高级中学高三英语第七统测
英 语 试 题
第Ⅰ卷(共115分)
第一部分：听力(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共5小题。每小题1．5分，满分7。5分。)
听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下—小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. Why does the man like his new room?
A. It's larger than the old one. B. It's near his friends' flats. C. It's close to the school.
2. How much will the man pay for two general tickets and two student tickets?
A. $ 40.00. B. $ 20.00. C. $30.00.
3. What do we learn about Jack?
A. He spoke to the boss. B. He gave orders like a boss. C. He worked there as a boss.
4. What does the woman suggest?
A. The radio batteries have been replaced,
B. They should get a new radio.
C. They don't really need to hear the radio,
5. What do you think the woman?
A. She can't afford any dictionary.
B. She has a better dictionary.
C. She'll plan for a good dictionary.
第二节(共15小题；每小题1．5分，满分22。5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独自前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟：听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。
6. Why will the man not play the baseball with the woman?
A. Because he has to go back to his home.
B. Because he has to help his mother to move.
C. Because he has promised to make up his old house.
7. Where is the man's new house?
A. Far away from his old house. B. In another city. C. Near his old house.
8. What can the woman do to help the man?
A. Cutting off the yellow leaves of the trees.
B. Packing his odds.
C. Packing his books.
听第7段材料，回答第9至10题。
9. How does Linda know that Lee is at the city?
A. Lee called her and told her about it.
B. Lee let Smith to tell her about it.
C. Smith wrote to her and told her about it.
10. When will Linda see Lee?
A. In an hour. B. In one and half an hour. C. In half an hour.
听第8段材料，回答第11至12题。
11. What would the woman do if she won the Pools?
A. She would buy a new house with a garden.
B. She would travel around the world.
C. She would have a pint of the beer.
12. Why does the woman think there is not much point in talking about the Pools?
A. Because the Pools doesn't exist.
B. Because the Pools has belonged to others.
C. Because it is impossible for them to win the Pools.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What does the woman want to be after she leaves school?
A. A musician. B. A clerk. C. A vet.
14. What does the man want to be?
A. An engineer. B. A clerk. C. An animal doctor.
15. What is the woman's attitude to the man?
A. Cold. B. Funny. C. Admirable.
16. When will the woman leave the school?
A. At the beginning of the term. B. At the end of the term. C. At the middle of the term.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What causes most accidents?
A. Fire and matches. B. Fire and hot water. C. Knives and some medicines.
18 What do some children like doing?
A. Touching pots of boiling water. B. Playing with matches. C. Taking medicine.
19. Why has the clothing of many children caught fire?
A. The children have been too near to a fire.
B. Some children have dropped matches on their clothing.
C. Hot oil has fallen over their clothing.
20. Which is the best way to prevent accidents in the home?
A. To wear clothes that do not burn easily.
B. Not to keep knives and medicine in the house.
C. To keep off anything that appears unsafe.
第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节：单项填空(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. Ted couldn't remember the exact date of the storm, but he knew it was ________ Sunday because everybody was at ________ church.
A. 不填; the B. a; 不填 C. 不填; a D. the; 不填
22. I have read the poem several times but it doesn't make any _______ to me.
A. difference B. sense C. meaning D. importance
23. --You've agreed to go? So why aren't you getting ready?
--But I ________ that you would have me start at once.
A. don't realize B. hadn't realized C. didn't realize D. am not realizing
24. After his journey from abroad, Richard Jones returned home, _______.
A. tired B. tiring C. being tired D. having been tired
25. The new appointment (任命) of our president _________ from the very beginning of the next semester.
A. takes effect B. takes place C. takes turns D. takes part
26. It was difficult for her to make an immediate decision as it would affect her present job and her relationship with the manager ________.
