last, is incomparably more inconvenient. This is why writing this note to thank you all most sincerely for your excellent co-operation and the spirit with which you endured the inconvenience.
A fire drill is not an idle exercise. It is an extremely serious one and can, in fact, save lives in the long run. Last week’ fire drill has already reyealed a number of important things regarding fire precautions in the Hall. For instance, there seem to exit a number of “deaf spots” in the Hall, namely, the two rooms in Purser House and some rooms in the Bottom corridor. I have no reason to doubt that residents from these areas could not hear the alarm. I shall request an immediate examination of this problem.
I should, also, remind you that it is a requirement that fire drills should be regularly carried out (at least two in every one year)and each resident should be made fully aware of this and obliged to take part. All residents must take fire precautions with the seriousness they deserve. Failure to do so can result bin fines and expulsion(驱逐)from the Hall. Thank you again for your co-operation.
1. The last fire drill caused much more inconvenience because_________.
A) it was in bad weather B) there were “deaf spots”
C) a big fire started D) it was at the weekend
2. The phrase “in the long run”(L.2,Part.2)means_________.
A)effectively B) endlessly C) eventually D) efficiently
3. Some people did not make their appearance at the last drill because_______.
A) they were deaf B)they could not hear the alarm
C) nobody waked them up D) they refused to leave their rooms
4. Afire drill is extremely important according to the writer for_________.
A) it is a good physical exercise B) it cultivates people’s endurance
C) it is a legal requirement D) it can save lives in case of a fire
5. Which of the following was NOT stated by the author?
A) A fire drill is very important and useful.
B) The last fire drill received inactive co-operation from the residents.
C) Those who do not take fire precautions will be fined and driven out.
D) It has been made a rule that fire drills will be performed regularly.
Passage Two
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage
Accidents are caused; they don’t just happen. The reason may be easy to see: a shelf out of reach, a patch of ice on the misfortune—frustration, tiredness or just bad temper—that show what the accident really is, a sort of attack on oneself.
Road accidents, for example, happen frequently after a family quarrel, and we all know people who are accident-prone, so often at odds with themselves and the world that they seem to cause accidents for themselves and others.
By definition, an accident is something you can not predict or avoid, and the idea which used to be current, that the majority of road accidents are caused by a minority of criminally careless drivers, is not supported by insurance statistics. These show that most accidents involve ordinary motorists in a moments of carelessness or thoughtlessness.
It is not always clear, either, what sort of conditions make people more likely to have an accident. For instance, the law requires all factories to take safety precautions and most companies have safety committees to make sure the regulations are observed, but still, every day in Britain, some fifty thousand men and women are injured from work due to accidents. These accidents are largely the result of human error or misjudgment—noise and fatigue, boredom or worry are possible factors which contribute to this. Doctors who work in factories have found that
those who drink too much, usually people who have a high anxiety level, run three times the normal risk of accidents at work.
6. The passage suggests that________.
A)Accidents are usually caused by psychological factors.
B)Accidents mostly result from slippery roads.
C)Drinkers run three times the normal risk of accidents in factories.
D)About 50 000people lose their lives at work in Britain every day.
7.Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a factor of accidents?
A) Mood. B) Tiredness. C) Carelessness D) Weather
8. The word “accidents-prone”(L.2 Para.2)means________.
A) likely to have accidentsB) injured in accidents
C) possible to die in accidents D) responsible for road accidents
9. What can we infer about the author’ opinion of accidents?
A) Safety precautions are of little use in accidents.
B) Many accidents can and should be avoided.
C) Factory accidents , unlike road accidents, are inevitable.
D) Most road accidents are caused by just a few careless drivers.
10. The best title for the passage would be __________.
A) Accidents and Anxiety
B) How to Deal with Accidents on Road and in Factories
C) Human Factors in Accidents
D) How to Prevent Accidents on Road and in Factories
Passage Three
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.
Is language, like food, a basic human need? Judging from the result of the violent experiment by a German King, Frederick II, in the 13th century, it may be. Hoping to discover what language a child would speak if he heard no mother tongue, he told the nurses to keep silent.
All the infants died before the first year. But clearly there was more than language deprivation here. What was missing was good mothering. Without good mothering, in the first year of life especially, the capacity to survive is seriously affected.
Today no much violent deprivation exists as that by Frederick II. Nevertheless, some children are still backward in speaking. Most often the reason for this is that the mother is insensitive to the signals of the infant, whose brain is programmed to map up language rapidly. There are critical times, it seems, when children learn more readily. If these
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