阅读理解。
Fire can help people in many ways. But it can also be very harmful. Fire can make water hot and house
warm, give light and cook food. But fire can burn (燃烧) things, too. It can make trees, houses, animals and
other things catch fire (起火). If some people can't run away from fire, it can kill them. This happens in every
country every year.
Sometimes big fire can burn forests. A month ago, a large forest fire broke out in Yunnan Province. It lasted
nearly half a month. The forest in Heilongjiang Province and the grassland in Inner Mongolia caught fire in May,
2006. After more than ten days' fight, over 30,000 people and soldiers put out (扑灭) the fire at last.
Nobody knows clearly when people began to make fire, but there are many interesting stories about the first
time a man or a woman started a fire. One story from Australia tells about a man who went to the sun and
brought fire down a long time ago. Today people know how to make a fire with matches (火柴). Children
sometimes like to play with them. But matches can be very dangerous. The match can burn a piece of paper
and then it can burn a house. A small fire can become a big fire, and destroy many things. Fire kills many people
every year. So you must be careful with fire.
1. The main idea of the passage is that _____.
A. fire is dangerous and harmful
B. forest fire can be easily put out
C. who started a fire the first time
D. every month there is a forest fire in Yunnan Province
2. Matches can be dangerous because _____.
A. they always burn a house
B. they can make things catch fire
C. they can burn a piece of paper
D. they kill many animals every year
3. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Someone started a fire in Heilongjiang Province.
B. Fire was brought down from the sun long, long ago.
C. We can only make a fire with a match.
D. Playing with fire is dangerous.
4. The word"destroy" in the passage means _____ in Chinese.
A. 破灭
B. 炸毁
C. 毁灭
D. 粉碎
5. The writer of the passage wants to tell us that _____.
A. we know when man began to make a fire
B. people should use fire carefully
C. fire can burn down all things in the world
D. all children like to play with matches
