1 . House fires cause many deaths each year.    1    . So, it's important to teach them that fire is a tool, not a toy. Kids must understand that they'd better not play with fire. You should keep matches and lighters out of their reach.

A smoke alarm greatly reduces your chances of being hurt in a fire, especially when you are in your dream.     2    .   Also, you ought to have two plans for getting out of your house if there is a fire and practice these plans in the dark with your family.

A smoke alarm warns you of the danger. When you hear it, take action immediately. When you come to a closed door, check it with the back of your hand. If it feels hot, there may be smoke or fire behind the door, so take care.       3       , call the fire department from a neighbor's house. If a family member or a pet is caught inside, you shouldn't go back in. Firemen know how to perform rescues safely.

    4     . Change the batteries at least once a year. You should use the test button each month to see if the alarm and batteries are still working. A smoke alarm lasts about ten years. You ought to change it even if it seems to be working. Every year the fire and rescue service is called to over 600,000 fires, which result in over 800 deaths and over 17,000 injuries.     5     .

A．Once you are out of your house

B．Make sure of working hours of fire fighters

C．A large number of these fires are set by kids

D．Although your friends know how to put out fire

E．So you should have a smoke alarm outside your bedroom

F．But remember, the alarm can work only if it has enough power

G．Actually most of them can be avoided with working smoke alarms

2 . The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 September 1666. In four days it destroyed more than three-quarters of the old city, where most of the houses were wooden and close together. One hundred thousand people became homeless, but only a few lost their lives.
The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King's baker in Pudding Lane. The baker, with his wife and family, was able to get out through a window in the roof. A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was the beginning.
By eight o'clock three hundred houses were on fire. On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames. Tuesday was the worst day. The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old St Paul's and the Guildhall among them.
Samuel Pepys, the famous writer, wrote about the fire. People threw their things into the river. Many poor people stayed in their houses until the last moment. Birds fell out of the air because of the heat.
The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire. With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out.
After the fire, Christopher Wren, the architect, wanted a city with wider streets and fine new houses of stone. In fact, the streets are still narrow; but he did build more than fifty churches, among them was new St Paul's.
The fire caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place: a city for the future and not just of the past.
1. It seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact that   ______.

A．many famous buildings were destroyed

B．the birds in the sky were killed by the fire

C．some people lost their lives

D．the King's bakery was burned down

2. Why did the writer cite (引用)Samuel Pepys’ words?

A．Because Pepys was among those putting out the fire.

B．Because Pepys also wrote about the fire.

C．To give the reader a clearer picture of the fire.

D．To show that poor people suffered most.

3. How was the fire put out according to the text?

A．Houses standing in the direction of the fire were pulled down.

B．All the wooden houses in the city were destroyed.

C．People managed to get enough water from the river.

D．The king and his soldiers came to help.

4. Which of the following were reasons for the rapid spread (扩散)of the big fire?
(a) There was a strong wind.
(b) The streets were very narrow.
(c) Many houses were made of wood.
(d) There was not enough water in the city.
(e) People did not discover the fire earlier.

A．(a) and (b)	B．(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e)
C．(a), (b), (c) and (d)	D．(a), (b) and (c)

3 . What part of the women’s body was broken?

A．Her arms.

B．Her neck.

C．Her leg.

4 . 短文改错（共1小题）
假定英语课上老师要求用桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。 文中共有10处语言错误，每句中错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
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删除：把多余的词用（\）划掉。
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注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
1. 只允许修改10处，多者。
This morning at about nine o'clock, I was on my way the supermarket．Suddenly I see heavy smoke rising about several hundreds meters away．“There must be a fire!” I thought．Getting nearer, I saw a shop was on fire．There was many people standing by the roadside watched．Six firefighters were struggling to put out the fire．I heard someone say they had fought for about an hour and two firefighters had rushed into the shop to rescue a woman．After a while, they rushed out support the woman．But one firefighter got injured serious．All the people and I whom saw what happened were deeply moved by their bravery．About twenty minutes late the fire was finally put out．

5 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Why did the son come back late?

A．He hurt his hands and knees.

B．He went to a pub with Linda.

C．He waited a long time for the bus.

2. What was the old lady doing in the middle of the road?

A．Looking for something.

B．Struggling to stand up.

