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

Mr. Cooper arrived at London airport at the end of a two-week holiday. It had been very hot in Rome, so Mr. Cooper had cut the beard that he had always worn. But the photo in his passport showed him with beard.
　　An officer looked at the photo for a moment and said,“Will you excuse me, sir? Please sit down. I won’t keep you waiting long.”With this, he walked away and showed the passport to a second officer, saying,“I know the face.”The second officer took a look at the photo and asked where Mr. Cooper had just come back from. When he heard Mr. Cooper was from Rome, the second officer’s eyes lit up and said,“An Englishman with a beard stole an old painting in Rome on Friday. And that man looked just like the man who...”Suddenly it came to the first officer who Mr. Cooper was! He returned to Mr. Cooper and asked,“Did you teach at Feltham High School?”When Mr. Cooper answered, with some surprise, that he did, the first officer smiled and said,“I thought so. I’m Alan Simpson. You taught me French. You haven’t changed a bit.”
　　1．Mr. Cooper was _________.
　　A. an Englishman       B. a Frenchman
　　C. an Italian        D. a policeman
　　2．Mr. Cooper’s photo showed_________.
　　A. he was much younger for his age
　　B. he was a little older for his age
　　C. he looked like the thief
　　D. he was a young man
　　3．Why did the first officer show Mr. Cooper’s passport to his colleague?
　　A. He was sure Mr. Cooper was the thief.
　　B. He was not quite sure whether Mr. Cooper was the Englishman who had stolen the painting.
　　C. He was glad to see his old teacher.
　　D. He was surprised to find his old teacher had become a thief.
　　4．_________ inclined to(有……倾向)take this Mr. Cooper as the thief from Rome.
　　A. Alan Simpson was
　　B. The second officer was
　　C. Both the two officers were
　　D. Neither of the two officers was
　　5．When he came to know the first officer had been one of his old pupils, Mr. Cooper _________.
　　A. got quite angry with him
　　B. was angry with the two policemen
　　C. felt ashamed of being regarded as a thief
　　D. felt surprised

One morning, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet .He held a sign which said,“I am blind. Please help me.”

　　There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat .He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could see the new words.

　　Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and ask, “Are you the one who changed my sign in the morning? What did you write?”

　　The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said, but in a different way.”

　　What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day, but I can’t see it.”

　　Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?

　　Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.

　　The first sign simply said the boy was blind, while the second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.

　　There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story.

　　The first is: Treasure (珍惜) what you have. Someone else has less. Try your best to help those who need your help.

　　The second is: Be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way.

1  From the passage we know that________.

   A. the boy is the man’s son.                    B. the man is one of the boy’s neighbors.

   C. the boy is blind and needs help.               D. the boy works for the man.

2  On the sign what the man wrote was, “________”

   A. Treasure what we have already had.

   B. Today is a beautiful day, but I can’t see it.

   C. We are so lucky that we are not blind.

   D. Try your best to help those who need your help.

3  According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

   A .The hat began to fill up after the man wrote some words on the sign.

   B. The man took away all the few coins from the hat.

   C. The boy wanted to get enough money to go to school.

   D. Nobody wanted to give any coins to the blind boy.

4  The word “recognized” here in Chinese means________.

   A.承认                  B.接受                         C.表扬               D.认出

5  The best title for this story is _________.

   A. Giving makes receiving!                  B. Be kind and creative!

   C. Be kind to the blind!                     D. Do not always get, but offer!

Mr. and Mrs. Smith had always spent their summer holidays in New Jersey（新泽西）in the past, staying in a small inn（旅店）at the foot of a hill.

　　One year, however, Mr. Smith made a lot of money in his business, so they decided to go to London and stay at a really good hotel while they went touring around that famous city.

　　They flew to London and arrived at their hotel late one evening. They had expected that they would have to go to bed hungry , because in that small inn in New Jersey, no meals were served after seven. They were surprised when the waiter asked whether they would take dinner there that night. “Are you still serving dinner?” asked  Mr. Smith. “Yes, certainly , sir , ”answered the waiter. “We serve it until half past nine. ”

　　“What are the times of meals then?”asked  Mr. Smith. “Well, sir, ”answered the waiter. “We serve breakfast from seven to half past eleven in the morning, lunch from twelve to three in the afternoon, tea from four to five, and dinner from six to half past nine. ”

　　“But that hardly leaves any time for us to see the sights of London. ”said Mr. Smith.

(   )6．Mr. and  Mrs. Smith had always spent their holidays in ________.

　　A. New York　　 B. London　　　　C. New Jersey　　D. Washington

(   )7．When Mr. and  Mrs. Smith had a lot of money, they decided to go to ________.

　　A. their hometown　　　　　　　　 B. the capital of England

　　C. New Jersey　　　　　　　　　　D. a small city in England

(   )8．They went to London by ________.

　　A. sea　　　B. plane　　 C. train　D. bus

(   )9．From the story we know that this was the ________ time for Mr. and Mrs. Smith to go to London.

　　A. first　　　B. second　　C. third　　　D. fourth

(   )10．What does the sentence“But that hardly leaves any time for us to see the sights of London”mean?

　　A. We can go to see the sights of London at any time.

　　B. We have enough time to see the sights of London.

　　C. We can see more sights of London.

　　D. We have little time to see the sights of London.