I live on the twelfth floor of a building. One afternoon I am coming home from a friend’s house. It is just after four o’clock. I get quickly into the lift and press Button(按钮) 12.

The lift starts to go up, but very slowly. And then, half way up, it suddenly(突然) stops between two floors. I couldn’t understand it. I press(按)an all the buttons from 1 to 14. I call for help very loudly. But nobody answers.

Then suddenly the lights go out, and I am alone in the dark. I start to cry and beat the walls of the lift. I cry and cry until I have no voice left. Then, I feel hopeless, and press all the buttons with my open hands. And all at the same time, there is a bell far away. It rings and rings. It is the fire alarm(火灾警报). I think the whole building is on fire. I say to the God quietly, “Just get me out of here. I’ll never be bad again.”

Just then, I realize the lift is moving very slowly. On the ground floor it stops, and the door opens. A man is standing there. “How long have you been there? It is good that you press the alarm bell. But haven’t you learned to read at your school? ” He points at a small piece of paper on the wall beside the lift. It says: “Attention (注意): This lift will be stopped for repairs between 4 pm and 5 pm on Thursday, March 13.”

1.What happens to the lift?

A. It has a fire accident.

B. It stops half way.

C. It is turned off by the writer.

D. It moves fast up to the top floor.

2.As the situation(情况) goes on, the writer becomes ________.

A. more and more scared B. calmer and calmer

C. more and more bored D. clearer and clearer

3.Why does a bell ring from far away?

A. The lift was to start again.

B. The repair worker rang the fire alarm.

C. The building was on fire.

D. The writer pressed the fire alarm bell.

4.Who most probably makes the lift move again and go down to the ground floor?

A. The writer. B. The writer’s friend.

C. The man. D. The writer’s father.

5.After reading the paper, the writer realizes that he/she has ________.

A. escaped(逃离)a fire accident

B. made a silly mistake

C. visited a dishonest friend

D. pressed a wrong button

Two children stood outside the door with old coats. “Any old papers, Lady?” asked one of them.

I was busy. I wanted to say no, but I saw that their shoes were broken and wet. “Come in and I’ll make you a cup of hot tea.” They came in, saying nothing. Their shoes left snow on the floor.

I gave them tea and bread to protect them against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started my housework again.

The silence in the front room surprised me. I looked in.

The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked me in a low voice,“Lady, are you rich?”

Am I rich? Oh, no! I looked at my old things in my room.

The girl put her cup back in its saucer(茶碟) carefully. “Your cups match your saucers.”

They left then, holding their papers against the wind. They hadn’t said thank you. They didn’t need to. They had done more than that. The blue cups and saucers were simple. But they said that they matched. The potatoes and meat before me, a roof over our hands, my husband with a job—these things matched, too.

I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The prints of their small shoes were still wet on my floor. I let them be. I wanted them there to remind (提醒) me how rich I was.

1.The writer let the two children in _________.

A.to offer them some warm clothes

B.to serve them tea and food

C.to sell them some old papers

D.to show them how rich she was.

2.We can learn from the passage that _____________.

A. the writer felt everything matched

B. the writer's husband was out of work

C. the children talked happily in the room

D. the children thanked a lot before leaving

3.The underlined sentence “I let them be” means “_________”.

A.I dislike them B.I didn’t want to see them

C.I cleaned them D.I left them there

4.According to the passage, whether you are rich depends on ________________.

A. what job you are doing

B. what you have

C. how much money you have

D. how you feel about your life

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