My father used to work in the fire prevention industry. He saw many terrible situations at the scene of the fire. And he attended Disaster Conferences. That was quite ________for a father.

As a result, as children, we used to have fire drills at home.

My father would call us to a room. Whatever we were doing, we would go to the room ________and stand in front of my father.

“OK,” he would say and point in one direction or another, “the fire is OUT THERE. How would you get out of here?”

If we knew, we would answer him with what he had taught us before.

“Open the window and climb out!”

“But, what will you do if the window is ________?”

“Break the window?”

“What with? What would you use in the sitting room to break the window? And once you’ve broken the window, how would you make it ________ to climb out? What would you put over the broken glass?

In the sitting room, we would use the cushions off the sofa and armchairs to cover any broken glass. Upstairs, he taught us how to climb out of a bedroom window: throw out as many soft things to land on, such as pillows, blankets, quilts and even teddy bears, and then climb out and lower ourselves down to make the ________to the ground as short as possible.

Besides, we should put wet towels at the bottom of the door to prevent smoke from coming in.

Whenever we moved house, he would ________ the advice accordingly (相應(yīng)地). It made us aware of the risk of fire.

If we can pay more attention to fire risk in our daily life, there will be fewer tragedies.

1.A. unusual B. important C. strange D. perfect

2.A. in this way B. with great care C. at once D. all the way

3.A. stuck B. broken C. open D. clean

4.A. comfortable B. pleasant C. safe D. easy

5.A. road B. distance C. weight D. rope

6.A. discover B. take C. provide D. change

1.A 2.C 3.A 4.C 5.B 6.D 【解析】這篇文章講了在防火行業(yè)工作的父親在日常中經(jīng)常對我們進行的各種防火訓(xùn)練。他常常在家中模擬各種危險的情景讓我們想出路,為我們提出實用的建議。 1.句意:那對一個父親來說是挺不尋常的。后面說“結(jié)果,作為兒童,我們過去常常在家進行消防訓(xùn)練”。這就說明父親在這一行、參與相關(guān)的會議等等這些經(jīng)歷是很不尋常的(unu...
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