A lift is wonderful. It is really only a small room. Rooms 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.
【小题1】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.

【小题2】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

【小题3】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

	Railroad timetable
	JANUARY-DECEMBER
	Trains from Washington to New York
Train number     X500(D)    X501(R,D)   X502(D,W)   X503(D)    X504   X505(D)
Washington     8:30       9:00         9:30       10:00     10:30    11:30
BWI Airport    8:55        9:25        10:00       10:25    10:55      --:-- -
Baltimore      9:10        9:40        10:20       10:40    11: 10    12: 10
Philadelphia   10:10        10:40       11:20        11:40    12:20    13: 10
Princeton Junction *    11:00        11:30        12: 10       12:30    13: 10    14:00
Metropark *   11: 10        --:-- -        12:20        12:40    13:20    14: 10
Neward lnt'1 Airport         --:-- -      11:50        12:30         13:05    13:45    14:25
New York     11:40      12:10        12:50          13:25    14:05    14:45
R: Reservations (预订) required       D: Dining car       W: Weekdays only
For information about tickets and prices, please call (801) 555-1000 or visit our website at www. amrai12000. com.
Important notice; please note that Princeton Junction and Metropark are closed on Sunday. January 30 due to work on the line. There will be a special bus service between these stations. Call (801) 555-2345 for more information about buses. We apologize for any inconvenience.

【小题1】When does the train X504 leave Washington?

A．9:00.

B．9="30."

C．10:00.

D．10=30.

【小题2】If you have to get to New York before 12="00," you'd better take______.

A．X500

B．X501

C．X502

D．X503

【小题3】Which of the following trains does not stop at BWI Airport?

A．X502.

B．X503.

C．X504.

D．X505.

【小题4】 If you want to go on weekends, you can NOT choose ______.

A．X501

B．X502

C．X503

D．X504

【小题5】Which of the following is true according to the timetable?

A．You can have meals on most of the trains.

B．Most of the trains do not stop at Neward Int'l Airport.

C．You can't buy a ticket at the stations without reservation.

D．Nobody can get from Princeton Junction to Metropark on January 30.

 

	Railroad timetable
JANUARY-DECEMBER
Trains from Washington to New York
Train number     X500(D)    X501(R,D)   X502(D,W)   X503(D)    X504   X505(D)
Washington      8:30        9:00          9:30        10:00      10:30     11:30
BWI Airport     8:55         9:25         10:00        10:25     10:55      --:-- -
Baltimore       9:10         9:40         10:20        10:40     11: 10     12: 10
Philadelphia    10:10         10:40        11:20        11:40     12:20     13: 10
Princeton Junction *     11:00         11:30         12: 10        12:30     13: 10     14:00
Metropark *    11: 10        --:-- -         12:20         12:40     13:20     14: 10
Neward lnt'1 Airport         --:-- -       11:50         12:30          13:05     13:45     14:25
New York      11:40       12:10         12:50           13:25     14:05     14:45
R: Reservations (预订) required       D: Dining car       W: Weekdays only
For information about tickets and prices, please call (801) 555-1000 or visit our website at www. amrai12000. com.
Important notice; please note that Princeton Junction and Metropark are closed on Sunday. January 30 due to work on the line. There will be a special bus service between these stations. Call (801) 555-2345 for more information about buses. We apologize for any inconvenience.

1.When does the train X504 leave Washington?

A. 9:00.   B. 9=30.   C. 10:00.   D. 10=30.

2.If you have to get to New York before 12=00, you'd better take ______.

A. X500   B. X501   C. X502    D. X503

3.Which of the following trains does not stop at BWI Airport?

A. X502.   B. X503.   C. X504.   D. X505.

4. If you want to go on weekends, you can NOT choose ______.

A. X501   B. X502   C. X503    D. X504

5.Which of the following is true according to the timetable?

A. You can have meals on most of the trains.

B. Most of the trains do not stop at Neward Int'l Airport.

C. You can't buy a ticket at the stations without reservation.

D. Nobody can get from Princeton Junction to Metropark on January 30.

 

In the United States, people like going camping for vacation. They do everything for themselves to relax in the woods instead of staying at a modern hotel or a restaurant. They enjoy themselves far away from the noisy cities for a few days.

What should you prepare if you want to go camping like them? When you are camping, you make all of your own food. Barbeques(烤肉架) are very necessary while camping. You can bring bread, drinks, meat and vegetables to the camp. You’d better bring some wood and a lighter(打火机) to make a fire. Remember to put stones around the fire to make sure it won’t get too big and dangerous. When the fire is ready, you can cook food over it.

Children really like this activity at night. The whole family sit around the fire, eat their favorite food. Certainly they can sing songs and dance together. What a pleasant and exciting moment.

Camping is a fun activity for the family to do. Vacation does not have to mean going to visit a place far away. It could be as simple as setting up a tent in the nearby woods.

1.Where do people in the United States like to go camping according to the passage?

A．In big cities.                            B．In a place of interest.

C．In a modern hotel or a restaurant.           D．In the woods.

2.What are NOT necessary if you are camping?

A．Sunglasses.        B．Barbeques.        C．Some wood.       D．Tents.

3.What does the phrase “make a fire” mean in Chinese?

A．烧烤             B．生火             C．煮饭             D．搭桥

4.What should you do while using fire?

A．Put stones around the fire.

B．Cover（盖） the fire with grass.

C．Cook food under the fire.

D．Keep far away from the fire.

5.What can we know from the passage?

A．Camping is popular in China.

B．You needn’t prepare the food for yourselves while camping.

C．Children like camping very much at night.

D．We shouldn’t go camping for it’s dangerous.

 

	Railroad timetable
	JANUARY-DECEMBER
	Trains from Washington to New York
Train number     X500(D)    X501(R,D)   X502(D,W)   X503(D)    X504   X505(D)
Washington     8:30      9:00       9:30       10:00     10:30    11:30
BWI Airport    8:55      9:25       10:00       10:25    10:55      --:--
Baltimore     9:10       9:40       10:20       10:40    11: 10    12: 10
Philadelphia  10:10      10:40       11:20        11:40    12:20    13: 10
Princeton Junction *    11:00      11:30       12: 10       12:30    13: 10    14:00
Metropark *   11: 10      --:-- -     12:20        12:40    13:20    14: 10
Neward lnt'1 Airport       --:-- -    11:50       12:30         13:05    13:45    14:25
New York     11:40      12:10      12:50          13:25    14:05    14:45
R: Reservations (预订) required       D: Dining car       W: Weekdays only
For information about tickets and prices, please call (801) 555-1000 or visit our website at www. amrai12000. com.
Important notice; please note that Princeton Junction and Metropark are closed on Sunday. January 30 due to work on the line. There will be a special bus service between these stations. Call (801) 555-2345 for more information about buses. We apologize for any inconvenience.

【小题1】When does the train X504 leave Washington?

A．9:00.

B．9="30."

C．10:00.

D．10=30.

【小题2】If you have to get to New York before 12="00," you'd better take______.

A．X500

B．X501

C．X502

D．X503

【小题3】Which of the following trains does not stop at BWI Airport?

A．X502.

B．X503.

C．X504.

D．X505.

【小题4】If you want to go on weekends, you can NOT choose ______.

A．X501

B．X502

C．X503

D．X504

【小题5】Which of the following is true according to the timetable?

A．You can have meals on most of the trains.

B．Most of the trains do not stop at Neward Int'l Airport.

C．You can't buy a ticket at the stations without reservation.

D．Nobody can get from Princeton Junction to Metropark on January 30.