Question

(B) What are you going to do if you are in a burning house?

Escaping(逃离) a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save yourself. It is important to know the ways you can use and to show them to everyone in the family, such as stairways (楼梯) and fire escapes, but not lifts（电梯）.

From the lower floors of the building, escaping through windows is possible, learn the best way of leaving through windows with the least chance of serious injury (伤害).

The second floor windows are usually not very high from the ground. An average (普通的) person, hanging by the finger-tips will have a drop of about six feet to the ground. It is about the height of an average man. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building.

Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed, or smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than smoke that may have leaked (渗入) into the room.

On a second or third floor, the best windows for escaping are those which open onto a roof . From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely, dropping onto stones might end in injury.

1.From the beginning, we know that it is important to .

A. know the way to escape a fire B. put out a fire in a burning house

C. jump out of a burning house D. keep the door closed

2.It is possible to escape through the windows .

A. if there are some stones on the ground

B. if there is some grass on the ground

C. if you live on a higher floor

D. if you have a short enough rope

3.Which of the following is right according to the information in the passage?

You can escape through lifts.

You can choose fire escapes.

You can’t escape through stairways.

Keep your head high at the window to be sure you get fresh air.

4.Keep the door closed so that if the building is on fire.

A. smoke and fire can’t be drawn into the room

B. you can call for help

C. you can get fresh air

D. you can be sent first

5.The best title for the passage is .

A. Escaping through the windows

B. Saving yourself from a burning house

C. Knowing on fire

D. Waiting for help

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.B

4.A

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文中作者告诉我们，发生火灾时，知道如何逃生是非常重要的，它可以救你的命。在发生火灾时，我们可以通过楼梯、逃生通道进行逃生，但是不可以使用电梯。作者还告诉了我们如何从窗户中逃生。

1.细节理解题。根据短文的第一段中Escaping(逃离) a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save yourself. It is important to know the ways you can use and to show them to everyone in the family,可知，知道如何从火灾中逃生是非常重要的，它可以拯救你的生命。故选A。

2.细节理解题。从短文的第三段开始，作者讲述了从窗户逃生应该注意的事情，从这些内容我们可知，A选项中如果地上有石头的话，这样是有危险的；Ｃ选项如果住得楼层比较高，这样也是比较危险的；Ｄ选项中没有足够长的绳子也是危险的。故应该选B。

3.推理判断题。根据such as stairways (楼梯) and fire escapes, but not lifts可知，在发生火灾时不能使用电梯，故A不对；根据such as stairways (楼梯) and fire escapes, but not lifts可知C不对；根据Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air可知，应该把头低下保证可以获得新鲜的空气，故D不对；根据such as stairways (楼梯) and fire escapes, but not lifts可知B是正确的。故选B。

4.细节理解题。根据短文第四段中Be sure to keep the door closed, or smoke and fire may be drawn into the room.可知，要确保门是关着的，否则烟和火会进入房间。故选A。

5.主旨大意题。这篇短文中作者告诉了我们如何在发生火灾时从火灾中逃生，这是很重要的，知道如何逃生可以救你的命。文章中作者建议我们可以从窗户逃生，但是有一些注意事项。因此B选项从着火的房子中拯救自己这个题目最符合文章的内容，故选B。

考点：日常生活类短文阅读。