It was at ten o’clock today that the first of all Time Machines began its career.I gave it a last check,and sat myself in the leather seat.I pushed the starting lever on the main panel forwards an inch then immediately backwards again. Looking around,I saw my laboratory exactly as before. Had anything happened? I thought my mind had tricked me. Then I saw the clock. A moment before,it was a minute or so past ten;now it was nearly half past three!

I drew a breath,gripped the lever and pushed it forwards. The laboratory went hazy around me. My niece came in to fetch something,maybe her handkerchief, apparently without seeing me.It probably took her a minute, but to me she moved like a rocket!

It is hard to explain the strange and unpleasant feeling of time travelling.It felt like I was being driven fast on a winding road.As my pace grew faster,the walls of the laboratory fell away,and I was left in the open air. Around me I saw trees growing like puffs of smoke; they grew,spread, and died in moments. I saw huge buildings rise up, then disappear like in a dream. I calculated that I was being pushed through time at hundreds of years a minute.

I had a strong urge to look at the random things that were being flashed before my eyes! I had thought about the risk of stopping the Time Machine many times.So long as I travelled at maximum speed, it didn’t matter.But if I stopped and the same space was being occupied by something else, we would be forced together and explode like a bomb! Like an impatient fool, I pulled the lever backwards hard. With a sudden jolt, the Time Machine was flipped on its side, and I was thrown through the air.

I was stunned for a moment,and then heard the sound of thunder. I was sitting in the rain in some mud next to the machine.“A fine welcome.”I said,“for a man who has travelled thousands of years to be here!“

【小题1】How does the Time Traveller first know he has travelled through time?

A．He saw his niece came in.	B．He saw the clock move forwards.
C．He checked the main panel.	D．He found the laboratory changed.

【小题2】How does the Time Traveller feel when traveling through time?

A．Excited.

B．Curious.

C．Frightened.

D．Uncomfortable.

【小题3】Why is the Time Traveller worried about stopping the machine?

A．The Time Traveller would return to the past.

B．The Time Traveller would end up in the rain.

C．It would cause great danger to the Time Traveller.

D．The Time Traveller would become impatient and foolish.

【小题4】Where is the text probably taken from?

A．A news report.

B．A short novel.

C．A science fiction.

D．A biography.