Question

　　A fire drill is, to put it mildly, an inconvenient exercise at the best of times. A fire drill at 2:00 in the morning in terrible weather conditions, like the one we had on Thursday night Friday morning last week, is incomparably more inconvenient. That is why I am writing this note to thank you all most sincerely for your excellent cooperation and the spirit with which you endured the inconvenience.

　　A fire drill is not a meaningless exercise. It is an extremely serious one and can, in fact, save lives in the long run. Last week's fire drill has already shown a number of important precautions（预防措施）in the hall. For instance, there seem to exist a number of “deaf spots” in the hall, namely, the two rooms in the purser house and some rooms in the bottom corridor. I have no reason to doubt that residents from these areas could not hear the alarm. I shall request an immediate examination of this problem.

　　I should, also remind you that it is a requirement that fire drills are regularly carried out (at least two in every one year) and each resident is made fully aware of this and take part. All residents must take fire precautions with enough seriousness. Failure to do so can result in heavy fires and moving out of the hall. Thank you again for your cooperation.

(1) This note is made to ________.

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A．some fireman

B．residents of that area

C．students of a college

D．a regular audience

(2) Last fire drill caused much more trouble because ________.

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A．a big fire started

B．it was at the weekend

C．it was in bad weather

D．it was at the best of time

(3) Some people did not make their appearance at the drill because ________.

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A．they were deaf

B．they could not hear the alarm

C．nobody waked them up

D．they had some other reasons

(4) According to the speaker, a fire drill is extremely important for ________.

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A．it is a good physical exercise

B．it can save lives in case a fire starts

C．it is required by law

D．it can make people get more used to the inconvenience

Answer 1

答案：B:D;B:B
解析：

(1) 从全文来看通知是写给当地居民的。 (2) 短文第二段内容。 (3) 第二段内容。 (4) 第二段第二句话谈到：一旦发生火灾，它能挽救人们的性命。