The Elevator That Stopped Twice

Listen to the lesson carefully, then answer 3 comprehension questions. Pick one option per question.

Listen to the lesson

Question 1What is the main purpose of this story about Priya and the stranger?

To explain why office elevators often stop between floors at night To warn people that job interviews can be very frightening events To describe how alarms and phones fail inside modern office buildings To show how the quiet kindness of a stranger changed her life

Question 2How did the stranger help Priya while they were stuck in the elevator?

He kept her talking about her childhood streets until the doors opened He fixed the alarm button and called the building manager for help He gave her food and water from the paper bag he carried He forced the doors open between the seventh and eighth floors

Question 3Why did Priya freeze at the door of the interview room three months later?

Because she had forgotten all of the answers she had prepared Because the manager was the same quiet stranger from the elevator Because the interview was held in a small windowless basement room Because she arrived late and the manager was already very angry

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