Fire can help people in many ways． But it can also be very harmful (有害的)． Fire can keep your house  1  , give light and cook food ． But fire can burn things  2  ．Big fire can burn ,trees ,houses , animals or people ．

Nobody knows how people began to use fire ．But there are  3  ．interesting old stories about how a man or woman started a fire ．One is  4  a man ． The man  5  a very long time ago ． He went up the sun and  6  fire down．

Today people know how to make a fire with matches(火柴)． Children sometimes  7  to play with them ． But matches can be very dangerous． One match can burn a piece of paper． And  8   it could burn a house． A small fire can turn a big fire． very quickly． So you    9  be careful with matches．

Be careful with fire , and it will  10  you ．But if you aren’t careful with fire ． and it may hurt you．

1．A． warm 　　B． warmer 　　 C． cool 　　　　D． cooler

2．A． also 　　　B． too 　　　　C． either 　　　D．neither

3．A． many 　　B． much 　　　 C． little　 　　 D． no

4．A． over 　　 B． about 　　　 C． a little 　　 D． no

5．A． worked 　B． studied 　　　C．learned 　　 D． lived

6．A． bring　　 B． take 　　　　C． brought 　　D． took

7．A． enjoy 　　B． like 　　　　C．don‘t like 　　D． become

8．A． after 　　B． late 　　　　 C． yet 　　　 D．then

9．A ．can 　　 B． man 　　　　 C． will 　　　　D． must

10．A． help 　　B． do 　　　　　C． tell 　　　　D． hope

Homesick is a compound(复合的) word made up of HOME and SICK. You know what each   46    means on its own, of course. But do you know the meaning    47    they are used together? The definition(定义) of homesick is SICK FOR HOME. It means you miss your home.

    Now think for a minute   48  SEASICK. If you change the word HOME in the definition to the word SEA, would the definition   49  SEASICK? Does seasick mean SICK FOR SEA? It means something quite   50  . Seasick means SICK BY THE MOVEMENT ON THE SEA. When you are     51    ,the only place you want to be is at home. When you are seasick,    52    you want to be is at sea.

   Have you ever   53    a person being heartsick? Heartsick doesn’t mean that something is wrong with a person’s heart. People are heartsick when they are    54   deep inside as if their hearts are broken.

   And we also have other compound words, such as handshake and    55   . Perhaps you may write definitions for them. It must be helpful to know some thing like this in your English study.

1.A.word            B. phrase      C. sentence          D. passage

2.A. how            B. why              C. when             D. where

3.A. for            B. from             C. about            D. like

4.A. get            B. fit              C. read             D. have

5.A. right          B. wrong            C. same             D. different

6.A. homesick       B. heartsick        C. seasick          D. earsick

7.A. the first place  B the last place C. the only place    D. the safe place                                                                                                     

8.A. thought over  B. thought out          C. heard from       D. heard of

9.A. hurt           B. hit              C. loved            D. moved

10.A. hobby         B. height           C. heaven           D. handbag

 

Homesick is a compound (复合的) word made up of HOME and SICK. You know what each

 46___   means on its own, of course. But do you know the meaning   47 ___  they are used together? The definition (定义) of homesick is SICK FOR HOME. It means you miss your home.

Now think for a minute  _ 48 _  SEASICK. If you change the word HOME in the definition to the word SEA, would the definition   _49 _  SEASICK? Does seasick mean SICK FOR SEA? It means something quite   50 . Seasick means SICK BY THE MOVEMENT ON THE SEA. When you are   _51   , the only place you want to be is at home. When you are seasick,  _ 52   you want to be is at sea.

Have you ever   _53   a person being heartsick? Heartsick doesn’t mean that something is wrong with a person’s heart. People are heartsick when they are   54 _  deep inside as if (好像) their hearts are broken.

And we also have other compound words, such as handshake and   55__ . Perhaps you may write definitions for them. It must be helpful to know something like this in your English study.

46. A. word             B. phrase            C. sentence          D. passage

47. A. how             B. why              C. when             D. where

48. A. for              B. from              C. about             D. like

49. A. get              B. fit                C. read             D. have

50. A. right            B. wrong             C. same             D. different

51. A. homesick        B. heartsick           C. seasick           D. carsick

52. A. the first place     B. the last place       C. the only place      D. the safe place

53. A. thought over      B. thought out        C. heard from        D. heard of

54. A. hurt             B. hit               C. loved             D. moved

55. A. hobby           B. height            C. heaven            D. handbag

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出与所给句子划线部分意义相同或相近并能替代的那一项。

At last the boy came up with a good way to work out the problem.

A. thought over                    B. thought up                C. set up                    D. put up