What are you going to do if you are in a burning house? How will you escape a fire? Do you know how to save your life? Please read the following passage.

Escaping a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can keep you safe or even save your life. It is important to know the ways to escape(逃脱) a fire. When a fire happens, we can use the stairways, windows or fire escapes, but not lifts.

From the lower floors of the buildings, escaping through windows is possible. It is the best way of escaping through windows with the least chance of serious injury. Of course, dropping onto the soft earth or grass is safer than that onto cement(水泥). It can help to break a fall.

The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. A middle build(中等身材) person, hanging by the fingers will have a drop of about six feet to the ground, it is about the height of a middle build man. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building.

Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed, or smoke and fire may go into the room. Keep our head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than smoke.

1.Which of the following can’t be used to escape a fire?

A.Lifts. B.Stairways. C.Windows. D.Fire escapes.

2.When we are waiting for help, what should we do in the burning building?

A.Keep the door open. B.Keep the windows closed.

C.Keep the head low at the window. D.Stand near the door.

3.If we are on the second floor, what should we do to escape a fire?

A.Open the door to go downstairs. B.Open the door to go upstairs.

C.Stay there to wait for help. D.Hang by the fingers to jump onto the ground.

4.What does the underlined word “It” refer to(指的是)?

A.The door. B.Cement. C.Soft earth or grass. D.The window.

5.What’s the best title of this passage?

A.First aid. B.How to escape a fire.

C.Save yourself in an earthquake. D.Escaping from the windows.

If a friend helps us, it’s a good idea to write him a thank-you note. But in fact, how many of us sit down to do this? “People don’ t seem to walk around giving thanks to people quite often,” Professor Kumar said. Why don’t people like to send thank-you notes? And how do people feel when they get one?

Kumar and his team asked some students to write a thank-you note to another person by email. Then, they asked both the writer and the receiver how sending or getting these notes made them feel. Here is the result.

They found that these writers didn’t like to write the notes because they felt like they had to think too much about them. They worried about what to say and how to say it. The receivers, however felt enjoyable when they got the notes. When you are a receiver, you really care about the warmth of the note, “Kumar says. “How friendly and warm was it?”

Also, the writers didn’t like to write the notes because they thought it might be awkward (尴尬的) for the receiver to get a thank-you note. But in fact, it’s not true. “They feel quite happy,” Kumar says. “They don’t really feel awkward at all.” If people knew that writing a thank-you note could be so important to others, they would do it more often, Kumar says.

In a word, simple and small changes in our everyday lives can make a big difference in how we treat (对待) other people and how we feel.

1.We know from the passage that if a friend helps us, it’s a good idea to ________.

A.just say thank you B.write him a thank-you note

C.sit down with him D.get a thank-you note from him

2.According to the passage, ________ can make a big difference in how we treat other people and how we feel.

A.the warmth of notes B.not writing and sending thank-you letters

C.the writers and receivers D.simple and small changes in our daily lives

3.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A.Writing a thank-you note isn’t important to others at all.

B.People like to write thank-you notes when someone helps them.

C.Kumar says that people don’t feel awkward getting thank-you notes.

D.When getting thank- you notes, people don’t care about the warmth of them.

4.If you are to put the passage into parts, which of the following is the best?

(①=Para. (自然段)1;②=Para.2;③=Para. 3;④=Para. 4;⑤=Para. 5

A. B. C. D.

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