题目内容
Many people have to work on the weekend．Some people do not mind．Other people think it is terrible．One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous．He is John Brown．Mr. Brown works in an office in New York．
On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work．When he got in the elevator to go home, it stopped between floors．Mr. Brown could not get out of the elevator．He was trapped(困住)! He started to shout, but nobody heard him．Then Mr. Brown remembered that it was holiday in America．Nobody was going to come to work until Tuesday! There was nothing for Mr. Brown to do．He had to wait until one of his coworkers（同事）came to work and found him．With nothing to eat or drink, Mr. Brown ended up sleeping for most of the time．
Early on Tuesday morning, the president of the company come into work and found the elevator was not working．When the elevator was opened Mr. Brown came out cold, weak, and tired．He had been in the elevator for sixty-two hours!
Now Mr. Brown says, “I only use elevators if they have telephones in them．”
1．What does Mr. Brown think of working on the weekend?
A．It is happy． B．He doesn’t mind．
C．It can be dangerous． D．He refuses to do it．
2．How long was he in the elevator?
A．From Saturday to Monday． B．From Tuesday to Saturday．
C．More than three days． D．More than two days．
3．Why did Mr. Brown spend so long in the elevator? Which of the following is NOT a reason?
A．It was a three day holiday．
B．He had no food or drink．
C．The elevator stopped between two floors．
D．There was no telephone in the elevator．
4．How was Mr. Brown able to get out of the elevator?
A．The president discovered the elevator wasn’t working．
B．The elevator started to work soon again．
C．His coworker who worked on the weekend helped him out．
D．His coworkers found him when they came back to work on Monday．
5．What is the best title(题目) for this story?
A．A Busy Weekend B．An Interesting Elevator
C．Trapped in an Elevator D．Elevator Safety
CDBAC
阅读理解
We can not live a modern life without traveling. The fastest way of traveling is by air. With a plane
one can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago.
Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but one can see the country he is traveling through.
Modern trains have comfortable seats and dinning-cars. They make even the longest journey enjo
yable.
Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are large luxury liners or river boats
.They are not as fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holi
day.
Many people like to travel by car. They can make their own timetable. They can travel hundred
s of miles a day, just as their wish. They can stop wherever they want to see something interestin
g or to enjoy a good meal at a good restaurant, or to spend the night at a hotel. That is why peopl
e choose traveling by car for pleasant trips, while they usually take trains or planes for business.1.According to the passage, the fastest way of traveling is _______.
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A．bycar |
B．bytrain |
C．byplane |
D．bysea |
2. If we travel by car, we can _________.
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A．enjoythelongestjourney |
B．travelonlyfiftymilesaday |
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C．makeourowntimetable |
D．traveltoaveryfarplaceinafewminutes. |
3. When people travel on business, they usually take _________.
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A．aboatoratrain |
B．acaroratrain |
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C．aplaneoracar |
D．atrainoraplane |
4. _______ have comfortable seats and dinning-cars.
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A．Cars |
B．Moderntrains |
C．Planes |
D．Buses |
5.If possible, people like traveling by sea because _______ .
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A．itisasfastastrainsandplanes |
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B．itisapleasantwaytospendaholiday |
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C．itisverycheap |
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D．itcanstopwherevertheylike |
