Everybody has one of those days when everything goes wrong. This is what happened to Harry.
He got up one morning very late because he had forgotten to wind up(设定) his alarm clock. He tried to shave quickly and cut himself when he got blood 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 goodbye 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 3 o’clock in the afternoon before the policeman was 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.
25. Harry had_____
A. a lucky day B. an unlucky day C. a busy day D. a good day
26. Why did Harry wear the shirt with blood on it?
A. He had only one shirt B.The only other needed ironing
C. The iron had burnt a hole on his clean shirt.
D. He cut himself and got blood on his shirt.
27. His boss told him to go away and find another job because_____.
A. he had been kept by the police B. there was blood on his shirt
C. he was late for work D. he had killed a woman
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A. Profits enlarging B. Technology developing C. Education investing D. Benefits transferring E. Dominance disappearing F. A nation rising |
The following is an imaginary diary entry written by US president. This diary is part of Global Trends 2025, which was written by the US National Intelligence Council
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Global wealth and economic power will shift from West to East.
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The transition from old fuels to new will be slow, as will the development of new technologies that present feasible alternatives to fossil fuels or help eliminate food and water problems. All current technologies are inadequate, and new ones will probably not be commercially possible by 2025