单选题 Sad stories are net very pleasant 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 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 lamps, too, can be very dangerous. Quite recently there was a bad accident in a village house. The mosquito net over a baby' s cot was blown against a lamp end caught fire. The bedclothes and even the clothes of the baby were burnt before the fire was discovered.
Long grass and rubbish round a house can also lead to a disastrous fire, as most people know. However, not everybody is careful with such things as celluloid masks and toys; these burn up in a flash if you hold them near a flame.
Young children often reach up to a table to take a saucepan down by the handle. If the saucepan or pot is full of boiling water, you can guess what well 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 end not before it.
Many fireworks can lead to blindness or other injuries, especially those which are pushed into bamboo sticks. Catapults and 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, sucked, or licked! Medicines have to be put out of their reach. A pill or some ointment 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 trip ever 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 end near a house, but it is enough to remind you to be careful.

单选题 What is the best interpretation of "A little fire on waste land can easily get out of control"?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】语义题。作者是在第二段例举火灾隐情表现形式时说起这句话的。荒原上的little fire可以失控,酿成大火,起因最可能是dry grass。这样分析,选项C正确。其他三项与原句缺乏必然联系。
单选题 What happened recently in a village house?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】细节题。第二段倒数第二句描述了事件真相:罩在儿童摇床上的蚊帐被风刮到了旁边的油灯上,然后起火。因此,选项C与此细节一致。其他三项与此细节均有出入。
单选题 According to the writer, children ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】细节题。第五段第二句讲,弹弓、木矛或剑只能由具有强烈的不伤害别人的意识的孩子玩。选项C正确。其他三项与此细节不符。
单选题 Why do very young children put everything riley find into their mouths?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】细节题。倒数第二段第二句讲,小孩子将东西放到嘴里的原因是to see whether it cab be eaten, sucked, or licked。据此,选项A正确。其他三项均错。
单选题 The main idea of the story is that ______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】主旨大意题。本文第一句和最后一句即点明了本文的主题。第一句讲,悲惨的事件令人不快,但如果我们注意,可以防止许多事故的发生。最后一句讲,本文所列举的危险现象并不完全,但足以引起我们的重视。据此,选项D正确。其他三项均偏离了以上两个主题句的主题。