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 John Brown．Mr. Brown works in an office in New York．

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. Brown could not get out of the elevator．He was trapped(困住)! He started to shout, but nobody heard him．Then Mr. Brown remembered that it was holiday in America．Nobody was going to come to work until Tuesday! There was nothing for Mr. Brown to do．He had to wait until one of his coworkers（同事）came to work and found him．With nothing to eat or drink, Mr. Brown ended up sleeping for most of the time．

Early on Tuesday morning, the president of the company come into work and found the elevator was not working．When the elevator was opened Mr. Brown came out cold, weak, and tired．He had been in the elevator for sixty-two hours!

Now Mr. Brown says, “I only use elevators if they have telephones in them．”

1．What does Mr. Brown think of working on the weekend?

A．It is happy．                                              B．He doesn’t mind．  

C．It can be dangerous．                                 D．He refuses to do it．

2．How long was he in the elevator?

A．From Saturday to Monday．                      B．From Tuesday to Saturday．

C．More than three days．                               D．More than two days．

3．Why did Mr. Brown spend so long in the elevator? Which of the following is NOT a reason?

      A．It was a three day holiday．

B．He had no food or drink．

C．The elevator stopped between two floors．

D．There was no telephone in the elevator．

4．How was Mr. Brown able to get out of the elevator?

A．The president discovered the elevator wasn’t working．

B．The elevator started to work soon again．

C．His coworker who worked on the weekend helped him out．

D．His coworkers found him when they came back to work on Monday．

5．What is the best title(題目) for this story?

A．A Busy Weekend                                      B．An Interesting Elevator

C．Trapped in an Elevator                             D．Elevator Safety

Here is a story told an American general (將軍) who was a very important figure in the American army during the First World War. Everybody in the Untied States knew him and many people wished to have a picture or something of his in their homes.

Soon after the war, the general returned to Washington. One day he went to a dentist (牙醫(yī)) and had six teeth pulled out. A week later the general heard that his teeth were being sold in curiosity shops at $5 each. On each of the teeth there was a label (標(biāo)簽) with the name of the general and words, “Buy these teeth and show them to your friends at home.” The general got angry. He rushed to his office and ordered six officers to go around the city and buy all his teeth.

The officers went out and visited every curiosity shop in the capital. They were away from the office all day. In the evening they returned and put on the table in front of the general the teeth they had bought. They had collected 175 teeth.

( ) 1. The general’s teeth were sold in ____.

A. the museum

B. the special shops selling some rare and interesting things

C. the department store

D. the hospital

( ) 2. In the evening, the officers went back with all the teeth which cost _____.

A. $785 B. $1, 050 C. $157 D. $875

( ) 3. The general felt ____ when he heard his teeth were sold.

A. happy B. excited C. sad D. angry

( ) 4. There was the general’s name on the label of each tooth. This shows that _____.

A. the general’s name was known by most of the people in Washington

B. the shop-keeper wanted to have more customers buy the teeth

C. the shop-keeper tried to make the general more popular

D. Both A and C

( ) 5. The general ordered his men to____.

A. look for his teeth and buy all of them

B. arrest the dentist at once

C. make all the shops stop selling teeth

D. buy all the teeth in all the shops

Here is a story told an American general (將軍) who was a very important figure in the American army during the First World War. Everybody in the Untied States knew him and many people wished to have a picture or something of his in their homes.

Soon after the war, the general returned to Washington. One day he went to a dentist (牙醫(yī)) and had six teeth pulled out. A week later the general heard that his teeth were being sold in curiosity shops at $5 each. On each of the teeth there was a label (標(biāo)簽) with the name of the general and words, “Buy these teeth and show them to your friends at home.” The general got angry. He rushed to his office and ordered six officers to go around the city and buy all his teeth.

The officers went out and visited every curiosity shop in the capital. They were away from the office all day. In the evening they returned and put on the table in front of the general the teeth they had bought. They had collected 175 teeth.

46. The general’s teeth were sold in ____.

A. the museum

B. the special shops selling some rare and interesting things

C. the department store   D. the hospital

 47. In the evening, the officers went back with all the teeth which cost _____.

A. $785   B. $1, 050   C. $157   D. $875

48. The general felt ____ when he heard his teeth were sold.

A. happy   B. excited   C. sad    D. angry

49. There was the general’s name on the label of each tooth. This shows that _____.

A. the general’s name was known by most of the people in Washington

B. the shop-keeper wanted to have more customers buy the teeth

C. the shop-keeper tried to make the general more popular

D. Both A and C

50. The general ordered his men to____.

A. look for his teeth and buy all of them

B. arrest the dentist at once

C. make all the shops stop selling teeth

D. buy all the teeth in all the shops