Fire fighting is a serous matter, knowing what to do during a fire can save people’s lives. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone else in the family, such as stairways and emergency exits, but not elevators.

From the lower floors of building, escape through windows is possible. Learn the best way to get out from a window 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 fingertips will have a drop of about 6 feet to the ground. It is about twice the height of an average man. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way down than to stay in a burning building.

Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed before opening the window. Otherwise, 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 into the room.

On the second or third floor, the best windows for escape are those which open onto a roof. From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. Dropping onto cement might end in injury. Bushes and trees can help you to have a soft landing.

1.Which of the following should not be used when trying to escape from a fire?

A．Windows

B．Elevators

C．Fire exits

D．Stairways

2.How far from the ground is the second floor window?

A．about 12 feet	B．about 6 feet
C．about the height of an average man	D．nearly 10 feet

3.According to the passage, windows are ______ of escaping a fire?

A．the only way	B．the best way
C．safer than any other ways	D．one of the possible ways

4.The writer suggests that _______

A．breathing in smoke might be harmful	B．smoke will enter the room through an open window
C．fresh air can’t reach the second floor window
D．to keep you head low will help you to escape a fire

5.If you are on the second or third floor when a fire breaks out, you’d better _____

A．drop directly onto the ground	B．first drop onto a roof then onto the cement
C．drop from a roof window then onto bushes and trees
D．drop onto the cement rather than bushes and grass

 

Fire fighting is a serous matter, knowing what to do during a fire can save people’s lives. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone else in the family, such as stairways and emergency exits, but not elevators.

From the lower floors of building, escape through windows is possible. Learn the best way to get out from a window 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 fingertips will have a drop of about 6 feet to the ground. It is about twice the height of an average man. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way down than to stay in a burning building.

Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed before opening the window. Otherwise, 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 into the room.

On the second or third floor, the best windows for escape are those which open onto a roof. From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. Dropping onto cement might end in injury. Bushes and trees can help you to have a soft landing.

Which of the following should not be used when trying to escape from a fire?

A. Windows       B. Elevators         C. Fire exits        D. Stairways

How far from the ground is the second floor window?

A. about 12 feet                       B. about 6 feet

C. about the height of an average man     D. nearly 10 feet

According to the passage, windows are ______ of escaping a fire?

A. the only way                       B. the best way   

C. safer than any other ways             D. one of the possible ways

The writer suggests that _______

A. breathing in smoke might be harmful   B. smoke will enter the room through an open window

C. fresh air can’t reach the second floor window

D. to keep you head low will help you to escape a fire

If you are on the second or third floor when a fire breaks out, you’d better _____

A. drop directly onto the ground         B. first drop onto a roof then onto the cement

C. drop from a roof window then onto bushes and trees

D. drop onto the cement rather than bushes and grass

Fire fighting is a serous matter, knowing what to do during a fire can save people’s lives. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone else in the family, such as stairways and emergency exits, but not elevators.
From the lower floors of building, escape through windows is possible. Learn the best way to get out from a window 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 fingertips will have a drop of about 6 feet to the ground. It is about twice the height of an average man. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way down than to stay in a burning building.
Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed before opening the window. Otherwise, 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 into the room.
On the second or third floor, the best windows for escape are those which open onto a roof. From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. Dropping onto cement might end in injury. Bushes and trees can help you to have a soft landing.
【小题1】Which of the following should not be used when trying to escape from a fire?

A．Windows

B．Elevators

C．Fire exits

D．Stairways

【小题2】How far from the ground is the second floor window?

A．about 12 feet	B．about 6 feet
C．about the height of an average man	D．nearly 10 feet

【小题3】According to the passage, windows are ______ of escaping a fire?

A．the only way	B．the best way
C．safer than any other ways	D．one of the possible ways

【小题4】The writer suggests that _______

A．breathing in smoke might be harmful	B．smoke will enter the room through an open window
C．fresh air can’t reach the second floor window
D．to keep you head low will help you to escape a fire

【小题5】If you are on the second or third floor when a fire breaks out, you’d better _____

A．drop directly onto the ground	B．first drop onto a roof then onto the cement
C．drop from a roof window then onto bushes and trees
D．drop onto the cement rather than bushes and grass

Poor weather. Technical difficulties. These are some of the typical causes of cancelled trains and planes. But sometimes, the excuse can be a lot more trivial.

Just recently, passengers waiting for a train to Peterborough heard the following announcement, “For reasons beyond our control, we regret to inform passengers that the 13:46 Train to Peterborough has been cancelled. The next train will be arriving on Platform in approximately 36 minutes.”

Oh, well, another delayed train, thought most passengers. But a couple of them decided to enquire further. Incredibly, they were informed that the real reason for the non-arrival of the train was that the driver refused to do his job because his seat was wet.

“A wet seat? That’s got to be a joke,” said one passenger angrily. “I wouldn’t normally complain if the train is just a bit delayed, but this was unbelievable, ” he added. “What really made me angry is that this driver refused to get in the train,” said another passenger. “He probably went off for a cup of tea after that!” she added.

A spokesperson for the rail company apologized for the incident, but said the driver couldn’t sit on the damp seat, and wouldn’t be able to drive the train standing up. The spokesperson went on to explain that the seat had become wet after water entered through an open window when the train was being cleaned in a “train wash”

In another transport-related incident, a flight from Chicago to Frankfurt made an emergency landing in Canada after the pilot spilled his coffee. Apparently, the spilt liquid caused the plane’s radio to send out “transponder code 7500”, which is used to inform ground control that there’s been a hi-jacking (劫机). After landing in Toronto, the 255 passengers crew members were put up in a hotel for the night, then flown on to Frankfurt the following afternoon. “What a disgusting trip!” said one tired passenger after the painful experience had ended.

So, does your job have the potential to cause such disorder?

1.Why did the driver of the train refused to do his job?

A. His seat was damp.             B. His pay was low

C. The weather was terrible                D. His coffee was spilled

2.The underlined word “trivial” in Paragraph 1 means “____”.

A. damp      B. unimportant     C. emergent      D. convincing

3.The flight made an emergency landing in Canada because “_______”.

A. the plane was hijacked

B. the plane engines went wrong

C. the pilot ran out of coffee

D. the plane’s radio sent out a wrong signal

4.Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A. Wet seat, Canceled Train!

B. Spilled Coffee, Emergency Landing!

C. Small Incident, Big Disruptions!

D. Innocent Driver, Angry Passengers!

 

    As neither she or her husband smoked，Mrs. Trench was

1________.

surprised to look cigarette ash on her doorstep as she

2________

entered the house．When she opened the living—room

3________

door．an extraordinary sight met her eye．A strange man had taken advantage of her absence and was fast sleep

4________

in a armchair! Taking care not to disturb him，Mrs.

5________

Trench lift the house immediately．She called a taxi and

6________

went straight the police station．When she got there，she hastily explained what had happen and added

 7________

that the man must have got into the house through an open window. Mrs. Trench returned house in a police car

8________

together with two policemen. But it was now too late: the man had disappeared. Hurried upstairs, she went to

9________

her dressing-table. She smiled with relief when she saw that the only thing the man had took was an imitation

10________

diamond necklace which was almost worthless!