单选题
What do you think about fire?
Fire is good servant
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a bad master. This is an old English
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.
Once upon a time, people didn"t know
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.
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, they learnt how to make it. They also learnt how to
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it. They used it to keep them warm. They also learnt how to cook food with it. Fire was their
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.
But sometimes a building catches fire. Sometimes the building is destroyed and people lose their homes. Sometimes people even
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. Fire is not a servant then. It became a master.
Why do fires begin?
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starts then."? There are many reasons for tires. Perhaps an electric heater is placed how to do. They know how to put out the fire. They also know how to save people
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. They save the people while they put Out the fire. They have long ladders to roach high windows. They help the people in the room
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. If some people are hurt, they are taken to hospital in ambulance.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] Fire is good servant but a bad master。火既是好仆人，又是坏主人。意思有转折因此选B。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] This is an old English saying.英语中有句老话。说法、谚语用saying。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] People didn"t know how to make fire 从上下文看，应为“怎样生火”，因此选A。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 根据语境判断此处应填副词“幸运地”，因此选A。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] They also learnt how to use it.语意应为“使用”，因此选A。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 从上下文看此处语意应为“仆人”，故选A。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] Sometimes people even lose their lives．A时态不对，B. life 的复数形式不对，故选C。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] Why do fires begin? How starts then? 从语境看此句的含义应为：火是怎样开始的，故选C。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] They also know how to save people from the fire，从语意看，应为从火里将人救出，故选B。