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(电梯), 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."
【小题1】Mr. Coates thinks working on the weekend is_____.

A．interesting

B．terrible

C．happy

D．unhappy

【小题2】Mr. Coates stayed in the lift for_____.

A．about twenty hours	B．nearly two days
C．one week	D．more than sixty hours

【小题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

【小题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

【小题5】In the lift, there was_________.

A．water

B．beer

C．telephone

D．nothing

【小题1】He _______ ever ________ (be) to the amusement park several times.
【小题2】 I’m sorry I didn’t finish ___________ (write) my composition.    
【小题3】I have been ________ (skate) for two hours.
【小题4】________ you ________ (teach) us computer science next year.
【小题5】I went there last year and _________ (fall) in love with it.
【小题6】They ___________ (fly) to the moon in ten years.
【小题7】 I will go to the water park if it __________ (not rain) tomorrow.
【小题8】When Mr. Cook got home, his son ___________ (listen) to the radio.
【小题9】The old man makes a living by ________ (sell) vegetables.
【小题10】The box is too heavy. I’m not strong enough _________ (carry) it.

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(电梯), 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

 

从下面方框中选出8个单词，用它们的适当形式填入短文空格内，使短文意思正确、通顺。(每词限用一次) 

take, bad, medicine, careful, nothing, come, month ,something, and, wrong

Mr. Shute lives in a village. He has got a big family and a strong dog. His farm is small   76   he is often free in winter. So he goes to a city and finds work there.

Once he stayed in a city for two   77   . When New Year was coming, he went back home to see his wife and his children. On his way home, something was   78   with his eyes. When he knocked on the door, his dog   79   out and was not friendly to him. His wife hurried to drive it away. The next morning he went to see a doctor. The doctor looked over his eyes   80 and gave him some   81  . Before he left, he told the doctor about his dog. When he heard this, the doctor began to laugh and said, “Maybe something is wrong with your dog’s eyes, too.”

When Mr. Shute got home, he told his wife about it. The woman said, “I’m afraid it’s true. If a thief comes into our house, it won’t see him and he’ll steal   82   here.”

Mr. Shute thought his wife was right. He then made his dog   83  his medicine instead.

1.____    ___ 2. __________  3. __________   4. ___________   

5.__________  6. __________  7.___________  8.___________

 

 

1.He _______ ever ________ (be) to the amusement park several times.

2. I’m sorry I didn’t finish ___________ (write) my composition.    

3.I have been ________ (skate) for two hours.

4.________ you ________ (teach) us computer science next year.

5. I went there last year and _________ (fall) in love with it.

6.They ___________ (fly) to the moon in ten years.

7. I will go to the water park if it __________ (not rain) tomorrow.

8.When Mr. Cook got home, his son ___________ (listen) to the radio.

9.The old man makes a living by ________ (sell) vegetables.

10.The box is too heavy. I’m not strong enough _________ (carry) it.