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【题目】Jan was a window cleaner. One morning, Jan was in a lift of a high building with his window cleaning tools when the building was on fire.

There were five other passengers in the lift. All of a sudden the lift stopped. Although they didn’t know what had happened outside, they had only 100 minutes to get out of the building before it would fall into the dust.

Soon smoke began coming into the lift. The men knew that something was wrong. They tried to open the door but found a wall in front of them. The wall had the number 15 on it and they knew they were on the 15th floor. But their lift usually didn’t stop there, so there was no opening for them to escape. Jan decided they would have to make their own.

Knowing that the wall was made of a material that could be cut through, Jan took out his window cleaning tools, and began knocking a hole through the wall. When he felt tired, others helped.

Starting with one small hole, they cut through the three-inch-thick wall. Then they kicked hard at the wall. The wall cracked apart. They saw before them a tile (瓷砖) wall! Refusing to give up, they knocked a hole through the tile, then made the opening big enough to get through. Surprisingly, the fire-fighters were outside the hole, they took Jan and his partners to the nearest stairs and they ran down the stairs as quickly as possible. By 10:23, Jan and the others ran out of the building. Five minutes later, the building burned down.

【1】What was Jan doing when the building was on fire?

A. He was cleaning the windows.

B. He was up to visit his friend.

C. He was on his way to his workplace.

D. He was cleaning the lift.

【2】According to the passage, how many people were in the lift?

A. 5. B. 6. C. 15. D. We don’t know.

【3】How much time did they use up before getting out of the building?

A. 5 minutes. B. 50 minutes

C. 95 minutes. D. 100 minutes.

【4】What did they do when they saw a tile wall?

A. They were disappointed and gave up.

B. They had to wait for the fire-fighters.

C. They don’t know what to do.

D. They went on knocking through the wall.

【5】From this passage, which do you think is the most important way while in danger?

A. Trying your best.

B. Running downstairs

C. Crying for help.

D. Doing nothing.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】C

【4】D

【5】A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了简在一座着火的大楼逃生的故事。简是一个窗户清洁工。一天早上，简带着他的清洁工具在一个高层建筑的电梯里，而这座建筑着火了。有五个其他乘客在电梯里。他们齐动手挖墙壁，最后挖通墙壁后，他们发现消防员就在洞外到10:23，简和其他人都跑出大楼。五分钟后，大楼被烧毁。

【1】C推理判断题。根据One morning, Jan was in a lift of a high building with his window cleaning tools when the building was on fire.可以推断简在通往工作地点的路上，故选C。

【2】B计算理解题。根据There were five other passengers in the lift.可知除了简还有五个人在电梯里，所以共有六个人，故选B。

【3】C细节理解题。根据they had only 100 minutes to get out of the building before it would fall into the dust.及Five minutes later, the building burned down.可知用时95分钟，故选C。

【4】D细节理解题。根据They saw before them a tile (瓷砖) wall! Refusing to give up, they knocked a hole through the tile,可知他们继续挖，故选D。

【5】A细节理解题。根据短文中的句子Jan decided they would have to make their own. Refusing to give up, they knocked a hole through the tile, then made the opening big enough to get through. 他们齐动手挖墙壁，最后挖通墙壁，脱离险境，故答案为A。