Everyone needs to know how to prevent a fire. It is also important to know what to do when it     1    （break）out .

Every year, over 11, 000 people     2    （kill）or injured in house fires. These fires could have been avoided. Smokers who are     3    （care）cause about 200 deaths and over 6,000 fires. More than half of those     4     die in fires are poisoned or harmed by smoke.

If fire happens, do not attempt to fight the fire unless it is small. Try putting out a small fire with water. If     5     fire has spread or if the flames are more than 20 inches high, shut the door on it. Warn everyone else in the building and tell them to get out. You should leave and dial 119for the fire department.

Before     6    （go）into a room, check the door. If the handle or the door is hot, do not open it! Instead, put clothing or a wet towel at the bottom of it to keep smoke out. If the door is not hot, open it     7    （slow）. If there’s a rush of smoke or heat, close it again and shout to warn     8    （other）in side.

Now open the window and shout “Fire!”. See whether you can drop safely to the ground. Use this     9     your escape course if you can. If you are not on ground level, break your fall by pushing a mat out first. Lower yourself at arm’s     10    （long）before dropping. Once outside, stay outside and make sure the fire department is called.

A great fire has destroyed the old cathedral(大教堂)of Notre-Dame(巴黎圣母院) in Paris, one of France’s     1    (famous) landmarks.

Thousands of people gathered in the streets around the cathedral, watching the flames in silence. Some of them could be seen crying. Watching such a famous old building     2     (destroy) is extremely     3    (shock) to any French person.

No other site represents France like Notre-Dame,    4     receives almost 13 million visitors each year, more than the Eiffel Tower. The Eiffel Tower, is little more than a century old while Notre-Dame     5     (stand) tall above Paris since the 1200s. It has given     6     (it) name to one of the country’s literary masterpieces. Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre-Dame(《钟楼怪人》)is known     7     the French simply as Notre-Dame de Paris.

The three large rose     8    (window) have been destroyed by the fire. Fortunately, the main structure,     9    (include) the two bell towers, has been saved. Also the most     10     (value) cultural relics have survived.

last Thursday,   there was a   big fire in a big shop in our city. At 8:16 that morning,    1     the employees were working   busily in the 4-storeyed building, heavy smoke was seen     2     (come) out of the windows on the second floor. The fire lasted nearly an hour, and the majority of the 345 employees managed     3     (escape) from the fire. Unfortunately, 7were killed, and 23 injured, lightly or seriously.

Some workers     4     (complain) that aids came too late,     5     the firemen did come just 10 minutes after the fire was reported. To rescue everyone from the burning and smoking building in such a short time was too difficult. The only two exits of the big building were not enough for so many people to withdraw in    6    hurry.

The reason of the fire, according to an investigator, was       7     someone broke the non-smoking rule in the factory, because some cigarette   ends     8       (find). Next two weeks, 15 inspection teams will be working in all the factories     9     turn, aiming to clear away the possibility of more fires.     10    (hope), no disasters like this will happen again.