How can you protect yourself if there's an earthquake at school? What should you do if you are caught in a stampede(踩踏)? March 25 this year provides you with a good chance to learn about safety.

This day is called the National Day of Education on the Safety of Elementary and Middle School Students(NDESEMSS)(全国中小学生安全教育日). The theme of the day this year is to give students more knowledge about safety and make sure their lives safe.

A survey done by the China Youth and Children Research Center showed that school accidents kill more elementary and middle school students than anything else. The main accidents come from stampedes, earthquakes, fires and sports injuries(伤害).

What can we do to keep ourselves safe? Staying calm(镇静)is the first and most important rule when facing accidents. But different accidents have different self-protection advice.

A stampede is possible anywhere. The larger a human crowd gets, the more likely stampedes become. When students around you begin to push, stand still and try to hold onto something, or stay in a corner until the crowd leaves. If you fall down in a moving crowd, cover your head with both hands. Lean to one side, curl up your body and bend your legs.

Earthquakes are common natural disasters(灾难). When you feel the ground shake, drop down, take cover under a desk and hold on. You should stay indoors until the shaking stops. If you are outdoors, don't stay near buildings, trees or power lines.

When there's a fire, follow the teachers' instructions, leave the classroom quickly and use a piece of cloth to cover your mouth and nose so that you don't breathe in smoke.

1.What's the theme of NDESEMSS this year?

A.To give students more knowledge about safety and make sure their lives safe.

B.To give students more knowledge about health and make sure they eat healthily.

C.To give students more knowledge about science and make their study better.

D.To give students more knowledge about accidents and make them run away.

2.What should you do first when accidents happen according to this passage?

A.Run away. B.Stand there. C.Keep calm. D.Cry loudly.

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

A.Car accidents kill the most elementary and middle school students of all accidents.

B.When there's a fire, you should use cloth to cover your mouth and nose.

C.If you fall down in a moving crowd, you can do nothing but wait there.

D.When an earthquake happens, you should stay near buildings or trees.

4.If the writer continues to write this passage, what will he write about?

A.The changes of fires. B.The reasons of accidents.

C.Sports injuries. D.Smoking disadvantages.

The fridge is considered necessary. It has been so since the 1960s when packaged food list appeared with the label: “Store in the refrigerator.”

In my fridge-less fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthy. The milkman came every day, the grocer, the butcher, the baker, and the ice-cream man delivered two or three times each week. The Sunday meat would last until Wednesday and surplus(剩余的)bread and milk became all kinds of cakes. Nothing was wasted, and we were never troubled by rotten food. Thirty years on food deliveries have ceased, fresh vegetables are almost unobtainable in the country.

The invention of the fridge contributed comparatively little to the art of food preservation. Many well-tried techniques already existed -- natural cooling, drying, smoking,salting, sugaring, bottling ...

What refrigeration did promote was marketing -- marketing hardware and electricity, marketing soft drinks, marketing dead bodies of animals around the world in search of a good price.

Consequently, most of the world’s fridges are to be found, not in the tropics where they might prove useful, but in the rich countries with mild temperatures where they are climatically almost unnecessary. Every winter, millions of fridges hum away continuously, and at vast expense, busily maintaining an artificially-cooled space inside an artificially-heated house -- while outside, nature provides the desired temperature free of charge.

The fridges’ effect upon the environment has been evident, while its contribution to human happiness has been insignificant. If you don’t believe me, try it yourself, invest in a food cabinet and turn off your fridge next winter. You may not eat the hamburgers, but at least you’ll get rid of that terrible hum.

1.The statement “In my fridge-less fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthily.” suggests that ____.

A.the author was well-fed and healthy even without a fridge in his fifties

B.the author was not accustomed to fridges even in his fifties

C.there was no fridge in the author’s home in the 1950s

D.the fridge was in its early stage of development in the 1950s

2.Why does the author say that nothing was wasted before the invention of fridges?

A.Because people would not buy more food than was necessary.

B.Because food was delivered to people two or three times a week.

C.Because food was sold fresh and did not get rotten easily.

D.Because people had effective ways to preserve their food.

3.Who benefited the least from fridges according to the author?

A.Inventors. B.Consumers. C.Manufacturers. D.Travelling salesmen.

4.Which of the following phrases in the fifth paragraph indicates the fridge’s negative effect on the environment?

A.“Hum away continuously”. B.“Climatically almost unnecessary”.

C.“Artificially - cooled space.” D.“With mild temperatures.”

5.What is the author’s overall attitude toward fridges?

A.Neutral. B.Critical. C.Objective. D.Compromising.

Of course you do not want to spend your vacation sick in bed. So what can you do to stay in good health when traveling? There are some tips you should remember when you travel: relax, sleep and eat well.

A vacation should be a time for relaxing but very often it is not. Think about what you do when you travel. There are so many places to visit: museums, shops, parks… You may spend most days walking around these places. This can be very tiring. Do not ask your body to do too much. A tired body means a weak body. And a weak body gets sick easily. So sit down for a few hours in a nice and quiet place.

Sleep is also important. If you want to stay healthy, you need to get enough sleep. Your hotel room may be noisy or the bed may be uncomfortable. You may not get enough sleep for other reasons. You may want to stay out late at night. Then you should plan to sleep for an hour during the day. That extra(额外的)hour can make a big difference.

At last, if you want to stay healthy, you must eat well. That means eating the right food. Your body needs fresh fruit and vegetables, and some meat, milk or cheese.

So, remember this: if you want to enjoy your vacation, take good care of yourself. Give your body some rest. Get enough sleep and eat good, healthy food.

1.What does the underlined word "weak" in Paragraph 2 mean in Chinese?

A.高大的 B.矮小的 C.虚弱的 D.强壮的

2.What does the writer think of sleeping for an hour during the day when we travel?

A.Long B.Boring C.Useless D.Useful

3.Which of the following does the writer think is the right food when we travel?

①fruit ②meat ③hamburger ④cheese

A.①②③ B.①②④ C.①③④ D.②③④

4.What is the passage mainly about?

A.How to stay in good health when traveling. B.How to have good eating habits.

C.How to sleep well when traveling. D.How to spend your vacation

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