Question

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(電梯), 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

2.Mr. Coates stayed in the lift for_____.

A．about twenty hours                      B．nearly two days

C．one week                             D．more than sixty hours

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

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

5. In the lift, there was_________.

A．water            B．beer             C．telephone         D．nothing

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.D

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章講述了科茨先生在周末加班的時候，被困在了電梯里，直到周二同事們上班才解救了他。

1.細節題。根據文章One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous. He is Graham Coates.可知，科茨先生認為周末上班是危險，可怕的。故選B

2.細節題。根據文章可知，科茨先生是星期六被關在了電梯里，他的同事星期二來上班發現了他，可知，他在電梯里關了差不多3天。故選D

3.推斷題。根據文章可知，科茨先生在電梯了關了3天之后，肯定是又冷又餓，又累的。故選A

4.細節題。根據文章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.可知，科茨先生不能從電梯里出來，是因為那時候正是英國的假日，根本沒有人來幫助他，故選D

5.細節題。根據文章可知，電梯里什么都沒有。故選D

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