A lift is wonderful．It is really only a small room．Room s 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)
A lift looks like ________．
[ ]
A．
a small room
B．
a small house
C．
a small ladder
D．
a small stair
(2)
Which of the following is true?
[ ]
A．
A modern lift has no buttons．
B．
A modern lift has a worker to operate it．
C．
A modern lift can go up and down with no worker in it．
D．
A modern lift knows what floor people want．
(3)
If you want to go to the floor you want, you ________．
[ ]
A．
ask for help
B．
open the door of the lift
C．
ring the bell
D．
push the right button
(4)
Why do people have to use lifts?Because ________．
[ ]
A．
they have tall buildings
B．
they can't walk up and down
C．
old people and children need them
D．
lifts are wonderful
(5)
Choose the best title for this text．
[ ]
A．
Buttons
B．
Lifts
C．
Tall Buildings
D．
Climbing Stairs
阅读理解
Different people have different ideas about time．People in the USA think that it is important to know the time．In cities in America, there are clocks in stations, factories and other buildings．Radio announcers(播音员)give you the correct time during the day．Most Americans also have watches with them wherever they go．They want to do certain(一定)things at certain time．They don’t like to be late．
But time is not so important to everybody in the world．When you visit a country in South America, you will find that people there don’t like to rush．If you had an appointment(约会)with somebody, he could probably be late, because he may not want to arrive on time．
In South America, even the radio programs may not begin on time．The men on the radio may not think it is important to tell the exact time．People in South America think that clocks or watches are just machines．They think that you let a clock or a watch control(控制)your life if you do everything on time．
(1)
You can see clocks in stations, factories and other buildings in the USA because ________．
[ ]
A．
Americans want to make these places beautiful
B．
Americans want to sell these clocks．
C．
Americans think that it is important to know the time
D．
Americans don’t think that it is important to know the time．
(2)
Americans don’t want to be late when ________．
[ ]
A．
they go to stations, factories or other buildings
B．
they do certain things at certain time
C．
they are free
D．
their children go to school．
(3)
The underlined word “rush” most probably means ________
[ ]
A．
jump
B．
hurry
C．
run
D．
have a watch
(4)
If you have an appointment with someone in South America, he may not arrive on time, and this is because ________．
[ ]
A．
he doesn’t have a watch
B．
he forgets to have a watch with him
C．
he doesn’t think it is necessary to arrive on time
D．
he doesn’t like to meet you
(5)
In this passage, we can see that time is very important to ________．