A. either B. though C. meanwhile D. as well
27. Don't be discouraged. _____ things as they are and you will enjoy every day of your life.
A. Taking B. To take C. Take D. Taken
28. She was so angry at all _________ he was doing ___________ she stayed up all night.
A. that; that B. that; which C. what; that D. what; as
29. --Hi, Linda. What do you think of Jack's performance at the sports meeting?
--Not bad. You know, he came very close _________ the first place in the 100-meter race.
A. getting B. to get C. to getting D. to have got
30. --Must I renew the book now?
--No, you _____. You _________ that before the deadline.
A. mustn't; should do B. needn’t; should have done
C. may not; should do D. can't; should have done
31. --What do you think of the furniture on exhibition?
--Well, great! But I don't think much of ______ you bought.
A. the one B. it C. that D. which
321 Jenny worked hard before the final examination, and it ________. She got an A.
A. showed off B. paid off C. put off D. took off
33. In the experiment we kept a watchful eye ________ the development and recorded every detail.
A. with B. on C. for D. to
34. --Where is your daughter working?
--In the same company as I. I would rather she ___________ here.
A. had not worked B. not work C. doesn't work D. did not work
35. --We'd better hurry; we'll be late.
--________? Do you really want to listen to the boring lecture?
A. For what B. How so C. What else D. So what
第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
Every Chinese-language textbook starts out with the standard phrases for greeting people; but as an American, I always found myself. 36 to speak freely when it came to seeing guests off at the door. Just a good-bye would not do, yet that was all i had ever learned from the 37 books. So I would smile and nod, bowing like a Japanese and searching madly for words that would 38 over the visitor's leaving and make them feel they would be 39 to come again. In my unease, I often hid behind the skirts of my Chinese husband's kindness. Then finally, listening to others, I began to pick up the phrases that 40 relationships and sent people off not only successfully but also skillfully. 41 for the Chinese includes a lot of necessary habitual practice. Although as a 42 , I'm not expected to observe or even know all the rules, I've had to learn the expressions of politeness and 43 at a leaving-taking.
The Chinese feel they. 44 see a guest off to the farthest possible point--down the light of stairs to the street below or perhaps all the way to the 45 bus stop. I've sometimes waited half an hour or more for my husband to return from seeing a guest off, 46 he's gone to the bus stop and waited for the 47 bus to arrive.
That's very well, but when I'm the guest being seen off, my protest (反对) is always 48 My hostess or host, or both, insists on 49 me down the stairs and well on my way, with my repeating the "Don't 50 to see me off at the every landing". If I try to go fast to 51 them from following, they are simply out to the discomfort of having to run after me. Better to accept the inevitable (不可避免的).
Besides, that's going against Chinese 52 , because haste (doing things quickly) is to be avoided. What do you say when you 53 someone? NOt“farewell or Godspeed (祝福)”, 54 “Go slowly”. To the Chinese it means “Take care” or “Watch your 55 ”, or some such caution (谨慎), but translated literally (字面意思) it means “Go slowly”.
36. A. easy B. difficult C. unable D. effective
37. A. useful B. terrible C. priceless D. proper
38. A. smooth B. talk C. calm D. take
39. A. content B. ready C. welcome D. eager
40. A. speeded B. broke C. destroyed D. eased
41. A. Parting B. Leaving C. Separating D. Interviewing
42. A. wife B. guest C. hostess D. foreigner
43. A. protest B. greeting C. explanation D. state
44. A. can B. will C. may D. must
45. A. farthest B. nearest C. easiest D. shortest
46. A. although B. unless C. if D. since
47. A. fastest B. first C. next D. last
48. A. effective B. unnecessary C. useless D. troublesome
49. A. leading B. seeing C. inviting D. pushing
50. A. trouble B. have C. decide D. walk
51. A. protect B. keep C. discourage D. dismiss
52. A. rule B. custom C. design D. opinion
53. A. meet with B. talk with C. part from D. call on
54. A. and B. or C. but D. even
55. A. foot B. health C. shoe D. step
第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
阅读下列短文，然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。
A
When China launches its Shenzhou VI spaceship, it will most likely carry two astronauts and stay in space for five to seven clays, according to Wang Yongzhi, the chief designer of the country's manned spacecraft.
