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A lift is wonderful．It is really only a small room．Rooms usually stay in one place．Lifts travel up all day long．Sometimes a worker stands in the lift．He operates it up and down．In modern lifts there is no worker．The people walk in．They push a button and the lift goes．It is 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 could not have all the beautiful tall buildings in the world without lifts．They are really wonderful．
A lift is a small （86）___ that can help you travel up to tall buildings．Sometimes a （87）___in the lift helps to operate it．In fact，there is no worker in the modern （88）___．Lifts are （89）___．We wouldn't have so many beautiful tall buildings if there （90）___ no lift．

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86．room．细节理解题．根据短文中"A lift is wonderful．It is really only a small room"所说，电梯实际上是个小房间．故填room．
87．worker．细节理解题．根据短文中"Sometimes a worker stands in the lift．He operates it up and down"所说，有时电梯里有人在操作它的运行．worker工人．故填worker．
88．lift．细节理解题．根据短文中"In modern lifts there is no worker"可知，现代电梯不用人工操作．modern lifts 现代电梯．the modern lift现代电梯．【注意：可数名词类"某类事物"的表达方法，共三种：1．可数名词复数形式；2．the+可数名词单数形式；3．a+可数名词单数形式．】故填lift．
89．wonderful．细节理解题．短文首句就说"A lift is wonderful"（电梯很奇妙），结尾句又说"They are really wonderful"（它们真的很奇妙）．wonderful  美妙； 极好的，精彩的，绝妙的； 胜； 神妙．故填wonderful．
90．was．细节理解题．根据倒数第二句"We could not have all the beautiful tall buildings in the world without lifts"所说，如果没有电梯，就没有所有美丽的高楼大厦．without lifts（如果）没有电梯．本题用虚拟语气，表示与现在情况相反的假设，故主从句都用一般过去时；并且lift用单数形式（no lift=not a lift），故从句中系动词用was．if there was no lift如果（现在）没有电梯的话．故填was．