A bus stops at a small bus stop. A man is hungry and he wants to buy some cakes. It’s raining(下雨) hard, he doesn’t want to go out in the rain. He sees a boy. “Come here, boy!” he cries. “Do you know how much the cakes are?” The boy says yes. The man gives the boy four dollars(美元) and asks him to buy two cakes. “One is for you and one is for me.” Three minutes later, the boy comes back. He’s eating a cake. He gives the man two dollars and says: “Sorry, there is only one cake left.”

1.Where is the man?

2.The man doesn’t want to go out because__________.

3.How many cakes does the boy get?

4.How much are they if we buy five cakes?

5.What’s the result (结果)?

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 you life. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family， such as stairways and fire escapes， but not lifts.

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

　　The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average person， hanging by the finger-tips 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 leaked（渗） into the room.

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

1.It is important to _______.

A. put out the fire in the burning house     B. know the ways to escape the fire

C. jump off a burning house                       D. keep the door closed

2.It is possible to escape through the windows _______.

A. if there are some bushes on the ground        

B. if you are strong enough

C. if you live on a lower floor                  

D. If you have a long rope

3.Which of the following escaping way is NOT right？ _______.

A. You can escape though stairways.       

B. You can choose fire escapes.

C. Escape from the windows that open onto a roof.     

D. Use a lift to come down at once.

4.Open 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 of the passage is _______.

A. Escaping from the Windows       

B. Save Yourself in the Burning House

C. Knowledge on Fire                    

D. Waiting for Help

B）根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

Be a potato, but be the best

A young college student thought that he chose the wrong major (专业) at a common college, so he drank every day and didn’t study at all. He b  1    more and more discouraged.

But he was never a  2    from Professor Yang’s biology (生物) class. He liked the course. Besides, Yang’s class was so i  3    that he always listened carefully, never caring about w  4    the other students were paying attention or not in class.

    Once he put a note in the homework he handed in, saying: “Professor, it is said that today’s college students are c  5    than potatoes. Do you agree?”

That day Professor Yang sent for him after class. When he came, he f  6   the professor at a table with food on it. They drank happily over their meal.

When they became half drunk, the professor took out a small potato that was sprouting (发芽的). “Do you know how much this c  7  ?” he asked the young man. “It’s soft but poisonous. N  8   will take it even if it’s free. ” He then threw the potato away.

The professor then showed him another potato. It was half the s  9   of a football and perfectly round. “This potato is organic (有机的). It is not only large and fresh but also free of pollution. People are in need of such k  10    of potatoes and they’re quite expensive.”

The young man was impressed by what he’d heard. “Be such a potato,” said the professor.

 What are you going to do if you are in a burning building？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 you life. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family, such as stairways and fire escapes, but not lifts.

From the lower floors of the buildings, we can use windows. We should learn the best way of leaving through windows with the least chance of serious injury.

The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average person, hanging by the finger-tips 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 out in a right 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 leaked（渗）into the room.

On a second or third floor, a person can escape through a window that open onto a roof. Then from the roof drop to the ground. Dropping onto cement（水泥）might end in injury. Bushes（灌木丛）and grass can help to break a fall.

1.根据短文内容完成句子填空(每空限填一个单词)。

The passage mainly tells us _____________ to _____________ ourselves if we are in a burning building.

2.根据短文内容完成句子填空(每空限填一个单词)。

   It is possible to escape _____________ _____________from the lower floors of a burning building.

3.根据短文内容完成句子填空(每空限填一个单词)。

     It's _____________ to drop onto brushes or grass than onto _____________.

4.把短文中画底线的句子译成汉语。

5.根据短文内容用一个完整的英文句子（限15个词以内）回答问题。

What does the last paragraph tell us?

–Do you know the man under the tree?

   --Sorry, I don’t know _______.

 A. how is he        B. what is he           C. who he is       D. bother