C．Trying to seek help.

3. What happened to Linda?

A．She was fired.

B．She got injured.

C．She had an accident.

4. Where was the witness (目击者)?

A．Outside the pub.

B．At a bus stop.

C．In his car.

6 . Who saw the accident?

A．Kevin

B．Kate

C．Mike

7 . New York factories in the early 1900s were busy and dangerous places to work. Most factories were housed in brick buildings that were overly hot in the summer and extremely cold in the winter. Workers at the time often worked more than 12 hours each day, receiving few breaks and no overtime pay. The floors were crowded with people and equipment, and the doors were often locked to prevent employees from leaving early. In fact, most factory owners and managers mistreated those who asked for changes or directly fired them. The people in charge believed that they did not owe anything more than a paycheck to their workers.

Everything changed when a fire broke out at the Triangle shirtwaist factory in 1911. During that tragic event, about a quarter of the workers (mostly young immigrant women) lost their lives. The factory workers, located on the ninth floor of the building, could not get the door open. The fire escape led only to flames below. The fire truck ladders were not long enough, nor were the water hoses (水管). Fire nets were inadequate.

After the fire, people marched and protested in order to change conditions in factories. Many large protests took place in New York. Eventually, politicians took up the cause, and legislators (立法者) passed workplace laws regulating child labor and the number of workers allowed on a floor. They also called for sprinkler systems (自动喷水系统) to be placed in all factories. The rights of workers were important and valuable.

Today, working in a factory is still a demanding, difficult, and often dangerous job. The victims of the Triangle shirtwaist factory did not die in vain, however. Because of their experience, the workplace was forever changed for the better.

1. Which is the cause of the tragic accident?

A．The quality of the factory building.

B．The involvement of politicians.

C．The lack of worker safety at the factory.

D．The inexperience of the workers.

2. Because of the Triangle shirtwaist factory fire, _______.

A．employers were given more control

B．many laws were passed to protect workers

C．sprinkler systems were invented

D．factories in New York closed

3. Why did people most likely protest after the fire?

A．The tragedy could have been avoided.

B．The women who died were wealthy.

C．Factories were the best places to work.

D．Shirtwaists were hard to find after the fire.

4. It can be learnt from the text that the fire_______.

A．caused little damage to the factory

B．brought the reform in the working conditions

C．became a turning point for politicians

D．took place on the ninth floor of the building

8 . Sometimes, people are required to fill in personal information when they register online, which may lead to some unexpected trouble. Recently, the BBC is reporting that a 17-year-old girl in Australia posted a(n)__of her grandmother at home counting a large sum of cash that she____hidden in the house. Just eight hours later, two armed men____the girl’s house. They demanded to speak to her to find out where the grandmother’s house was,____they could get the money they had seen.__, the girl was not home at the time, so the robbers__a small amount of cash from the mother and left.
Because the__is still under investigation(调查), local police aren’t saying__else about it. It’s not known yet whether the girl had used privacy setting on the Facebook profile page, and even whether the robbers__the girl in the past.
Two other__were at home then, a 58-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy, the girl’s father and brother. Luckily, no one was__. The robbers left peacefully after____that the girl was not home and that no one else there knew anything about the____that had appeared in the photo.
Police in both Britain and Australia are using the case to___citizens of the dangers of posting personal information on social networks and to suggest users of websites_____doing so. The police say it is___that the girl posted a comment in the past that gave clues to the address,_____that the robbers knew the girl in another way._____, they suggest, a posting by a friend on their site could have____such information. To find it, the robbers would only have had to search for those posting on other pages that____the girl’s name.1.

A．picture

B．story

C．blog

D．video

2.

A．kept

B．made

C．let

D．got

3.

A．knocked at

B．looked at

C．broke into

D．ran into

4.

A．even if

B．so that

C．as soon as

D．in case

5.

A．Usually

B．Suddenly

C．Fortunately

D．Finally

6.

A．spent

B．left

C．asked

D．took

7.

A．robber

B．family

C．case

D．girl

8.

A．few

B．many

C．little

D．much

9.

A．ignored

B．knew

C．remembered

D．followed

10.

A．members

B．adults

C．characters

D．neighbors

11.

A．escaped

B．harmed

C．killed

D．buried

12.

