A lift is wonderful. It is really only a small room. Rooms usually stay in one place. Lifts travel up and down all day long.
Sometimes a worker stands in the lift. He or she operates it up and down. In modern lifts there is no worker. The people walk in. They know what floor they want. They push a button and the lift goes to that floor. It is all very fast and easy.
Lifts are very important to us. Why? Think about a tall building. Maybe it has twenty floors. Maybe it has fifty or more. Who can walk up all the stairs? Maybe people can climb them one time. Can someone climb thirty floors to an office every day? Can small children walk up to their room on the twenty-fourth floor? Can their mother and father carry food up all those stairs? Of course not.
We can have high buildings because we have lifts. We could not have all the beautiful tall buildings in the world without lifts. They are really wonderful.

1. 1.

   Which of the following is true?

   1. A.
      A modern lift has no buttons.
   2. B.
      A modern lift has a worker to operate it.
   3. C.
      A modern lift can go up and down with no worker in it.
   4. D.
      A modern lift knows what floor people want.
2. 2.

   If you want to go to the floor you want, you_______.

   1. A.
      ask for help
   2. B.
      open the door of the lift
   3. C.
      ring the bell
   4. D.
      push the right button
3. 3.

   Why do people have to use lifts? Because________.

   1. A.
      they have tall buildings
   2. B.
      they can't walk up and down
   3. C.
      old people and children need them
   4. D.
      lifts are wonderful