题目内容
Many people have to work on the weekend. Some people do not mind. Others think it is terrible.
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 lift(电梯), it stopped between floors. Mr Coates could not get out of the lift. He started to shout, but no one heard him. Then Mr. Coats remembered that it was a holiday in England. No one was going to come to work until Tuesday.
There was nothing for him to do. He had to wait until one of his workmates came to work and found him. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr Coats ended up sleeping for most of the day.
Now Mr. Coates says, "I only use lifts if they have telephones in them."
- 1.
Mr. Coates thinks working on the weekend is_____.
- A.interesting
- B.terrible
- C.happy
- D.unhappy
- A.
- 2.
Mr. Coates stayed in the lift for_____.
- A.about twenty hours
- B.nearly two days
- C.one week
- D.more than sixty hours
- A.
- 3.
When Mr. Coates got out of the lift he_____.
- A.was cold, weak, hungry and tired
- B.wouldn't work there any more
- C.said "I only use lifts if they have telephones in them."
- D.went home at once
- A.
- 4.
Why could Mr. Coates not get out of the lift? Because _____.
- A.it was broken
- B.it was the weekend
- C.it was in an office
- D.it was a holiday
- A.
- 5.
In the lift, there was_________.
- A.water
- B.beer
- C.telephone
- D.nothing
- A.
1.根据第一段第三句Others think it is terrible.可知
2.根据“On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work.”和 “No one was going to come to work until Tuesday.”可知在电梯里呆了六十多小时。
3.根据With nothing to eat or drink,可知他又饿又渴。
4.根据Then Mr. Coats remembered that it was a holiday in England。可知。
5.电梯里什么也没有。
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 _______.
|
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.
|
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 |