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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。

　　THE PERSON DISCOVERING A FIRE WILL:

　　※OPERATE THE NEAREST FIRE ALARM.

　　(This will cause the Alarm Bells to ring, and also send a signal to the telephone switchboard operator who will immediately call the Fire Brigade.)

　　※ATTACK THE FIRE WITH AVAILABLE(现有的)EQUIPMENT, IF IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.

　　FIRE ALARM BELLS

　　The Fire Alarm Bells will ring either in the area of A Block (Workshops and Administration Offices) or in the area of B Block (Teaching Block), and C Block (Sports Hall). Those in the area where the Alarm Bells are tinging should take action as indicated below. Others should continue with their work.

　　ON HEARING YOUR FIRE ALARM

　　※Those in class: will go to the Meeting Place under instructions given by the teacher.

　　※Those elsewhere: will go to the Meeting Place by the most sensible route, and stay near the Head of their Department.

　　MEETING PLACE

　　The Meeting Place is the playing field which is south of the Sports Hall.　Here names will be checked.

　　PROCEDURE

　　※Move quietly

　　※Do Not stop to collect your personal belongings.

　　※Do Not attempt to pass others on your way to the Meeting Place.

　　※Do Not use the knife.

　　FIRE ALARMS

　　Fire alarms are situated as follows:

　　※Administrative Offices

　　At the Reception Desk: at the east end of the connecting corridor; outside the kitchen door; back of the stage in the Main Hall.

　　※Teaching Block

　　At the bottom of both stairways and on each landing.

　　※Workshops

　　Outside Machine Shop No. 1: Engineering Machine Shop No. 2.

　　※Sports Hall

　　Inside the entrance lobby.

1．Everyone in the block where the Fire Alarm Bells have rung must gather together in _____.

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A．another block　　　　　　B．the administration offices

C．the Meeting Place　　　　D．the Sports Hall

2．Imagine you are a typist in the administration office. When a fire breaks out in the Sports Hall, what should you do according to the fire instructions?

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A．Look for the fire-fighting equipment.

B．Go quickly to the Meeting Place.

C．Go to the reception desk.

D．Carry on with the work you are doing.

3．Imagine you are a teacher, what is your first duty in case of fire?

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A．To check the names of your students from a list.

B．To lead your students to the Meeting Place.

C．To get detailed instructions from your Head of Department.

　 As Rosalie Warren stood at the mailbox in the lobby of her apartment building in May 1980, she shared the anxiety of many other college seniors. In her hand was an envelope containing her final grades. As she nervously opened it, Warren wondered whether her hundreds of hours of studying had paid off.

　 They had.

　 “I got five A’s,” she still recalls with elation. “I almost fell on the floor!”

　 Warren would graduate from Suffolk University with a Bachelor of Science degree in philosophy and history at age 80.Three years later, at age 83; she would receive her second degree from Suffolk, a master’s in education.

　 Now, with both diplomas proudly displayed in her apartment, Warren is not finished with learning. Now 93, she continues for her 18th year at Suffolk under a program that allows persons 65 and over to attend classes tuition free. “It’s my life to go to school, to enjoy being in an academic atmosphere,” she says. “That’s what I love.”

　 Warren was born Rosalie Levey on Aug.29, 1900. Two years after she entered high school, her father died. Warren had to leave school for factory work to help support her family’s 10 children. Warren describes herself as a “person who always liked school,” and she says the move “broke my heart completely because I couldn’t finish high school.”

　 In the end, however, “I went to school nights,” she recalls. “Any place I could find an outlet of learning and teaching, I was there.”

　 A short time later, her mother became ill, and Warren had to care for her, once again putting her education on hold.

　 Finally, in 1921, her mother, now recovered, drew from her saving to send Warren to Boston University for two years to study typing, stenography, and office procedures.

　 Those courses helped Warren gain several long-term office positions over the next 60 years, but her great desire “to be in the academic field” continued.

　 In 1924, she married Eugene Warren, and seven years later, her daughter, Corinne, was born. In 1955, by then a widow and a grandmother, Warren took a bus tour across the United States that was to last nine months. She said she wanted to see “things you never see in the West End.”

　 When she returned home, she took a bookkeeping position and also enrolled in courses in philosophy, sociology and Chinese history.

　 In 1975, when she was 75, Warren learned from a neighbor about Suffolk University’s tuition- free program for senior citizens.” I was at the registrar’s office the very next day,” she recalls. At first, she took one or two courses at a time, but encouraged by her professors, she enrolled as a degree candidate.

　 “I had not studied for so many years,” she says, “but I was determined.” For the next four years, Warren, who calls herself a “student of philosophy,” worked toward her degree.

　 Nancy Stoll, dean of students at Suffolk, says Warren is “an interesting role model for our younger students---that learning is a lifetime activity….She is genuinely enthusiastic about being here, and that permeates (散发) her activities and is contagious (传染的) to students and faculty.”

55. What does the word elation mean in the sentence “I got fives A’s”, she still recalls with elation”?

A. Great happiness　 B. Great surprise　 C. Great pride　 D. Great honor

56. How old was Warren when she got her first college degree?

A. She was 79　　　　　 B. She was 23　　　　　　　 C. She was 80　　　　　　 D. She was 75

57. What kind of work did she do for 60 years?

A. Studying　　 B. Factory work　　 C. Typing　　　　　　 D. Office work

58. Which statement can be inferred from the underlined sentences?

A. Because Warren needn’t pay her tuition; she went to study at Suffolk University

B. At first Warren had to pay for her courses at Suffolk University

C. Most of the students at Suffolk University are older than 65

D. Suffolk University encourages older people to take courses

59. It can be inferred from this passage that Rosalie Warren _______.

A. came from a wealthy family　　　　 B. didn’t like working in an office

C. put her family before her education　　 D. didn’t like her family very much

60. What is the main topic of this passage?

A. Rosalie Warren’s family B. Rosalie Warren’s life

C. Rosalie Warren’s education D. Rosalie Warren’s studying at Suffolk University

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