1. Why didn't Jim write to the woman last month?

A. Because he couldn't write.
B. Because he was traveling in another country.
C. Because he never wrote letters when he was on a trip.

2. How long did he stay in France?

A. Two weeks.
B. More than ten days.
C. Ten days.

3. Which of the following is right?

A. Jim is good at learning new lessons by himself.
B. His teachers often help him with his lessons.
C. He couldn't catch up with is classmates because he missed many lessons.

1. What does Peter want to do?

A. He wants to take a vacation.
B. He wants to go to Europe for studies.
C. He wants to travel around Europe during this vacation.

2. Why will he stay in Youth Hostels (旅店，招待所)?

A. Because they are cheap and it is also possible to meet lots of young people there.
B. Because they are cheap and comfortable to live in.
C. Because they are possible to meet lots of old friends there.

3. How long is he going to stay in Europe?

A. Six weeks.
B. Six weeks to eight weeks.
C. Two months. 

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     Many people have to work on the weekend. Some people do not mind. Other people think it is terrible.
     One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous. He is Graham Coates. Mr. Coates worked
in an office in Brighton, England.
     On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work. When he got in the elevator to go home,
it stopped between floors. Mr. Coates could not get out of the elevator. He was trapped (困住了)! He started to
shout, but no one heard him. Then Mr. Coates remembered that it was a holiday in England. No one was going
to come to work until Tuesday!
     There was nothing for Mr. Coates to do. He had to wait until one his coworkers came to work and found
him. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr. Coates ended up sleeping for most of the time. Early on Tuesday morning,
the vice president of the company came into work and found the elevator was not working. When the elevator
was opened, Mr. Coates came out cold, weak, and tired. He had been in the elevator for sixty-two hours!
     Now Mr. Coates says, "I only uses elevators if they have telephones in them."

1. Mr. Coates could not get out of the elevator because ______.

A. it was broken
B. it was a weekend
C. it was a holiday
D. it stopped on a wrong floor

2. How long did he stay in the elevator?

A. Twenty-four hours.
B. From Saturday to Monday.
C. More than sixty hours.
D. From Tuesday to Saturday.

3. What did he do in the elevator most of the time?

A. Shouted and screamed.
B. Slept and waited.
C. Telephoned his boss.
D. Ate and drank.

4. How did he make his way out in the end?

A. The vice-president found him.
B. Some one opened the elevator.
C. The elevator began to work on Tuesday.
D. He found a door in the elevator.

5. What is the best title for this story?

A. An Interesting Elevator
B. A Busy Weekend
C. Elevator Safety
D. Trapped in an Elevator

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