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The Clockwork Radio

The British inventor Trevor Baylis created this really clever ′wind-up radio′ for people from Third World countries. in some parts of the Third World countries, it’s very hard for people to get or pay for enough energy. This radio uses no batteries (电池) and does not need any electricity to run it. A clockwork generator (发电机) is put inside the radio and works as the power. When it is fully wound up (上弦), the radio can work for long periods.

The clock work product is not a new invention. The Victorians had already put it in wide use. We may find them used in toys as well. Then what is new about this clockwork radio? Baylis has used this simple but effective (高效的) way of creating electricity to both help the people of the Third World and to develop a product which is selling well in Western Europe.

Even former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandella has one of these radios and personally recommends this product to others.

1.What does the clockwork radio use to run it?

A. Batteries.                   B. Electricity.

C. A clockwork generator.       D. Wind power.

2.The Third World countries are       in the world.

A. the rich countries       B. the poor countries

C. Western European     D. Victorian countries

3.Which sentence is true according to the passage?

A. the clockwork radio can work for only a short period of time.

B. Trevor Baylis created the world’s first clockwork product.

C. The clockwise radio is also a toy for people of the Third World.

D. Nelson Mandella owns one of the clockwork radios.

 

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

Escaping a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save yourself. It is important to know the ways you can use and to show them to everyone in the family, such as stairways (楼梯) and fire escapes, but not lifts.

From the lower floors of the buildings, escaping through windows is possible, learn the best way of leaving through windows with the least chance of serious injury (伤害).

The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average person, hanging by the finger-tips (手指尖) will have a drop of about six feet to the ground. It is about the height of an average 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 be drawn into the room. Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than smoke that may have leaked (泄露) into the room.

On a second or third floor, the best windows for escape are those which open onto a roof (屋顶). From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. Dropping onto cement (水泥) might end in injury. Bushes and grass can help to break a fall.

1. It is important to _____________________.

A.know the ways to escape a fire

B.put out a fire in a burning house

C.jump out of a burning house

D.keep the door closed

2.62. It is possible to escape through the windows _______________________.

A.if you are strong enough

B.if there are some bushes on the ground

C.if you live on a lower floor

D.if you have a long rope

3.63. Which of the following ways of escaping is NOT right?

A.You can escape through stairways.

B.Use a lift to come down at once.

C.Escape through the windows which open onto a roof.

D.You can choose fire escapes.

4. Keep your head low at the window so that _________ if the building is on fire.

A.you can get fresh air

B.you can call for help

C.you can easily jump off

D.you can be seen first

5.The best title for the passage is _____________.

A.Escaping through the Windows

B.Save Yourself from A Burning House

C.Knowledge on Fire

D.Waiting for Help

 

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Escaping (逃) from a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save a life. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family, for example, you can use stairways, roofs and fire escapes, but no lifts.

From the lower floors of buildings, to escape through windows is possible. Learn the best way of leaving by a window with the least chance of serious injury(伤害).

The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average (平均) person, hanging from the window by the fingertips will have a drop of about six feet to the ground--about the height of an average man. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building.

Windows are also useful while you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed, before opening the window. Otherwise, smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your head low next to the window to be sure you get fresh air.

On the second or third floor, the best windows to escape from are those which open onto a roof (屋顶) . From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely.

1.You can try to escape a fire except _____.

A. fire escapes          B. lifts            C. roofs          D. stairways

2.According to the passage, windows are ________.

A. of no use when a fire breaks out         

B. useful in putting out a fire

C. the only way of escaping a fire    

D. one of the possible ways of escaping a fire

3.The underlined sentence in the third paragraph means _________.

A. it is safer to jump out of the second floor window.

B. it is safer to stay in the room.

C. the second floor window is too high to jump out of.

D. it is the only way to drop out of the window.

4.The writer thinks that ________.

A. to keep your head high will help you to escape a fire

B. it is necessary to keep the door open

C. fresh air can’t reach the second floor window

   D. breathing in smoke might be bad

 

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