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(伤害).
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.
1.You can try to escape a fire except _____.
A. fire
escapes B.
lifts C.
roofs D. stairways
2.According to the passage, windows are
________.
A. of no use when a fire breaks
out
B. useful in putting out a fire
C. the only way of escaping a
fire
D. one of the possible ways of escaping a
fire
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.
4.The writer thinks that ________.
A. to keep your head high will help you to
escape a fire
B. it is necessary to keep the door open
C. fresh air can’t reach the second floor
window
D. breathing in smoke
might be bad
