B. Thought a lot about．

C. Made request of．

D. Got information about．

27. What can we learn about Alan Parks from this passage？ ______

A. He lived in Red Lion，Pennsylvania．

B. He is a kind and warm-hearted musician．

C. He offered to give the author two cassette tapes．

D. He would sing for the author's mom on the radio station．

28. Which of the following is most surprising？ ______

A. Alan Parks and the author lived in the same neighborhood．

B. Alan Parks happened to get to know the author's mother．

C. The author's mother went to the concert on her birthday．

D. The author's mother became good friends with Alan Parks．

C

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 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 commercial (商业的) project. However, I left the plan I had made the night before at home and was going to present (介绍) it to the clients. I was about to get angry when I realized that I had a draft (草稿) of it in my office. At last, the presentation came to an end and it turned out to be a success. But I have to say that I had a terrible day, full of incidents (事件).

29. 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