One day Mrs. Jones went (1) . When her (2) came home in the evening, she began to tell him (3) a beautiful dress.“I saw it in a shop this morning,”she said,“and ...”“And you are going to buy it,”said Mr. Jones.“How (4) is it?”....“50 dollars.”“50 dollars for a dress? That is too (5) .”But every evening when Mr. Jones came back from his work, his wife began to speak about the dress. And at last after a week, he said,“OK. Go and buy the dress. Here is the (6) .”She was very (7) . But the next evening, when Mr. Jones came home and asked,“Have you bought the beautiful dress?”she answered,“No.”“Why not?”“Well, it was still in the window of the shop (8) a week. So I think (9) wants this dress. And I don't want (10) , either.”

 Many people have to work 46 . Some people do not mind. Other people think it's terrible.

One man thinks that working at the weekends can be 47 . He is George Smith. Mr Smith works in an office, in Brighton, England.

On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work. After he 48  the lift, it stopped between floors. Mr Smith could not get out of the lift. He began to shout, but 49  heard him. Then Mr Smith remembered that it was a holiday in England. No one was going to come to work 50 Tuesday.

There was  51     for Mr Smith to do. He had to wait until one of his workmates came to work and found him. With nothing to 52   , Mr Smith was very hungry and had to sleep most of the time.

Early on Tuesday morning, one of his workmates came into work and found the lift 53  . When the lift was opened, Mr Smith came out cold, weak, and tired. He had been in the lift for 54  hours!

Now Mr Smith says, "I only use lifts if they have 55   in them. "

1.A. from Monday to Friday   B. at the weekends

C. on weekdays               D. from morning till night

2. A. dangerous     B. happy        C. angry                D. free

3. A. got off           B. got into    C. got out of           D. got to

4. A. someone       B. everyone     C. no one               D. either

5. A. on                B. to               C. from                 D. until

6. A. nothing       B. something        C. anything             D. everything

7. A. read or write     B. eat or drink     C. cook             D. know the time

8. A. was not there    B. was not closed   C. was not working      D. was working

9. A. nearly 24    B. about 40         C. more than 60         D. over 94

10. A. pans             B. beds          C. exits               D. telephones