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　　A lift is wonderful．It is really only a small room．Room s 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．

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阅读理解

　　Different people have different ideas about time．People in the USA think that it is important to know the time．In cities in America, there are clocks in stations, factories and other buildings．Radio announcers(播音员)give you the correct time during the day．Most Americans also have watches with them wherever they go．They want to do certain(一定)things at certain time．They don’t like to be late．

　　But time is not so important to everybody in the world．When you visit a country in South America, you will find that people there don’t like to rush．If you had an appointment(约会)with somebody, he could probably be late, because he may not want to arrive on time．

　　In South America, even the radio programs may not begin on time．The men on the radio may not think it is important to tell the exact time．People in South America think that clocks or watches are just machines．They think that you let a clock or a watch control(控制)your life if you do everything on time．

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