Question

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.A lift looks like______.

A.a small roomB.a small houseC. a small ladderD.a small stair

2.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.

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

A. ask for helpB. open the door of the lift

C. ring the bellD. push the right button 

4.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

5.Choose the best title for this text.

A. ButtonsB. LiftsC. Tall BuildingsD. Climbing Stairs

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文中作者主要介绍了电梯在我们的日常生活中的重要作用；电梯的种类及简单操作方法等。

1.It is really only a small room.可知，电梯看起来像一间小的房间；故选A。

2.They push a button and the lift goes to that floor.可知，电梯里面是必须要按钮的；故A项错误；In modern lifts there is no worker. 可知B项错误；The people walk in. They know what floor they want.是说当人们走进电梯时，他们知道自己去哪一个楼梯，而不是说电梯本身知道人们的去向；故D项错误；由此可知，在没有工人操作的情况下，乘坐电梯的人自己就可以操作，实现电梯的升降；故选C。

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4. We can have high buildings because we have lifts.We could not have all the beautiful tall buildings in the world without lifts.可知，电梯是我们建筑高层建筑的必备设备；故选A。

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考点：日常生活类短文阅读。