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AMany 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 Graham Coates. Mr. Coates worked in an office in Brighton, England.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. Coates could not get out of the elevator. He was trapped（困住了）! He started to shout, but no one heard him. Then Mr. Coates remembered that it was a holiday in England. No one was going to come to work until Tuesday!There was nothing for Mr. Coates to do. He had to wait until one his coworkers came to work and found him. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr. Coates ended up sleeping for most of the time.Early on Tuesday morning, the vice president of the company came into work and found elevator was not working. When the elevator was opened, Mr. Coates came out cold, weak, and tired. He had been in the elevator for sixty-two hours! Now Mr. Coates says, “I only uses elevators if they have telephones in them.”1. Mr. Coates could not get out of the elevator because _.A. it was broken B. it was a weekendC. it was a holiday D. it stopped on a wrong floor2. How long did he stay in the elevator?A. Twenty-four hours. B. From Saturday to Monday.C. More than sixty hours. D. From Tuesday to Saturday.3. What did he do in the elevator most of the time?A. Shouted and screamed. B. Slept and waited.C. Telephoned his boss. D. Ate and drank. 4. How did he make his way out in the end?A. The vice-president found him.B. Some one opened the elevator.C. The elevator began to work on Tuesday.D. He found a door in the elevator.5. What is the best title for this story?A. An Interesting Elevator B. A Busy WeekendC. Elevator Safety D. Trapped in an ElevatorBWhen I was twelve years old, my family were the first black people to move into an all white part of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Many of our new neighbors werent very welcoming. Some of them said angrily that we should return to where we came from. The children sometimes threw stones at me or drove me home from school.Most of my teachers simply took no notice of me, but not Dorothy Bean, my history teacher. Miss Bean was angry at how badly I was being treated, but she didnt say this to me. Miss Bean showed her respect for me by teaching me just like anyone else. Instead of being unnoticed, I was given a chance to show that I was clever. Miss Bean was the first teacher who ever made me think for myself. She always wanted to know what I thought about difficult questions. Was Thomas Jefferson right to buy Louisiana from France? Why? She expected me to have my own idea. Miss Bean was teaching me that thinking for oneself was the real key to education.One day, when I was not paying attention in class, Miss Bean suddenly threw an eraser at me. The eraser hit me right on the hand and sent my pencil flying. The whole class were very surprised at first, then started laughing. This event became famous in the school and, because it happened to me, the students wanted to get to know me. So thats the story of how Dorothy Bean made me her target（靶子）, and how I became just another kid in school.1. The author and his family were not welcomed by the local people because _.A. they returned from another countryB. they had different skin colourC. they spoke a different languageD. they moved to a wrong place2. From the end of the first paragraph we know that _.A. children are more friendly to strangersB. American schools are not safe for kidsC. children often follow their parents behaviorD. fighting each other is part of childrens nature3. At school most of his teachers _ the author.A. were cold to B. didnt notice C. threw things at D. got angry with4. Miss Bean respected the author by _.A. giving him chances to answer questionsB. hitting him with a eraserC. giving him extra lessonsD. treating him as one of her students 5. To Miss Bean the most important thing for a student is to _.A. pay close attention to what the teacher saysB. learn to think and have ones own ideaC. keep silent and unnoticed in classD. get special attention from the teacherPeter the Great was a very important Russian ruler. As a child, he was smart and curious. He learned about modern science and technology. And he was very interested in boats.After 1689, he ruled Russia on his own. He created Russias first navy. He also made the army stronger. To learn more about modern science and technology, he traveled around Europe for 18 months. Many scientists returned with him to Russia.In 1703, Peter built a brand-new city-St. Petersburg. It was a symbol of the new Russia. People call it “the window to the west”.Peter also brought many reforms to Russia. Education, business, politics, and the army became more modern. And he started Russias first newspaper.Peter made Russia a strong, modern, and powerful country. Indeed, Peter the Great changed Russia greatly! () 1. As a child, Peter .A. liked boatsB. was not very intelligentC. ruled Russia on his ownD. liked to read the newspaper() 2. What did Peter do in Europe?A. He visited his relatives.B. He bought a boat.C. He created a navy.D. He learned about new kinds of technology.() 3. The article doesnt talk about reforms in .A. businessB. p