A．showing

B．realizing

C．discovering

D．recognizing

13.

A．cash

B．grandmother

C．house

D．website

14.

A．inform

B．accuse

C．rob

D．warn

15.

A．enjoy

B．stop

C．keep

D．consider

16.

A．possible

B．important

C．necessary

D．strange

17.

A．so

B．or

C．and

D．but

18.

A．Besides

B．However

C．Therefore

D．Instead

19.

A．taken up

B．set up

C．put away

D．given away

20.

A．included

B．drew

C．contained

D．attracted

9 . 1. Summer came early to Middlesbrough yesterday, as temperatures shot up to 22°C (71°F), a record for March. But local NFU agent Jim Wilkes says it could be bad news for farmers. “The crops will think it's summer,” he told our reporter, “and start sprouting (发芽) four weeks before time.”
2. The death toll (死亡人数) of the Burnside train crash rose to four yesterday when John Phillips, 32, of Petersville died in Wallsend Hospital. Another six people are still on the danger list. Mr. Phillips, an electrical engineer leaves a wife and two children.
3. China and the United States reached an agreement on the protection of intellectual property rights (知识产权) yesterday, after difficult marathon talks.
The agreement is good news for all parties concerned. The Chinese Foreign Trade Minister described the agreement as a "turning point" in Sino-US trade relations that "promises further progress" in the future. The agreement will not only favorably influence trade relations between China and the United States. It may favorably influence the overall relations between the two countries.
1. What do you get to know from article 1?

A．It is as cold as usual in Middlesbrough, and the farmers are pleased.

B．It is hotter than usual in Middlesbrough, and the farmers are pleased.

C．It is hotter than usual in Middlesbrough, and the farmers are worried.

D．It is colder than usual in Middlesbrough, and the farmers are worried.

2. How many people have died in the train crash in article 2 ?

A．Only John Phillips has died.

B．Ten people have died in the crash, including John Phillips.

C．Four people have died in the crash, including John Phillips.

D．John Phillips, his wife and children all died in the crash.

3. Who are on the danger list?

A．Petersville and Wallsend.	B．An electrical engineer and John Phillips.
C．John Phillips' wife and two children.	D．Another six people who were on the train.

4. What agreement did China and the United States reach in article 3?

A．It is an agreement on a marathon race.

B．It is an agreement on trade relations.

C．It is an agreement on overall relations.

D．It is an agreement on intellectual property rights protection.

5. What are relations going to be like between China and the United States?

A．Relations between China and the United States are going to be sometimes worse and sometimes better.

B．Relations between China and the United States are going to be better.

C．Relations between China and the United States are going to be worse.

D．Relations between China and the United States are going to remain the same.

10 . Mrs. Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and was proud of the fact ____ she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished ____ a driving offence (犯规，犯法). Then one day she nearly ____ her record. A police car ____ her, and the policemen in it saw her ____a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed ____ that she would be punished____Mrs. Jones came up to the judge, he looked at her seriously and said that she was ____ old to drive a car, and that the ____why she had not stopped at the red ____ was most probably that her eyes had become weak ____ old age, so that she had simply not seen it. When the judge had finished what he was ____, Mrs. Jones opened the big handbag she was ____ and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she ____ a needle with a very small eye, and threaded it at her first attempt. When she had ____ done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed both the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your turn. I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight.”
The judge took the needle and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. The case (案例) against Mrs. Jones was dismissed, and her record remained unbroken.1.

A．which

B．when

C．that

D．this

2.

A．about

B．on

C．to

D．for

3.

A．kept

B．won

C．missed

D．lost

4.

A．watched

B．after

C．followed

D．ran after

5.

A．pass

B．go

C．run

D．rush

6.

A．sure

B．indeed

C．certain

D．perhaps

7.

A．Before

B．While

C．Until

D．When

8.

A．so

B．very

C．too

D．quite

9.

A．cause

B．reason

C．matter

D．trouble

10.

A．light

B．lamp

C．sign

D．one

11.

A．with

B．because

C．for

D．of

12.

A．speaking

B．saying

C．talking

D．telling

13.

A．holding

B．getting

C．carrying

D．bringing

14.

A．took

B．brought

C．picked

D．chose

15.

A．almost

B．hardly

C．successfully

D．successful