A goal for life
Do you have a goal for life? What is it? Do you want to become a great writer, a   16  singer or just become a rich person?
A survey   17  that in modern society (現(xiàn)代社會), most people choose practical   18  such as “making money to buy a house and a car”, “making one’s life better” or “finding a good job”.
Wang You   19  in a small company in Nanjing 3 years ago. The job was good and he didn’t need to work on Saturday or Sunday. However, he felt the work wasn’t   20  at all and the life was  _21 . So he gave up his job and went to Beijing in February, 2009. When he   22  in Beijing, he had his new __23  as finding a good job.
Now   24  people want to live a better life. This fact shows that the society is making progress __25  people’s life goals have become more practical. One researcher says, “Everybody   26  his or her own life goal. If one man is poor,   27  life goal will be to make more money. If one man doesn’t  __28  a diploma (文憑), studying hard to get a diploma will become his life goal. And if one man doesn’t have love, his life goal will be to look   29  it. If one man has no life goal, he   30  idle away (虛度) his lifetime.”

I live on the twelfth floor of a building. One afternoon I was coming home from a friend's house. It was just after four o'clock. I got quickly into the lift and pressed Button (按鈕) 12.
The lift started to go up, but very slowly. And then, halfway up, it suddenly stopped between two floors. I couldn't understand it. I pressed all the buttons from 1 to 14. I called for help very loudly. But nobody answered.
Then suddenly the lights went out, and I was alone in the dark. I started to cry and beat the walls of the lift. I cried and cried until I had no voice left. Then, I felt hopeless, and pressed all the buttons with my open hands. And all at the same time, there was a bell far away. It rang and rang. It was the fire alarm (火災(zāi)警報). I thought the whole building was on fire. I said to God quietly, "Just get me out of here. I'll never be bad again."
Just then, I realized the lift was moving very slowly. On the ground floor it stopped, and the doors opened. A man was standing there. "How long have you been in the lift? It is good that you pressed the alarm bell. But haven't you learned to read at your school?" He pointed at a small piece of paper on the wall beside the lift. It said:
"Attention: This lift will be stopped for repairs between 4pm and 5 pm on Thursday March 13."
【小題1】What happened to the lift?

BEIJING—No Car Day was first started by 34 cities in France on September 22,1998.It was started to protect the environment.By now, more than 1,000 cities around the world have had a No Car Day.

The first No Car Day in China was in Chengdu in 2001.Other cities, including Taipei, Shanghai and Wuhan, also support(支持) the day.

In Beijing, more and more people are joining in the activity.It asks drivers to leave their cars at home for one day each month and walk or ride a bike to work.It also calls on Beijingers not to use cars on June 5(World Environment Day).The slogan(口號) for the day is, “If we drive for one less day, we can have one more nice day.”

So far, more than 200,000 drivers have shown their support.“We can’t control the weather, but we can chose not to drive,” said Wu Zonghua, a car club chairman.Beijing is trying to have 238 blue sky days this year.In the first quarter of this year, Beijing only had 52 blue sky days.This was 11 days less than the number for the same period last year.Much of the dust(灰塵) comes from the desert(沙漠), but cars cause most of the air pollution(污染).We must do more for no Car Day.

1.There are       cities in China that support No Car Day according to the passage.

A．three            B．four              C．five              D．six

2. The activity of No Car Day encourages Beijing drivers       .

A．not to work on No Car Day

B．to enjoy having a day off

C．to leave their cars at home for repair

D．to ride a bike or walk instead of driving to work

3.According to the passage there were       blue sky days in the first quarter of last year in Beijing.

A．52               B．63               C．41               D．238

4.The air pollution in Beijing is mostly caused by       .

A．cars              B．dust              C．weather          D．rubbish

5.We can know from the passage that       .

A．more and more people in Beijing are joining car clubs

B．people will have one more World Environment Day each month

C．more and more people won’t drive on No Car Day in Beijing

D．more people in the world won’t drive any more