(B) What are you going to do if you are in a burning house?
Escaping(逃离) 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(电梯).
From the lower floors of the building, 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 windows are usually not very high from the ground. An average (普通的) 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 have leaked (渗入) into the room.
On a second or third floor, the best windows for escaping are those which open onto a roof . From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely, dropping onto stones might end in injury.
1.From the beginning, we know that it is important to .
A. know the way 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 there are some stones on the ground
B. if there is some grass on the ground
C. if you live on a higher floor
D. if you have a short enough rope
3.Which of the following is right according to the information in the passage?
You can escape through lifts.
You can choose fire escapes.
You can’t escape through stairways.
Keep your head high at the window to be sure you get fresh air.
4.Keep the door closed so that if the building is on fire.
A. smoke and fire can’t be drawn into the room
B. you can call for help
C. you can get fresh air
D. you can be sent first
5.The best title for the passage is .
A. Escaping through the windows
B. Saving yourself from a burning house
C. Knowing on fire
D. Waiting for help
(A) Have you ever had an embarrassing(尴尬的)experience?
Tony: I had just started teaching in a Liverpool secondary school. One morning my alarm clock didn't ring. I woke up at half past eight and school began at nine. I quickly washed, dressed, jumped into my car and rushed to school. When I arrived, the students had already gone into class. I went straight into class. After two or three minutes the students began laughing and laughing! Why? Suddenly I looked down and understood. I had put on one black shoe and one brown shoe!
Henry: After seeing a film, we decided to walk along the street. The street was very busy and we started holding hands. Suddenly my wife saw a dress that she liked in a shop window, and stopped. I started looking at some watches in the next window. After a minute or two I reached for my wife's hand. There was a loud scream(尖叫), and a girl slapped(掴) my face!I hadn't taken my wife's hand. I'd taken the hand of a girl!
James: I had decided to buy a new house, and I'd made an appointment (约定)to see our bank manager. I'd never met him before. I was lucky enough to find a parking space outside the bank. I'd just started reversing(倒车) into the space when another car made its way into it. I was so angry! I shouted at the man in the car. He ignored(不理) me and walked away. It took me twenty minutes to find another place. I was ten minutes late for my appointment. I went to the manager's office, knocked and walked in. The manager was sitting behind his desk. He was the man who had taken my parking space!
1.Tony is ______.
A. a student
B. lazy
C. a teacher who has taught for years
D. a young teacher.
2.The students began laughing when they saw Tony_______.
A. wearing a wrong shoe B. carrying an alarm clock
C. looking down suddenly D. rushing into the classroom
3.Henry was embarrassed because he_______.
A. heard his wife screaming in the street
B. slapped the girl in the face
C. took the hand of a complete stranger
D. knocked over some watches in the shop
4. James went into town to_______.
A. put money in the bank B. meet the bank manager
C. look for a job D. buy a new car
5. As a result, _______
A. James couldn’t borrow money from the bank, because the manager was angry with him.
B. In the office, when the manager saw James, he ignored James and walked away.
C. James didn’t dare to meet the bank manager
D. We don’t know what will happen next.
根据对话内容,从方框内的选项中选出5个最佳选项补全对话。并其字母标号在答题卡上涂黑。其中有一项是多余的。(每小题1分,共5分)
A:Good morning, madam. 1.
B:I ’d like a T-shirt for my son. What size does your son wear?
A:2.. he is a tall boy. He love cotton T-shirts
3. . It’s made in China.
B:OK, let me have a look. How much is it?
A:120 yuan, it’s popular now.
But I am afraid 4. . And I don’t like the colour.
A:Do you like the black one? It’s only 80 yuan.
B:Hmm, it looks nice. 5. . Thank you.
A:You are welcome.
Have a good idea and want to make money out of it ? just do it. This is also the advice given by 17-year-old Nick D’Aloisio. The British schoolboy a mobile phone news app(应用软件)and sold it to Yahoo for about $30 million.
Nick got his first when he was 9 and he used it to create movies. He began writing apps the age of 12. In 2011, he created a free app named “Summly”. It can divide(把…分成) news stories into different groups and help its users to read what they want in an and fast way. The app had been downloaded (下载) almost a million before he sold it to Yahoo.
Nick said he had the of “Summly” when he was preparing for a history exam. He felt so frustrated(受挫,灰心) after he searched for some information on the Internet. There was so much information he wanted on the Internet, but it had not been ordered. He decided something about it. At last, the clever schoolboy turned his good idea something real. How will Nick so much money?
The teen millionaire(千万富翁) said “…I will get a new computer,too. but at the moment, I want to save and bank it.”
1.A. created B. wrote C. discovered D. made
2.A. book B. invention C. computer D. bike
3.A. by B. after C. until D. at
4.A. easy B. easily C. easier D. hard
5.A. dollars B. times C. pieces D. copies
6.A. way B. idea C. plan D. dream
7.A. doing B. did C. do D. to do
8.A. to B. on C. into D. in
9.A. pay B. cost C. spend D. take
10.A. still B. just C. ever D. even
—Excuse me, could you tell me _______?
—There is a bank on the second floor. You can make it there
A. how I can get to the bankB. where I can exchange money
C. if there’s a bank near hereD. where the bank is
This is the most important gift _______ I have received from my parents.
A. whose B. who
C. whichD. that