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  Many people have to work on the weekend. Some people do not mind. Other people think it is terrible(糟透的).

  One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous ,He is Graham Coates. Mr. Coates works in an office in Brighton, England.

  On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work. When he got on the elevator (电梯), it stopped between floors. Mr. Coates could not get out of the elevator. He started to shout , but no one heard him. Then Mr. Coates remembered that it was a holiday in England. No one was going to come to work until Tuesday!

  There was nothing for Mr. Coates to do He had to wait until one of his coworkers came to work and found him. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr. Coates ended up sleeping for most of the time.

  Early on Tuesday morning, the vice president of the company came into work and found the elevator was not working .When the elevator was opened, Mr. Coates came out cold, Weak, and tired. He had been in the elevator for 62 hours!

  Now Mr. Coates says, "I only use elevators if they have telephones in them.”

 (1) Why could Mr. Coates not get out of the elevator?

[  ]

  A.It was broken.
B.It was the weekend
  C.It was in an office
D.It was a holiday

  (2) In the elevator, there was no ________.

[  ]

  A.food.
B.water
  C.telephone
D.all of the above

 (3) What did Mr. Coates do in the elevator?

[  ]

  A.He shouted.
B.He waited
  C.He slept
D.All of the above

 (4) How long was he in the elevator?

[  ]

  A.For 62 hours.
B.On Saturday.
  C.For the weekend.
D.Never.

 (5) Who helped him get out of the elevator?

[  ]

  A.His co-worker.
B.His office
  C.His mother.
D.The elevator

Passage 2

Colin is a twenty-year-old young man. Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he got a job in a store. Usually he works until ten o’clock in the evening. He is very tired when he gets home. After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep. His grandma who lives downstairs is satisfied(满意) with him.

One day, on his way home, he met Nancy. They were both happy. He asked the girl to his house. She agreed happily. He bought some fruit and drinks for her. And they talked about the school life they spent together, their teachers, classmates and their future(未来). They talked for a long time.

“Have a look at your watch, please,” said the girl. “What time is it now?”

“Sorry, something is wrong with my watch,” said Colin. “Where’s yours?”

“I left it at home.”

Colin thought for a moment and found a way. He began to stamp his foot on the floor, “Bang! Bang! Bang!”

The sound woke his grandma up. The old woman shouted downstairs, “It’s twelve o’clock in the night, Colin. Why are you still jumping upstairs?”

1.Colin was ______ when he finished middle school.

A. seventeen      B. twenty        C. eighteen      D. twenty-two

2.The old woman is satisfied with Colin because ______.

A. he buys food for her                B. he’s smart

C. he can keep quiet                  D. he gets home on time

3.From the story, we can know that Nancy was Colin’s ______.

A. classmate   B. co-worker(同事,同仁)   C. aunt    D. cousin

4.The underlined word “stamp” in the story means ______ in Chinese.

A. 集邮         B. 站立         C. 贴邮票          D. 跺脚

5.Colin stamped his foot on the floor in order ______.

A. to wake his neighbor

B. to make his grandma angry

C. that his grandma would tell him the time

D. that his grandma would buy his a watch

 

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