Many people have to work on the weekend. Some people
do not mind. Others think it is terrible.
One man
thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous. He is Graham Coates. Mr
Coates works in an office in Brighton, England.
On Saturday,
May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work. When he got on the lift(電梯), it stopped between floors. Mr Coates could not get
out of the lift. He started to shout, but no one heard him. Then Mr. Coats
remembered that it was a holiday in England. No one was going to come to work
until Tuesday.
There was
nothing for him to do. He had to wait until one of his workmates came to work
and found him. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr Coats ended up sleeping for
most of the day.
Now Mr.
Coates says, "I only use lifts if they have telephones in them."
1.Mr. Coates thinks working on the weekend is_____.
A．interesting B．terrible C．happy D．unhappy
2.Mr. Coates stayed in the lift for_____.
A．about twenty
hours B．nearly two
days
C．one week D．more than
sixty hours
3.When Mr. Coates got out of the lift he_____.
A．was cold,
weak, hungry and tired
B．wouldn't work
there any more
C．said "I
only use lifts if they have telephones in them."
D．went home at
once
4.Why could Mr. Coates not get out of the lift?
Because _____.
A．it was broken
B．it was the
weekend
C．it was in an
office D．it was a
holiday
5.In the lift, there was_________.
A．water B．beer C．telephone D．nothing