In an interview with local media, Wang spoke highly of the team of researchers based in Shanghai, who designed Shenzhou V's main engine.
Asked whether Yang Liwei, China's first astronaut who blasted into space a month ago from Jiuquan, Gansu Province, would be picked again for the second mission, Wang said the final decision would be made only 16 hours before the launch, so "it is still too early to say".
Yang, on his first trip to Shanghai, said he was touched by the enthusiasm(热情) of the local people. He said he was also impressed by the city's cosmopolitan and high-tech outlook.
Reminded by local journalists of his non-stop schedule since he returned to earth -- touring around the country, and giving speeches -- Yang said that it was part of his responsibility to spread the message of encouragement to his compatriots.
Meanwhile, lured by the visiting space program team, 130,000 people have thronged the round-the-clock, two-day space exhibition at the Shanghai, Science and Technology Museum since the free show opened on Tuesday.
Among them, more than 70,000 visited between 6 pm and 6 am despite the biting cold, curious to see “what the country's first manned spaceship looked like”.
“It's incredible!” Li Jun, an exhibition official, told Shanghai Daily yesterday. “We never expected such a huge number of visitors，especially since they queued up in these freezing conditions.”
Chen Dafu, 58, who traveled all the way from suburban Qingpu District, said: “It's been worth it. The space exhibition was an eye-opener for me. As a Chinese, I was so happy when Yang returned to Earth safely.” Aiso yesterday, Yang and his peers gave emotional speeches at the Shanghai Exhibition Center to more than 2,000 senior government officials and residents from various fields. They also Cook a cruise along the Huangpu River last night (China Daily 2003-12-20)
56. According to the chief designer's statement, Shenzhou VI spaceship will most likely ________
A. make a one-week flight B. carry two astronauts including Yang Liwei
C. orbit the earth 14 times D. not carry Yang Liwei
57. What impressed Yang Liwei most was _________.
A. the warmest welcome he received in Shanghai
B. that the people in Shanghai were well-informed
C. both the city's modernization and the local people's enthusiasm
D. the high-tech outlook of the city of Shanghai
58. From the passage, we can infer that ________.
A. In all 130,000 people are to visit the space exhibition
B. Around 50,000 people have visited the space exhibition the daytime
C. The number of the visitors to the exhibition has reached 70,000
D. People are so interested that they queue up to buy the tickets
B
There are three branches of medicine. One is called “doctor medicine”, or “scientific medicine”, Scientific doctors try to observe sicknesses, look for logical patterns, and then find out how the human body works. From there they figure out what treatments may work. This kind of medicine is believed to date from the 4th century BC. Although nowadays it is successful, in the ancient world this approach probably did not cure many patients.
A second kind of medicine is called “natural cures”, or “folk medicine”, in which less educated people try to cure sicknesses with various herbs (plants used in medicine). These folk healers also use observation and logic, but they are not so aware of it. They try things until they find something that seems to work, and then they keep doing that. Folk medicine flourished long before the development of scientific medicine and was more successful in ancient times than doctor medicine.
The third kind is called “health spas”, or “faith healing”. Sometimes this may be as simple as touching the holy man and being immediately healed. Other times, a magician may make you a magic charm, or say a spell; to cure you. Some religious groups organize special healing shrines for the sick. In these places people rest, get plenty of sleep, eat healthy food, drink water instead of wine, and exercise in various ways. They also talk to the priests and pray to the gods. If you are feeling depressed or you have been working too hard, going to these places may be just the right thing to make you feel better.
59. Which of the following statements about doctor medicine is right?
A. It has a longer history than folk medicine.
B. It has been practiced for around 1,600 years.
C. It bases its treatments on observation and logic.
D. It was very successful in curing sicknesses in ancient times.
60. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT used in health spas?
