B．find             C．guess        D．learn

6.A．menu       B．bill             C．paper        D．food

7.A．direct     B．familiar         C．strange      D．funny

8.A．chatted with B．looked at      C．laughed at   D．talked about

9.A．the waiter B．time             C．I            D．the dinner

10.A．true      B．hopeful          C．clear        D．possible

11.A．restaurant    B．washroom         C．office       D．kitchen

12.A．left      B．acted            C．sat down     D．calmed down

13.A．wanted        B．tried            C．ordered      D．wished

14.A．met           B．caught           C．followed     D．discovered

15.A．was to beat   B．was dealing with C．was to meet D．was looking for

16.A．care      B．surprise         C．worry        D．regret

17.A．must      B．can              C．need         D．may

18.A．discovery B．mistake          C．decision     D．fortune

19.A．a pity        B．natural          C．a chance     D．lucky

20.A．Thus      B．However          C．Otherwise    D．Therefore

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 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 means your troubles are beginning．While you are on the phone，the baby pulls the table-cloth 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 number of people on the road. During the rush hour one evening two cars hit each other and both drivers began to argue．The woman driver behind the two cars happened to be a learner．She suddenly got into a panic(恐慌)and stopped her car．This made the driver following her stop suddenly．His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake．As she was thrown forward，the cake went right through the window and landed on the road．Seeing a cake flying through the air，a truck-driver had to stop his truck all of a sudden．The truck was carrying empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the truck on 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 meanwhile，the truck-driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles.Only two dogs were enjoying themselves from the accident，for they were happily having what was left of the cake．It was just one of those days!

1.In the writer’s opinion         .

2.What did the police do after the accident?

3.When the telephone rings        .

4.From the story we can see_________．

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One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive. Suddenly I    21     that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction,    22    he knew me. The man had a newspaper     23   in front of him, which he was    24    to read , but I could    25    that he was keeping an eye on me . when the waiter brought my     26   the man was clearly puzzled (困惑) by the    27    way in which the waiter and I    28    each other. He seemed even more puzzled as     29   went on and it became     30    that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me. Finally he got up and went into the    31    . When he came out , he paid his bill and    32     without another glance in my direction .

I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had    33    . “Well,” he said , “that man was a detective (侦探) . He    34    you here because he though you were the man he     35    .” “What ?” I said , showing my     36    . The owner continued , “He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man. I   37     say he looked very much like you ! Of course , since we know you , we told him that he had made a     38   .” “Well , it’s really    39    I came to a restaurant where I’m known ,” I said . “   40    , I might have been in trouble .”