In England a woman fell down a stair. Panic followed—178 persons lost their lives. In Michigan a woman fell ill. There was a call for water. Someone thought it meant fire---71 were killed. In Oklahoma an old man’s hair caught fire---36 died.
What should you do to be out of danger?
1. As you sit in any crowd, pick out an exit(出口) which is not the one where most persons enter and plan to use if necessary.
2. If a rush stairs, do not get into it . Stay still. Let it pass. Then go to the exit you have chosen.
3. Do not cry out. Speak quietly. Act calmly.
4.Do not stop for your hat and coat unless they are at hand.
5. If there is smoke, crouch. The best air is about three feet above the floor.
6. When you are outside the building, stay out. Many dead would be alive if they had not returned for something.
7. When you get out, move far from the door so that others can get out.
1.The first paragraph tells us that over two hundred people lost their lives because of_________.
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A．a fire |
B．a call for water |
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C． falling downstairs |
D．panic |
2.If you are in a crowd when panic stars, you should ________.
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A．run with the others. |
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B．call for help as loudly as you can. |
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C．hurry at once to an exit. |
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D．stay still until the crowd has passed. |
3.What should you do once out of a place where there is panic?
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A．stay outside. |
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B．go back for your wallet. |
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C．return to ask people not to run. |
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D．stand near the exit. |
4.When you are safe outside a burning building , stay away from the door so that _______.
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A．the smoke can get out. |
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B．you will not get burned |
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C．others may leave. |
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D．others may enter. |
Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something to make their neighborhood a trouble-free area.
When Tim Becker gets in his car to go shopping, he doesn’t 36 drive to a store and back home. He always looks 37 up and down the streets of his neighborhood. He looks for anything 38 such as strange cars, loud noises, 39 windows , or people gathering on street corners.
Tim 40 to a neighborhood watch group in Stoneville Indiana, USA. The neighborhood watch group 41 on the third Wednesday of every month. That’s 42 Tim gets together with about ten of his neighbors to discuss community 43 . Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police 44 their homes , streets, and families safe.
Tina Stedman , president of 45 neighborhood watch group , agrees with Tim . “People seem to think that crime(犯罪) happens to other people but not 46 them. Well , it’s never happened to me,” she said, “but I don’t think anyone has the 47 to steal from other people or to make them feel 48 sitting in their own homes.
Alex, a member of the group, said that all the neighbors 49 out for one another. “We 50 each other’s homes. We keep watch on the neighborhood at night and on weekends .Usually a 51 of four or five of us goes out together. If something doesn’t look right, then we call the 52 . For example, if we notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for 53 , or someone destroying property（财产）, we report to the police.”
Alex feels the neighborhood watch groups 54 a lot in keeping crime down. Her husband Jim agrees, “Police are good people, but they don’t do 55 .”
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The old man needs _________ .
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A．looking after |
B．being looked after |
C．to look after |
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I think all the workers, ________ the leader _____ playing the most important role.
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A．rather than ; are |
B．rather ; are |
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D．less than ; is |
He _____ a carpet on the floor and then _____ on it.
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A．lied ; lay |
B．lay ; laid |
C．laid ; lay |
D．lain ; layed |
School children must be taught how to deal with dangerous_________ .
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B．conditions |
C．positions |
D．situations |