A. Magic power. B. Various herbs.
C. Religious faith. D. A healthy life style.
61. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A. Folk healers choose different herbs to cure diseases without any sound basis.
B. People who practice folk medicine need lots of formal education on herbs.
C. The success of folk medicine led to the development of doctor medicine.
D. Natural cures worked better than scientific medicine in ancient times.
62. The author's primary purpose in this passage is to _______.
A. describe different types of medicine
B. argue for the importance of medicine in health care
C. show the crucial role religion plays in medical treatments
D. compare the educational background of three different types of patients
C
Mentoring is a relationship between a caring, experienced individual and a younger person who could get attention, guidance and support from the individual. It's an idea that has existed, formally and informally, since the beginning of time. All of us who are successful can think back and remember those people in our own or extended family, as well as in the community, at school or work, or in our churches, who have been there for us. They were mentors.
Some young people seek out mentors on their own — people who spend time with them and become positive models in their lives. We call this informal mentoring.
For others, the opportunity is not available unless a deliberate (特意的) match of youth and mentor is made, usually by a professional. A relationship then develops based on trust and confidence. Over the past three decades, many different kinds of such formal mentoring initiatives(行动) have come into view in cities and towns across America.
You can get involved in any of the programs, which are probably available in your community (社区). One type of program is community-based. That means that location of the mentoring activity is determined freely by the mentor and youth. For example, they might go together to a museum or zoo for several hours on a Saturday.
And one of the most popular forms of mentoring today is site-based mentoring. The activities occur at a designated (指定的) site and are supervised and monitored by professionals Examples of this include mentoring that takes place at the workplace, or at an agency such as a Boys & Girls Club. In other mentoring programs, mentors and youth meet in churches, prisons or youth shelters. The fastest growing and most popular mentoring programs today take place at schools.
63. Mentors can be best described as ________.
A. people who work or study in the same place with you
B. people who are always waiting for you
C. trusted and confident teachers
D. wise and trusted advisors of helpers
64. What is the subject discussed in the text?
A. Mentoring in public school. B. Qualities needed to be a mentor.
C. Forms of mentoring. D. Effects of mentoring activities.
65. What is the main difference between community-based and site-based mentoring?
A. Site-based mentoring is popular while community'-based mentoring is unpopular.
B. Site-based mentoring is formal while community-based mentoring is informal.
C. Site-based mentoring usually takes place on weekdays while community-based mentoring usually takes place on weekends.
D. Location of site-based mentoring is usually fixed while that of community-based mentoring is usually uncertain.
66. What does the underlined word "this" refer to?
A. site-based mentoring B. formal mentoring C. site D. activity
D
A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man—the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greater respect in the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factor3, worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort.
This attitude toward manual (体力的) labor is now still seen in many aspects of American life. One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously (豪华地) furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, further more the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. On the contrary., the hostess usually takes, pride in careful preparation of special dishes. A professional man may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education.
67. From paragraph 1, we can know that in America ________.
A. people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made man
B. people can always rise to the top through their own efforts
C. college professors win great respect from common workers
D. people feel painful to mention their fathers as laborers
68. According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because _________.
A. servants in America are hard to get
B. she takes pride in what she can do herself
C. she can hardly afford servants and wants to enjoy the pleasure
D. it is easy to prepare a meal with canned food
69. The expression "wait on table" in the second paragraph means" __________".
A. work in a furniture shop B. keep accounts for a bar
C. wait to lay the table D. serve customers in a restaurant
70. Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage?
A. A Respectable Self-made Family
B. American Attitude toward Manual Labor
C. Characteristics of American Culture
D. The Development of Manual Labor
E
"Most episodes(片段) of absent-mindedness -- forgetting where you left something or wondering why you just entered a room -- are caused by a simple lack of attention," says Schacter. "You're supposed to remember something, but you haven't encoded it deeply."
