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Fire can help people in many ways. For instance， fire can _1_ water， warm your house， give light and cook food. But fire can also be very _2_. Big fire can burn trees， houses， animals or people， which can bring serious injuries and even lead to many _3_. Sometimes， big fires can destroy the whole forest and cause great economic _4_.

Nobody knows _5_ how people began to use fire. But there are many interesting _6_?? stories about the first time a man or woman started a fire. One ancient story from Australia _7_about a man who went up to the sun and brought fire down a long long time ago.

Today people know how to _8_ a fire with matches. Children sometimes like to _9_ with them， which can be very _10_. One match can burn a piece of paper， and _11_ it might burn a house. A _12_ fire can turn a big fire very quickly. So you must use matches _13_.

Fires _14_ people every year. From time to time， its reported on television that a fire has??? _15_ in a factory or company where a number of people lost their lives. Some fires happened by accident while on some occasions fires are set _16_ to achieve a certain intention. Whatever the case， it goes without saying that great fires tend to burn down almost everything， _17_ away lives as well as their possessions （財(cái)產(chǎn)） or leaving some people _18_.

So be careful with fire. If its used _19_， it will help you greatly. However， if you are careless and ignore fire， it may _20_ you.

1. A. heat????? ??????????? B. cool???????? ????? C. freeze??????? ????????? D. carry

2. A. useful??? ???????????? B. wonderful???? ??? C. harmful????? ?????????? D. hopeful

3. A. changes?? ?????????? B. deaths??? ????????????? C. mistakes???? ?????????? D. problems

4. A. losses??? ??????????? B. development?? ?? C effects?????? ??????????? D. difficulty

5. A. probably? ?????????? B. exactly?????? ???? C. reasonably?? ?????????? D. totally

6. A. serious?? ?????? B. frightening???? ?? C. old???????? ???????????? D. modern

7. A. tells????? ?????????? B. comes??????? ??? C. hears?????? ???????????? D. knows

8. A. stop????? ??????????? B. burn???????? ????? C. put???????? ???????????? D. make

9. A. play?????? ?????????? B. chat??????? ?????? C. communicate? ???????? D. share

10. A. meaningless? ????? B. dangerous ???????? C. attractive???? ????????? D. interesting

11. A. only??????? ??????? B. ever?????? ???????? C. rather?????? ?????????? D. then

12. A. gradual????? ?????? B. small????? ???????? C. terrible????? ?????? D. huge

13. A. carefully??? ??????? B. thoughtlessly? ??? C. fashionably? ????? D. patiently

14. A. kill???????? ???????? B benefit?????? C. help??????? ???????????? D. frighten

15. A. rushed into?? ????? B. broken out?? ???? C. come across? ????????? D. found out

16. A. accidentally? B. occasionally? ???? C. designedly?? ????? D. normally

17. A. taking?????? ?????? B. passing????? ?????????? C. washing???? ?????? D. going

18. A. selfless????? ?????? B. homeless???? ???? C. useless????? ??????????? D. endless

19. A. frequently??? ????? B. properly???? C. suddenly???? ?????????? D. slightly

20. A. cover??????? ????? B. fight??????? ?????? C. lose???????? ??????????? D. hurt