I woke up late and had breakfast in a hurr

题目内容：

I woke up late and had breakfast in a hurry. I had never been late and didn’t want my boss to be unsatisfied.

However, it seemed that the day wasn’t a lucky one for me from the very second I left my flat. The moment I wanted to rush downstairs, one of my stiletto heels (细高跟) broke. I had to return to change my red shoes. I also had to change my purse and other little things that I had tried to match with the shoes. I was sure I would be late for work.

On my way to work I had to wait for over half an hour because of an accident. I had no choice but to wait. I phoned my boss and he told me that it was no problem, but he needed me for the meeting with the Japanese clients (客户) that morning.

Finally, I arrived at the office one hour later. I had to keep calm and be fresh for the meeting to make the clients sure that our plan was the best for their future business project. However, I left the plan I had made the night before at home and was going to make a presentation (介绍) about it to the clients. I was about to get angry when I realized that I had a copy of it in my office.

At last, the meeting came to an end and it turned out to be successful. But I have to say that I had a terrible day, full of incidents.

小题1:Which of the following is NOT the reason of the writer being late for her work?

A．She got up late in the morning.

B．She changed her purse and other little things.

C．One of her shoe heels broke.

D．She had a traffic accident on the way to work.小题2:According to the passage, what could we learn about the writer?

A．Her boss was very angry with her.

B．She often arrived at her office on time.

C．She left her plan on the bus.

D．She was nervous at the meeting.小题3:What did the clients think of the writer’s presentation?

A．Dull.

B．Just so-so.

C．Excellent.

D．Terrible.小题4:Which old saying could be used to describe the writer’s incidents?

A．Failure is the mother of success.

B．A good beginning makes a good ending.

C．Where there is a will, there is a way.

D．One trouble never comes alone.

最佳答案：

小题1:D

小题2:B

小题3:C

小题4:D

答案解析：

故事讲述了作者一天之内发生的不好的事，幸好没有影响工作。

小题1:细节题：第一段，第二段提到她迟到的原因，没有提到出交通事故。选D

小题2:推理题：从第一段的句子：I had never been late 可推理出作者总是准时到办公室的。选B

小题3:推理题：从最后一段的句子：the presentation came to an end and it turned out to be a success.可知委托人认为作者的介绍令人兴奋。B项是：就这么回事，选C

小题4:归纳题;从故事的经过和最后一句话：But I have to say that I had a terrible day, full of incidents (事件).可知作者是祸不单行。选D

点评：在解答这类问题时要求学生抓住题干文字信息，采用针对性方法进行阅读，因为这类题的答案在文章中可以直接找到。

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。