B 卷

I. 理解。 (共20小题；每小题2.5分，满分50分)

A

Escaping a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save a life. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family, such as stairways and fire escapes, but not lifts. From the lower floors of buildings to escape through windows is possible. Learn the best way of leaving by windows with the least chance of serious injury.

The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average person, hanging by fingers will have a drop of about 6 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 before opening the window. Otherwise, smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get more fresh air than smoke that may have come into the room.

On the second or third floor, the best windows for escape are those which open onto a roof. From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely.

1. Which of the following shouldn’t we use when we try to escape from a fire?

A. Stairways. B. Fire escapes. C. Lifts. D. Windows.

2. According to the writer’s advice, to escape from a fire, we should have windows as _____.

A. one of the possible ways

B. the only way

C. the best way

D. impossible means to escape

3. The passage tells us the second floor window is ______ away from the ground.

A. about 6 feet B. about 12 feet

C. more than 15 feet D. as tall as an average person

4. From what the writer says, we can know_____.

A. there is no fresh air on the second floor

B. opening windows makes it possible to let a lot of fire in

C. to keep your head low will help escape a fire

D. the smoke entering by the door will be dangerous

5. The best title of the passage is ________.

A. Escaping from the Windows

B. Save Yourself in the Burning House

C. Knowledge on Fire

D. Waiting for Help

B

This was an important day for Alatook, an Eskimo boy. He ate his breakfast quickly. For the first time he was going to hunt seals(海豹) alone. Because it was a very cold day, Alatook had to dress warmly. Finally he picked up the gun he had cleaned so carefully the day before.

When Alatook stepped out of the house, the dogs barked and pulled on their chains(链子). They had often gone with Alatook before, but today they had to stay home. They might scare the seals.

Stars still filled the sky. There was no sound. There was nothing but sky and ice and snow.

Before the sun came up, Alatook reached the area where he was going to hunt. He walked along the shore looking for seals. As he walked over the ice and snow, Alatook kept looking from side to side. Suddenly he stopped, because he saw something dark far out on the ice. Could it be a seal? He moved on quietly. As he came nearer, Alatook could see better. It was a seal!

Immediately he got down on his hands and knees. He crept(爬) slowly along over the ice. All seals are nearsighted. If Alatook was very careful, the seal might mistake him for another seal. It raised its head and looked from side to side. Alatook kept moving his head from side to side too—just like the seal. Then he stopped，scratching(抓搔) the ice as seals sometimes do. The seal seemed to feel safe and did not move.

Alatook kept moving nearer. Then he raised his gun to his shoulder, took aim, and pulled the trigger（扳机）. The seal’s head fell forward onto the ice and did not move. Alatook got to his feet and ran to the seal. What a big one it was!

6. Why didn’t Alatook let his dogs go out with him as before?

A. They might keep barking all the way.

B. They might make seals afraid and run away.

C. They were not good at catching seals.

D. Seals were stronger than his dogs.

7. When he reached the hunting area, ____.

A. the sun was rising

B. he heard the noise from seals

C. he could see nothing but seals

D. it was still dark

8. How do you guess Alatook felt when he recognized it was a seal?

A. He was calm. B. He was nervous.

C. He was excited. D. He was surprised.

9. Why might the seal mistake Alatook for another?

A. Because he raised his head just like the seal.

B. Because his appearance was like a seal.

C. Because seals’ eyes can only see very near.

D. Because the way he crept was the same as the seal’s.

10. The description of the last paragraph showed us ____.

A. how the seal fell dead

B. when the seal died

C. why the seal fell forward onto the ice

D. why the seal did not move any more