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One night a hotel caught fire(失火), and the people in the hotel ran out in their   61  clothes. Two men stood outside and looked at the fire. “  62  I came out, ” said one, “I ran into some of the rooms and found a lot of  63  . People don’t think of money when they are   64  . When anyone leaves paper money in a fire, the fire  65  it. So I took all the money I could find.   66   will become poorer because I took them.” 

“You don’t know me, ” said the other, “and you   67   my work.”

“What’s your work?”

“I’m a policeman.”

“Oh!”   68  the first man. He thought quickly and said, “And do you know my   69  ? I’m a writer. I’m always telling stories about the things that   70  happened. ”

One day, Jack's wife was in their bedroom. She found many things in an old box. “l(fā)ook at all these umbrellas,” Jack's wife said to him, “There are eight and they are all broken.” “I'll take them all to the umbrella shop and mend them,” Jack said, “They are too good to throw away.” Jack took the eight umbrellas to the shop and left them there. “They'll be ready tomorrow, ” the shopkeeper said.
That evening Jack went home from the office by bus as usual. he sat next to an old woman. She had an umbrella on the floor near her. When the bus reached his stop, he picked up her umbrella and stood up. “Hey!” the woman said, “That's my umbrella.” “ I'm so sorry,” Jack said And gave it back to her, “ I took it by mistake. Please forgive(原諒) me. ”
The next day he got the umbrellas from the umbrella shop and got on a bus. As he sat down, a voice (聲音)behind him said, “ You have certainly had a successful (成功的) day ! ” He turned around and saw the same woman again. He almost (幾乎) took her umbrella the day before.

1. 1.

   Jack's wife found the umbrellas in _______.

   1. A.
      an old box
   2. B.
      a bus
   3. C.
      a shop
   4. D.
      the street
2. 2.

   On the bus, Jack returned the old woman _______ .

   1. A.
      one of his old umbrellas
   2. B.
      a new umbrella
   3. C.
      her own umbrella
   4. D.
      his wife's umbrella
3. 3.

   The next day, on the bus, Jack met ______.

   1. A.
      his wife
   2. B.
      the shopkeeper
   3. C.
      an old friend
   4. D.
      the same woman
4. 4.

   At the end of the story, the woman thought that ______ .

   1. A.
      Jack took others' umbrellas away
   2. B.
      Jack sold many umbrellas
   3. C.
      Jack had her umbrella in his hand
   4. D.
      Jack had a nice day
5. 5.

   Which sentence ( 句子 ) is NOT true ?

   1. A.
      Jack's wife found some umbrellas in their bedroom.
   2. B.
      Jack took the umbrellas out to throw them away.
   3. C.
      Jack took the old woman's umbrella by mistake.
   4. D.
      The old woman thought Jack was not a good man .

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.

1. 1.

   Which of the following is true?

   1. A.
      A modern lift has no buttons.
   2. B.
      A modern lift has a worker to operate it.
   3. C.
      A modern lift can go up and down with no worker in it.
   4. D.
      A modern lift knows what floor people want.
2. 2.

   If you want to go to the floor you want, you_______.

   1. A.
      ask for help
   2. B.
      open the door of the lift
   3. C.
      ring the bell
   4. D.
      push the right button
3. 3.

   Why do people have to use lifts? Because________.

   1. A.
      they have tall buildings
   2. B.
      they can't walk up and down
   3. C.
      old people and children need them
   4. D.
      lifts are wonderful