Escaping (逃) from 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, for example, you can use stairways, roofs and fire escapes, but no lifts.
From the lower floors of buildings, to escape through windows is possible. Learn the best way of leaving by a window with the least chance of serious injury.
The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average (平均) person, hanging from the window by the fingertips will have a drop of about six feet to the ground--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 while 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 next to the window to be sure you get fresh air.
On the second or third floor, the best windows to escape from are those which open onto a roof (屋顶) . From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely.
【小题1】You can try to escape a fire except .A．fire escapesB．liftsC．roofsD．stairways【小题2】According to the passage, windows are .A．of no use when a fire breaks outB．useful in putting out a fireC．the only way of escaping a fireD．one of the possible ways of escaping a fire【小题3】The underlined sentence in the third paragraph means .A．it is safer to jump out of the second floor window.B．it is safer to stay in the room.C．the second floor window is too high to jump out of.D．it is the only way to drop out of the window.【小题4】The writer thinks that .A．to keep your head high will help you to escape a fireB．it is necessary to keep the door openC．fresh air can’t reach the second floor windowD．breathing in smoke might be badB
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(答案→)B
解析：
1. B 细节题。从you can use stairways, roofs and fire escapes, but no lifts可知不能使用电梯，故选B。
2. D 根据第二段to escape through windows is possible可知窗户是逃生的一种方法。
3. A 原文意思是说从较短的距离跳下去比呆在着火的建筑物里更安全，结合选项A正确。B与原文不符，C说二楼太高也不对，D说是唯一的方法也不对。
4. D 细节题的考查。从Keep your head low next to the window知道：要把头保持低于窗户而非抬头，故A错；从Be sure to keep the door closed可知要关门而不是开门，故B错；C答案也不对，从next to the window to be sure you get fresh air可知可以得到新鲜的空气，故选D。