"Encoding", Schacter explains, "is a special way of paying attention to an event that has a major effect on remembering it later. Failure to encode properly can create annoying situations. If you put your mobile phone in a pocket, for example, and don't pay attention to what you did because you've involved in a conversation, you'll probably forget that the phone is in the jacket now hanging in your wardrobe." "Your memory itself isn't failing you," says Schacter. "Rather, you didn't give your memory system the information it needed."
Lack of interest can also lead to absent-mindedness. "A man who can recite sports statistics(数据) from 30 years ago," says Zelinski, "may not remember to drop a letter in the mailbox." Women have slightly better memories than men, possibly because they pay more attention to their environment. Any memory depends on just that.
"Reminders can help prevent absent-mindedness." says Schacter. "But be sure the reminder is clear and available," he says. If you want to remember to take medicine with lunch, put it on the kitchen table -- don't leave it in the medicine chest and write yourself a note that you keep in a pocket.
Another common episode of absent-mindedness: walking into a room and wondering why you've there. Most likely, you were thinking about something else. "Everyone does this from time to time," says Zelinski. The best thing to do is to return to where you were before entering the room, and you'll likely remember.
71. Why does the writer think that encoding is important?
A. It helps us understand our memory system better.
B. it enables us to remember something from our memory.
C. It expands our memory ability greatly.
D. It slows down the process of losing our memory.
72. Why do women have better memories than men?
A. They have a wider variety of interests.
B. They are more dependent on the environment.
C. They pay more attention to things they like,
D, They are more interested in what's happening around them,
73. Why can a note in the pocket hardly serve as a reminder?
A. Because it will easily get lost.
B. Because it's net clear enough for you to read,.
C. Because it's out of your sight.
D. Because it might get mixed up with other things.
74. What do we conclude from the last paragraph?
A. If we pay more attention to one thing, we might forget another,
B. Memory depends to a certain extent on the environment,
C. Doing something again helps improve our memory.
D. If we keep forgetting things, we'd better return to where we were.
75. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The process of gradual memory, loss.
B. The causes of absent-mindedness.
C. The influence of the environment on memory
D. A way of encoding and remembering.
第Ⅱ卷（共35分）
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），大该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错的不要改。
Dear Dick,
Your letter of January 30 reached me yesterday.
How nice to hear of you again. You want to know what 76.
is going on in schools in China. In short, things have 77.
begun lo improve after schools were called on to reduce 78.
learning load. I don't know about others, but I am used to 79.
have to work even at weekends do endless homework 80.
and attending classes as well. Now I have much free time. 81.
I can follow my interest such as reading books, visiting 82.
museums and taking computer lessons. In the
evenings I can watch news on TV or reading newspapers. 83.
What's worse. I can go to bed earlier. As far as I know, everyone 84.
is happy about this new arrangement of things taken place in China. 85.
Best wishes.
Li Hua
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
请根据下面的图表以及中文提示所提供的信息，写一篇报道，简要描述我国近年私人轿车的增长情况以及可能会带来的影响：
●出行方便快捷 ●有助于汽车工业发展 ●污染空气 ●交通事故增多
注意：1．词数100左右。 2．开头已给出。
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In recent years the number of private cars has been increasing rapidly in our country. In 1990,
高三第七统测英语试题参考答案
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One Possible Version：
In recent years the number of private cars has been increasing rapidly in our country. In 1990, there were about one million private cars. As time went on, the number of private cars went up to 5 million in 1999. Now there are more than 10,000,000 private cars in China.
As we know, a car is very convenient. We can go to any place more quickly. Besides, the increase of the number of private cars can help car industry develop faster.
However, more cars may cause more traffic accidents and more air pollution. What’s more, waste gases from cars can do great harm to our health.
I do hope people will pay enough attention to these problems.
