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(一)How to Escape a Fire

Escaping a fire is a serious matter. Knowing__1__to do during a fire can save a life. It is important to know the__2__you can use and show them to everyone in the family， such as stairways(樓梯)and fire escapes，__3__not lifts.

From the lower floors of the building， escape __4__ windows is possible. Learn the best way of leaving by windows with the __5__ chance of serious injury(傷).

The second floor window is usually not very __6__from the ground. An average(平均高度的) person， __7__by the finger-tips(指尖) will have a drop of about six feet to the ground. It is about the__8__of an average man. Of course， it is__9__to jump a short way than to stay in a burning(燃燒) building.

Windows are also useful when you are__10__help. Be sure to keep the door closed before__11__ the window. Or smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your12 low at the window to be sure you get fresh (新鮮的) __13__ rather than smoke that may have leaked(滲) into the room.

On a second or third floor， the __14__windows for escape are these which open onto a roof(房頂). From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. Dropping onto cement(水泥) might end in injury. Bushes (灌木叢) and__15__can help to break a fall.

1. A. howB. whenC. whereD. what

2. A. ideasB. usesC. waysD. thoughts

3. A. butB. exceptC. forD. and

4. A. fromB. throughC. aboveD. below

5. A. fewest B. mostC. leastD. biggest

6. A. shortB. farC. nearD. high

7. A. hangingB. lyingC. tryingD. standing

8. A. weightB. heightC. lengthD. distance

9. A. more comfortableB. safer

C. more dangerous D. funnier

10. A. refusingB. thinking ofC. waiting forD. dreaming of

11. A. openingB. closingC. repairingD. breaking

12. A. handB. footC. neckD. head

13. A. airB. waterC. foodD. fruit

14. A. worstB. bestC. easiestD. lowest

15. A. wallsB. forestC. roadsD. grass

(二)

Mr Ball is the head of the office. He's __1__ and can easily deal with(處理) all kinds of matters. So he's always__2__more than his workmates. Of course he's often__3__and has no time to do the housework. His wife knows him well and does all at home.

__4__! Their daughter was hurt in a traffic accident last month and has to be__5__now. Mrs Ball has to look after her there and she can't go home. Mr Ball often eats something in the restaurant(飯館). As he__6__did some tidying， the rooms were all in a fearful mess(凌亂不堪).

Yesterday morning， before Mr Ball got up， the telephone__7__. He sat up to answer it. His friend told him to write an important telephone number down. But he could find__8__a pen __8__a piece of paper. He found there was much dust (灰塵) on the table and wrote the number on it. But soon he__9__it and went to work. Two hours later his wife came back and looked for a sweater for her daughter. Her husband came in while she was tidying the rooms. He couldn't__10__the number and called out angrily，\"Who let you tidy the rooms?\"

1. A. politeB. ableC. strongD. weak

2. A. soldB. helpedC. paidD. asked

3. A. busyB. freeC. lazyD. quiet

4. A. WellB. WonderfulC. Good luckD. Bad luck

5. A. in bedB. at homeC. in hospitalD. at school

6. A. neverB. alwaysC. almostD. nearly

7. A. sang B. shoutedC. spokeD. rang

8. A. either; orB. neither; norC. both; andD. all; and

9. A. rememberedB. forgotC. retoldD. read

10. A. seeB. hearC. look atD. listen to

(三)

Many years ago there was a poor man. He had__1__his garden， an orange tree. On the tree there were many fine oranges. __2__he found one __3__his oranges was much bigger__4__the others. It was as __5__ as a football. Nobody had ever seen__6__orange. The poor man took the orange to the king(國王). The king was so happy__7__he gave the man a lot of money for it.

When a rich man heard of it， he said to himself， \"It's only an orange. Why has the king given so much money__8__it? I'll take my gold (金子) cup to the king. He'll give me__9__money.\"

The next day when the king received the gold cup， he said to the rich man， \"What a beautiful cup! I'll show you __10__ ， please take this great orange.\"

1. A. onB. inC. overD. with

2. A. One dayB. YesterdayC. WhenD. This morning

3. A. forB. inC. ofD. among

4. A. ofB. thanC. likeD. as

5. A. bigB. biggerC. smallerD. smallest

6. A. so bigB. such bigC. such a bigD. such an big

7. A. whenB. thatC. asD. while

8. A. toB. buyC. getD. for

9. A. manyB. lots ofC. a littleD. more

10. A. the cupB. beautiful thing

C. something beautifulD. nice something

完形填空答案

(一)

