3. When Otis(奧迪斯) came up with （提出）the idea（想法） of a lift（電梯）, ___.
A. he sold it to the architects（建筑師） and builders（施工人員， 營造商） immediately（立刻）.
B. The Egyptians（埃及人） used it to build（修建） the Pyramids（金字塔）.
C. It was accepted （被接受）favorably（順利地） by the public（公眾）.
D. Most people had doubt（懷疑） about （對...的懷疑）its safety（安全）.
3．D. 細節(jié)題。 利用問題句中的特征詞Otis及被選項中的細節(jié)信息詞及特征詞（A：architects, builders; B: Egyptians, Pyramids）共同作為答案線索， 在文章中查找答案相關句：
Think of a modern city and the first image that come to mind is the skyline. It is full of great buildings, pointing like fingers to heaven. It is true that some cities don’t permit buildings to go above a certain height. But these are cities concerned with the past. The first thing any city does when it wants to tell the world that it has arrived is to build skyscrapers.
When people gather together in cites, they create a demand for land. Since cities are places where money is made, that demand can be met. And the best way to make money out of city land is to put as many people as possible in a space that covers the smallest amount of ground. That means building upwards.
（第2題答案相關句）The technology existed to do this as early as the 19th century. But the height of buildings was limited by one important factor. They had to be small enough for people on the top floors to climb stairs. People could not be expected to climb a mountain at the end of their journey to work, or home.
Elisha Otis, a US inventor, was the man who brought（帶來， 引起） us the lift – or elevator, as he preferred to call it. However, most of the technology is very old. Lifts work using the same pulley(滑輪) system（系統(tǒng)） the Egyptians used to create（創(chuàng)造， 造成） the Pyramids. What Otis did was attach the system to a steam engine and develop the elevator brake, which stops the lift falling if the cords that hold it up are broken. It was this that did the most to gain public confidence in the new invention. In fact, he（指代Otis） spent（花（時間，金錢）） a number of（大量的） years exhibiting（展出） lifts at fairgrounds（露天市場， 游樂場）, giving people the chance（機會） to try them before selling（賣） the idea to architects （建造師）and builders（營造商）.
答案相關句說：Otis在游樂場里讓大家試乘了幾年后才把這個想法出售給建筑師和營運商。這說明剛開始人們還是對電梯的安全性心存顧慮。
A. he sold it to the architects（建筑師） and builders（施工人員， 營造商） immediately（立刻）.
B. The Egyptians（埃及人） used it to build（修建） the Pyramids（金字塔）.
C. It was accepted （被接受）favorably（順利地） by the public（公眾）.
D. Most people had doubt（懷疑） about （對...的懷疑）its safety（安全）.
3．D. 細節(jié)題。 利用問題句中的特征詞Otis及被選項中的細節(jié)信息詞及特征詞（A：architects, builders; B: Egyptians, Pyramids）共同作為答案線索， 在文章中查找答案相關句：
Think of a modern city and the first image that come to mind is the skyline. It is full of great buildings, pointing like fingers to heaven. It is true that some cities don’t permit buildings to go above a certain height. But these are cities concerned with the past. The first thing any city does when it wants to tell the world that it has arrived is to build skyscrapers.
When people gather together in cites, they create a demand for land. Since cities are places where money is made, that demand can be met. And the best way to make money out of city land is to put as many people as possible in a space that covers the smallest amount of ground. That means building upwards.
（第2題答案相關句）The technology existed to do this as early as the 19th century. But the height of buildings was limited by one important factor. They had to be small enough for people on the top floors to climb stairs. People could not be expected to climb a mountain at the end of their journey to work, or home.
Elisha Otis, a US inventor, was the man who brought（帶來， 引起） us the lift – or elevator, as he preferred to call it. However, most of the technology is very old. Lifts work using the same pulley(滑輪) system（系統(tǒng)） the Egyptians used to create（創(chuàng)造， 造成） the Pyramids. What Otis did was attach the system to a steam engine and develop the elevator brake, which stops the lift falling if the cords that hold it up are broken. It was this that did the most to gain public confidence in the new invention. In fact, he（指代Otis） spent（花（時間，金錢）） a number of（大量的） years exhibiting（展出） lifts at fairgrounds（露天市場， 游樂場）, giving people the chance（機會） to try them before selling（賣） the idea to architects （建造師）and builders（營造商）.
答案相關句說：Otis在游樂場里讓大家試乘了幾年后才把這個想法出售給建筑師和營運商。這說明剛開始人們還是對電梯的安全性心存顧慮。