2 . Home fires can happen quickly, destroying lives and property, but unlike other disasters, most home fires can be prevented. Read on to learn 4 unexpected home fire dangers.

Having old smoke alarms

An effective smoke alarm can make much difference when it comes to surviving a house fire. It’s not enough to change the batteries twice a year, you also need to replace your alarms every decade. “You should test your smoke alarms every month,” says Lorraine Carli, vice president of the National Fire Protection Association. “But also don’t forget to check the dates and replace an alarm that is more than 10 years old.”

Leaving the kitchen while you cook

One in five Americans admitted leaving food cooking unattended on the stove, which was found an American Red Cross survey. Walking away from food cooking in the kitchen is a serious fire risk. “The leading cause of home fires is cooking and the leading cause of those fires is unattended cooking,” says Carli. “If you need to use the stove or oven, be sure to keep an eye on it.”

Turning the heat too high when you cook

Turning up the heat too high can be deadly, even if you’re in the kitchen while you cook. Kevin Kelley, senior director of the American Red Cross, recommends paying close attention and turning off the burner if you see smoke or grease (油脂) starting to boil while frying food.

Having a dirty stove while you cook

If your stove is covered with grease, a small kitchen fire can get out of hand quickly. Clean and clear the area around the stove before turning on the heat, or the result will be dangerous.

5 . Mount Hood is the highest mountain in Oregon, a state in the western United States. At 3, 400 meters it is attractive to many people, some of whom, of course, run into trouble. Each year 25 to 50 people have accidents or get lost on Mount Hood and need rescue（营救）. Although most of these are understandable accidents, a few result from careless risk-taking.

In one recent case, three experienced climbers went hiking in the middle of a snowstorm in December. Most hikers climb Mount Hood in May or June when the weather conditions are good. But in December, the mountain is covered in snow and ice. Winds up to 135 kilometers per hour blow the snow around, making it difficult to see. Temperatures can drop below freezing. As one rescue worker put it, "What were they thinking? They were just asking for it. "

During a rescue a few years ago, a helicopter full of rescue workers crashed and the rescue workers were almost killed. Linda Carle, who lives in the Mount Hood area, asks, If someone made a muddled decision, why should rescue teams have to risk their lives to save them? Why do people take unnecessary risks and do things that aren't right if they know that they can get into trouble? "

Most of the Mount Hood rescue workers are either volunteers or part of the local police department There is no charge for these rescues. It is the taxpayers who pay the bill. Linda Carle suggests that people who take careless risks and need rescue should ay for the rescue. She fees it is only fir that costs for things like damaged helicopters and medical care for rescuers should be paid for by the people who take the risks. What would you do if you were the local police officer at Mount Hood?

The Notre Dame (巴黎圣母院）fire has been put out, but its spire (尖顶）and a large portion of its wooden roof     1     (damage). The terrible destruction causes a sudden sharp pain to people around the world. "What a pity that we cannot see the damaged parts of the wonder anymore.”

But     2     good news is that there is at least one way of seeing them, namely through a video game     3     (call) Assassin's Creed: Unity. In this game, the player can travel to one city after another and enter the buildings exactly like what they are in     4     (real), and see Notre Dame as it was before the fire. Further, with virtual (虚拟的) reality technology，    5     is already quite mature, one can even look around the undamaged Notre Dame as if it is still there. Maybe digital (数字的) technology could help to     6     (well) protect architectural cultural heritage than ever before.

The idea of making digital     7     (model) of ancient buildings to save their data     8     (date) back to the 1990s and the necessary technology has continued to advance since then.     9     scanning the ancient buildings with lasers, building 3D models with multiple images, as well as measuring everything precisely, engineers can make a copy as accurate as the real one.

As computers and smartphones are hugely popular, the digital model has great useful value. It allows tourists     10     (feel) the cultural relics without touching them.

8 . The town of Paradise has suffered a fire, which lasted 17 days and caused a loss of $16.5billion. As a result, the beautifully named place ________ its beauty.

Shane Grammer, Creative Director for Disney's theme parks in Los Angeles, paid close attention to the news of the fire's deadly path. In fact he felt quite ________ to help when seeing the picture shared by his friend, in which only a white chimney of his house ________ after the fire.

“I've got to ________ that chimney.” he said. “I'm not trying to say anything. It's just that I'm an artist And it was a(n) ________ for me express myself and be an artist, wasn't it?”

Grammer spent three hours spray-painting the image of a woman on the chimney in black and white, which was ________ mysterious. Perhaps it served as a(n) ________ of the beauty of life or just life itself.

Then Grammer put its picture on social media. On seeing it, the victims of the fire could not ________ themselves. “Beautiful and impressive,” one of them remarked. And another said, “You bring beauty and ________.”

At this time, Grammer became aware that something ________ had been transformed by a purely artistic expression. “When the first mural(壁画) moved so many people, I knew I had to ________,” he told the journalist. Grammer returned to Paradise eight times in three months, ________ which he completed 17 murals of victims and other figures.

Today, Grammer's efforts have ________ into a movement. He has also painted murals in dark places around the world that seriously need some light.

Ironically, the first painting, on the chimney in Panadise, existed for just several months, ________ the bulldozer(推土机)was a merciless art critic. But Grammer couldn't be more pleased about it, which means the spirit of Paradise is ________ again.

A couple，whom we shall call John and Mary, had a nice home and two lovely children. One day, John and Mary decided to go on a trip to another city, so they found a kind woman to look after the children and left.

Several days later, they returned home a little earlier than they had planned. As they drove back to their hometown, John and Mary noticed smoke and went to see what it was. They found a house was on fire.“Oh,well, it isn't our house. Let's go home,”Mary said.

But John drove closer and screamed in surprise，“That's Jordan's home. He works in a factory. He wouldn’t be off work yet. Maybe there is something we can do to help.”

“It has nothing to do with us,”cried Mary. “You have your good clothes on,so let's not get any closer.”

John didn't listen to Mary. He drove up and stopped. They were both shocked to see the whole house was on fire. A woman was crying in the yard, “The children! Get the children!”

John seized her by the shoulder and shouted to her, “Don't cry! Tell me where the children are!” “In the basement(地下室)，”cried the woman,“down the hall and to the left.”

John used water to get his clothes wet and put a wet towel on his head before rushing to the basement. The house was full of smoke and fire, and it was very difficult for him to find the children. But he made it. He held one under each arm. As he left，he could hear some more crying. He took the two kids out of the house and into the fresh air，and then asked the women how many more children were still down there.

Thewoman told him there were two more.

As he took them out,he felt something strangely familiar about the little bodies.