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Reading comprehension(阅读理解)

　　Sad stories are not very nice to read about, but if we think and talk about them, we may be able to prevent more accidents．

　　How can fire or hot things be a danger in the house?Matches, of course, are always dangerous in the hands of young children．A little fire on waste land can easily get out of control．A wind comes, sparks(火花)are blown on to the roof of a house, and the whole building may be burnt to the ground before you can even call the fire brigade．Kerosene(煤油)lamps, too, can be very dangerous．Quite recently there was a bad accident in a village house．The mosquito-net(蚊帐)over a baby’s bed was blown against a lamp and caught fire．The bed-clothes and even the clothes of the baby were burnt before the fire was discovered．

　　Long grass rubbish round a house can also lead to a big fire, as most people know．However, not everybody is careful with such things as paper bags and toys; these burn up in a flash if you hold them near a fire．

　　Young children often reach up to a table to take a bottle down by its handle．If the bottle or pot is full of boiling water, you can guess what will happen．Similarly, when a baby’s bath is prepared, cold water should be put in first．If any hot water has to be used, this should be put into the bath after the cold water and not before it．

　　Many fireworks(烟花)can lead to blindness or other injuries, especially those which are pushed into bamboo sticks．Wooden spears or swords should be used only by children with sense enough not to injure other people．

　　Very young children often have to be watched carefully．They put everything they find into their mouths to see whether it can be eaten, or sucked!Medicines have to be put out of their reach．A pill which might be harmless for an adult can sometimes kill a baby．Older children have to be careful when drinking from a bottle．Some of them walk about as they drink．Tip up the bottle to get the last drop out, then fall over something on the ground．If they are unlucky, they fall in such a way that the broken glass makes a horrible wound in the face or neck．

　　This is not a complete list of the dangers in and near a house, but it is enough to remind you to be careful．

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　　Fear and its companion pain are two of the most useful things that men and animals possess, if they are properly used．If fire did not hurt when it burnt, children would play with it until their hands were burnt away．Similarly, if pain existed but fear didn’t, a child would burn himself or herself again and again, because fear would not warn himself or herself to keep away from the fire-that had burnt himself or herself before．A really fearless soldier－and some do exist is not a good soldier because he is soon killed; and a dead soldier is of no use to his army．Fear and pain are therefore two guards without which men and animals might soon die out．

　　In our first sentence we suggested that fear should be properly used．If, for example, you never go out of your house because of the danger of being knocked down and killed in the street by a car, you are letting fear rule you too much．Even in your house you are not absolutely safe：an aero plane may crash on your house, or ants may eat away some of the beams in your roof so that the latter falls on you, or you may get cancer!

　　The important thing is not to let fear rule you, but instead to use fear as your servant and guide．Fear will warn you of dangers; then you have to decide what action to take．

　　In many cases, you can take quick and successful action to avoid the danger．For example, you see a car coming straight towards you．Fear warns you, you jump out of the way, and all is well．

　　In some cases, however, you decide that there is nothing that you can do to avoid the danger．For example, you can’t prevent an aero plane crashing onto your house．In this case, fear has given you its warning; you have examined it and decided on your course of action, so fear of this particular danger is no longer of any use to you, and you have to try to overcome it．

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