1.D. 我們知道，火災(zāi)一般都是突發(fā)事件，如果掌握了在出現(xiàn)火情后該做些什么，就會挽救人們的生命。這里要用what作do的賓語。

2.C. 從著火的房子里面逃生有很多方法，但要針對具體的場所采用行之有效的辦法。

3.A. 此處要用but表示轉(zhuǎn)折，翻譯為“而”較好。

4.B. 在較低樓層的人應(yīng)當(dāng)從窗戶逃生。

5.C. 對于低層的人來說，要想辦法把跳窗戶所遭受的傷害的可能性降低。

6.D. 對于二樓的人來說，窗戶距離地面也不是太高。

7.A. 二樓的人從窗戶逃生，用指尖懸掛在窗戶上，腳離地面一般也只有6英尺高。

8.B. 這實(shí)際上也只是人的平均高度。

9.B. 相比之下，從著火的屋子逃生，這種高度還是比較安全的。

10.C. 在著火的時候，窗戶也是等待救援的地方。

11.A. 從后面的“Or smoke and fire may be drawn into the room.”來看，作者告誡在打開窗子之前，要先把門關(guān)上，否則濃煙會鉆進(jìn)房間。

12.D. 一般新鮮空氣比較重，會吹到下面，因此要把頭放低一些。

13.A. 新鮮的空氣會從低處進(jìn)入房間。

14.B. 這里是在說，最好的窗戶是通向屋頂?shù)?，這樣一旦出現(xiàn)火情，人們可以爬上屋頂，便于下到地面。

15.D. 我們知道，灌木叢和草都比較柔軟，人跳到上面后不會有太大的傷害。

(二)

1.B. 從“…(he)can easily deal with all kinds of matters.”來看，Mr Ball很能干。

2.C. 由于Mr Ball能干，能夠處理各種事務(wù)，老板當(dāng)然要付給他更多的報酬。

3.A. 由“…(he)has no time to do the houseworK.”就能看出，他非常忙碌。

4.D. “Their daughter was hurt in a traffic accident last month.”當(dāng)然是一件不幸的事。

5.C. 他們的女兒在交通事故中受了傷，自然要住院治療。

6.A. 由“…the rooms were all in a fearful mess.”能夠得知，他從來沒有整理過房間。

7.D. 電話自然是響了以后他才會去接的。

8.B. 從Mr Ball在落滿灰塵的桌子上寫字來看，他沒有找到筆和紙。

9.B. 從Mr Ball后來回家找寫在桌子上的電話號碼就能知道，他把記它的事忘記了。

10.A. 由于“Her husbandcameinwhileshe was tidying the rooms.”Mrs Ball已經(jīng)把桌子上的電話號碼擦掉了，他自然就看不見了。

(三)

1.B. in his garden 在句子中作狀語，表示“橘子樹”所在地。

2.A. one day指故事中的某一天，因?yàn)楸竟适掳l(fā)生在many years ago。

3.C. one of…意為“……其中之一”，of在這里是表示部分和整體的關(guān)系。又如:Some of the money “其中一些錢”。

4.B. bigger是形容詞big的比較級，故選連接詞than。

5.A. as…as…是表示兩者事物(或人)之間的同等程度上的比較，中間只能用形容詞或副詞原級。

6.C. such作形容詞，用不定冠詞時，習(xí)慣于后置。such a big orange=so big an orange，so只能和單數(shù)可數(shù)名詞連用，但such還可以與不可數(shù)名詞或可數(shù)名詞的復(fù)數(shù)連用，均不帶任何冠詞。如:such fine weather，such good appies.

7.B. so…that…常用來引導(dǎo)結(jié)果狀語從句，表示“太……以至于……”。如:He was so excited that he couldn't speak.他太激動了，以至于說不出話來。

8.D. for在這里是表示“等值或比例關(guān)系”，譯為“交換”。又如:The old fisherman wanted to sell the fishes for some money。那位老漁夫想把那些魚賣掉換幾個錢。

9. D. more money “更多的錢”，此處是與上文相比較而言的。

10.C. 當(dāng)形容詞用來修飾不定代詞something，everything，anything，nothing等時，形容詞總是放在這些不定代詞的后面。如:Tell me something interesting.給我講些有意思的事。