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The clock had just struck eleven when I first heard a noise coming from the lift. I opened the door of our room and listened: someone was 1 against the door of the 2 and calling out at the same time.
“What’s 3 ?” I shouted. “The door has been 4 and I can’t get out,” the answer came back. The voice, which 5 like that of a girl, came from several 6 below.
My wife had now 7 me and she went off directly in search of the night porter (值班人) . After calling to the girl that 8 was on its way, I went back into the 9 to get some tools. Then I too hurried 10 the stairs until I reached the place 11 the lift was stuck.
I tried my hand at forcing to 12 the lift door, talking all the while to the girl trapped inside, 13 my tools were of no use for this purpose. Very 14 , however, my wife returned. 15 to find the porter, she had called the police, who agreed to send an engineer? 16 she has also got in touch with the fire service.
In a short time the engineer appeared, followed by two 17 . Almost immediately afterwards the firemen 18 too. With his special equipment it 19 the engineer only a short while to get the door open. In spite of her experience, the girl was in good 20 . “I’m hungry,” was her only remark as she stepped out of her cage.
1. A. standing B. beating C. sitting D. shouting
[解析]从空后的against the door…and calling out at the same time我们得此答案, beat在此意“敲、击”。. 答案：B
2.A.flat B. room C .house D .lift
[解析]从首句…when I first heard a noise from the lift. 我们得知，此时那人敲的是电梯的门。
3. A. matter B. wrong C. accident D. question
[解析]在深夜11点钟有人敲电梯的门，“我”感到不解，因此问“怎么了？”在此A有干扰性，matter用作名词时，前面要有冠词the。 答案：B
4. A. opened B. broken C. stuck D. stopped
[解析]stuck在此意为“卡住、陷住”。 答案：C
5. A. sounded B. heard C. listened D. looked 答案：A
6. A. stairs B. floors C. roofs D .flights
[解析]“声音来自几层楼下”。在此A，C均有干扰性，floor指整个楼房的一层，从电梯的位置看，电梯应是在楼梯口，因此B不合题意。stair指楼梯台阶，因此A也不合题意。a flight指楼梯的一段。 答案：D