[听力材料录音稿]
Text 1
W: Do you like your new room?
M: It's nice to have enough space for all my things, so I'm glad I moved. But I miss my friends and neighbors. I especially miss living so close to the school.
Text 2
M: How much are the tickets?
W: They're ten dollars each for the general public, but student tickets are half price.
Text 3
W: Do you get along well with Jack at the office?
M: He ordered everyone about as if he were the boss there.
Text 4
M: We really need to replace the batteries in that radio.
W: Why not the whole radio?
Text 5
W: I think I should buy a better dictionary. But I spent too much money on my new dress.
M: You should plan first. Good dictionaries do cost a lot of money nowadays.
Text 6
W: Hello, Jack.
M: Hello, Mary, what are you doing now?
W: I have nothing to do now, but can you play baseball with me today?
'M: No, I can't. I'm sorry. I have to help my mother. We are going to move tomorrow.
W: Where is the new house? Is it far away here?
M: No, it is not far away. It is near our old house.
W: Can I help you pack?
M: Sure, thanks. You can help me to put away my books. My hooks are too many to pack for me.
Text 7
W: Hello? I would like to speak to Mr. Lee.
M: This is Lee speaking.
W: This is Linda, your old friend.
M: Oh, how are you, Linda? I'm glad you called.
W: Mr. Smith wrote to me that you were coming to our city. May I see you at your hotel right away?
M: Please hold on a moment. I have to check my schedule. Yes, that's all right.
W: Great. I'll be there in half an hour.
M: All right, I'll be expecting you.
W: Oh, I almost forgot. What's your room number?
M: It's the No. 311 on the second floor. Please call me if you can't find me.
W: I'll do that. See you later.
Text 8
W: If I won the Pools, I'd go round the world.
M: Would you? I wouldn't.
W: What would you do?
M: Oh, I don't know. I'd buy a big house with a garden for my wife and kids, I suppose. But it is difficult to imagine having a lot of money.
W: One thing's certain. If I had a lot of money, I wouldn't work any more.
M: Wouldn't you? What would you do with all the spare time?
W: As I said, I'd go round the world.
M: What would you do after that?
M: Oh, I don't know, it'd take me a long time to go round the world.
M: It doesn't seem very exciting.
W: Anyway, we haven't won the Pools, and we are not likely to win them. So there isn't much point in talking about it, is there?
M: I'd be happy if I got a rise.
W: And my husband would be happy if I bought him a coat.
M: Well, I'm not likely to get a rise and you haven't the money for a coat, so let's come down to earth and have another drink.
W: What will you have?
M: I will have a pint of the beer.
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M: Are you going to leave school at the end of the term?
W: Yes, I am.
M: What are you going to do?
W: I'm going to be a clerk.
M: What does a clerk do?
W: He works in an office. He writes letters and reports, and he types.
M: I want to be a vet.
W: A what?
M: A vet--a veterinary surgeon.
W: Good gracious! What is that?
M: A vet's a man who takes care of sick animals. He is an animal doctor.
W: I once read a story about a person who talked to animal. It was very interesting.
M: I think I will learn to exchange with animals, understand their feelings and become their best friend.
W: I am sure you will be a good vet.
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Many thousands of children have serious accidents in their homes. Some children are so badly hurt that they die.
The most common accidents are with fire and hot water. Small children often touch pots of boiling water. The pots fall over and the hot water falls on the children and bums them. Some children like to play with fire. They enjoy striking matches or throwing things on a fire to make it bum. If a fire gets too big, it gets out of control. Then the house catches fire. It is very dangerous to play with matches.
Some kinds of clothing burn very easily. Many children have been badly burned because they have stood too near a fire and their clothing has suddenly burst into fire. Although fire and hot water cause most accidents in the home, many children cut themselves with knives. Some are made very ill from taking their parent's medicine.
There is only one good way to prevent accidents in the home: Do not touch anything that is dangerous.