What are you going to do if you are in a burning house? How will you escape（逃跑）? 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.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.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

4.The best title for the passage is _____________.

A. Escaping as fast as possible              

B. Saving Yourself from a Burning House

C. Knowledge on Fire                       

D. Waiting for Help

A hot dog is one of the most popular American food. It was named after frankfurter, a German food. You may hear “hot dog” ___16___ in other ways. People sometimes __17___ “hot dog” to express pleasure(快乐). For example, a friend may ask ___18___ you would like to go to the cinema. You might say, “Great. I’d love to. ” Or, you could say,”__19____! I’d love to go.” People ___20__ use the expression to describe someone who is a “show-off”, who tries to show everyone else how ___21__ he is. You often hear such a(n) ___22__ called a “hot dog”. He may be a basketball player, for example, who __23____ the ball with one hand making a(n) __24__ catch seem more difficult. You know he is a “hot dog” because when he makes such a catch, he bows(鞠躬) to crowd, hoping to __25___ their cheers.

1.A. cooked      B. eaten        C. picked           D. used

2.A. speak       B. tell          C. talk              D. say

3.A. where       B. how         C. if               D. when

4.A. Excuse me   B. Don’t worry   C. Never mind       D. Hot dog

5.A. ever        B. yet           C. also             D. still

6.A. kind        B. hopeful       C. great            D. careful

7.A. person      B. dog          C. hand             D. action

8.A. catches      B. plays         C. throws           D. passes

9.A. funny       B. easy         C. exciting           D. good

10.A. lose        B. win           C. avoid            D. explain

Who wants to carry a bulky bag to school? No children. Nobody wants one shoulder to be lower than the other, and paining（疼痛）too. In India, most of us would look at the reduction（减少）of textbooks as a way out. But in a country like America, there are always more choices. A company called goReader has created a "school bag" which is the size of a laptop computer（笔记本电脑）, weighing about 2.5 kg. The goReader has a color screen and can "hold" all the textbooks that a student may need, says a report in ’The Asian Age’ newspaper.
The company plans to work closely with the publishers（出版商） of textbooks so that these books can be supplied on the Internet. All the students will have to do is to download（下载） their textbooks. Making notes and marking important parts of a lesson can be done just as lots of students have done on their textbooks before.
At present, the plan is being tested out in a university. Richard Katzmann, the owner of the company is having his creation tested at Chicago’s DePaul University, where he studied. Does that mean it is goodbye to the new paper, and the smell of the black ink?
【小题1】What does the underlined word “bulky” in the first line mean?

 The magazine___________ be Lily's, for we can find her name on the cover.

A. may                B. might            C. could            D. must