2.(　) Children mustn’t play with matches because ______.

　 A. matches burn paper

　 B. it is not interesting

　 C. matches can be dangerous

　 　D. they don’t know how to make a fire with matches

1.(　) Which is true?

　 A. We are not sure how people started to use fire.

　 B. It is an Australian who started a fire.

　 C. We know how people began to use fire.

　 D. Nobody knows how to make a fire.

7.(　) Mark Twain’s father neat him because________.

A. he wanted to teach the boy a lesson

B. he didn’t want the boy to be beaten by the teacher

C. he didn’t want to give him the money

D. he didn’t want to have his family disgraced

Key: ACBADDD

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Fire can help people in many ways. But can also be very harmful. Fire can heat water warm your houses, give light, and cook food. But fire can burn things too. It can burn trees, houses, animals, or people. Sometimes big fires can burn forests.

Nobody knows for sure how people began to use fire. But there are many interesting, old stories about the first time a man or woman started a fire. One story from Australia tells about a man very, very long time ago. He went up to the sun by a rope and brought fire down.

Today people know how to make a fire with matches. Children sometimes like to play with them. But matches can be very dangerous. One match can burn a piece of paper, and then it might burn a house. A small fire can become a big fire very fast.

Fires kill many people every year. So you must be careful with matches. You should also learn to put out fires. Fires need oxygen. Without oxygen they die. There is oxygen in the air. Cover a fire with water, sand, or in an emergency, with your coat or something else. This keeps the air away from a fire and kills it.

Be careful with fire, and it will help you. Be careless with fire, and it will burn you.　

6.(　) Mark Twain______.　

　 A. gave the money to the teacher　　 B. bought a desk for the school

C. asked his father to go upstairs　　 D. kept the money for himself

5.(　) Mark Twain was beaten_______.

　 A. at home　　 B. only by his father　 C. at school　　 D. both at school and at home

4.(　) Mark Twain’s father thought if he gave Mark Twain the money______.

A. he would not be beaten in front of the whole school

B. he would go to the school again

C. he would never do that again

D. he would earn the money

3.(　) Mark Twain’s father______.

　 A. was happy to give him the money

　 B. got angry when he knew what Mark Twain had done at school

　 C. said sorry to the teacher when he heard the news

　 D. agreed to beat Mark Twain and then give him the money

2.(　) The school made the rule so that they could_____.

　 A. teach the students well

　 B. give the students a beating

　 C. keep the desks and chairs well

　 D. ask　 the students for more money

1. Mark Twain earned his first money _________.

A. when he was a pupil　　　　 B. when he became a writer

C. when he taught at a school　　 D. when he was beaten by his father

5.(　) The Children Restaurant was managed by_______________.

　 A. the government of Amsterdam

　 B. a woman cook　　

　 C. the children themselves

　 D. one of the children’s parents

Key: BCADC

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Mark Twain’s First Money

Mark Twain was asked one day if he could remember the first money he ever earned.

He thought a long time and then said , “Yes, it was at school. I can remember everything about it . School boys in those days did not take good care of their chairs and desks. There was a rule in our school that if anyone damaged his desk or chair, he would have to pay five dollars or　 the teacher would beat him in front of the whole school.”

“One day I damaged my desk in some way, I had to pay five dollars or be beaten before the whole school. My father said it would be too bad to have our family disgraced in front of the whole school. He agreed to give me five dollars to hand over the teacher. But before he gave me the money, he took me upstairs and gave me a beating.”

“But as I had one beating and I decided I would take another beating at school and keep the　 five dollars. So that’s what I did. That was the first money I ever earned.”