全国公共英语等级考试五级 c1

　　[00:00.00Exersise 3

[00:02.98]Part A

[00:05.72]You will hear a talk giving by a fire officer.

[00:10.37]As you listen,answer Questions 1--10 by circling True or False.

[00:18.13]You will hear the talk ONLY ONCE.

[00:21.97]You now have 60 seconds to read Questions 1--10.

[00:27.82]FIRE OFFICER:Good evening ladies and gentlemen.

[00:31.69]I'd like to begin by quoting a few figures at you.

[00:37.33]55,887....,8500...and 1,000.degrees centigrade.

[00:48.80]That is the number of house fires reported last year,

[00:54.13]the number of people killed or injured in those fires,

[01:00.37]and the temperature of the flames given off

[01:05.12]by some items of furniture within 30 seconds of a fire starting.

[01:12.36]All rather alarming.I think you'd agree.

[01:16.80]Well,what can we do to prevent these tragedies?

[01:21.95]In the fire prevention service

[01:25.60]we have three golden rules which we call 'awareness 1 '.

[01:31.25]'precautions',and 'escape.

[01:35.11]I'd like to start by dealing 2 with the first of these--'awareness.

[01:41.46]In the average home there are about half a dozen

[01:46.32]fire hazards or risk factors which we should all be aware of.

[01:53.06]Now the primary hazard is the electrical circuit,

[01:58.02]A lot of us live in older houses,

[02:02.46]and if your wiring is more than 15 years old,

[02:08.10]it may not be up to modern safety standards.

[02:13.56]Check that you have a functioning fuse-box,

[02:18.50]and if you're in any doubt,

[02:21.95]you really ought to get it looked at by a qualified 3 electrician.

[02:28.30]Electrical appliances come second on my list,

[02:33.34]and I'm thinking in particular of televisions and electric blankets.

[02:40.18]Some of you may not know that a colour television

[02:45.04]can generate over 20,000 volts 4,

[02:50.00]and this voltage can be retained for quite some time

[02:55.15]after a set has been switched off.

[02:59.41]So always switch off

[03:03.14]and disconnect from the mains when you finish watching.

[03:08.60]And don't put a TV in front of curtains or soft furnishings.

[03:14.66]The electric blanket is no longer the danger it was years ago,

[03:20.80]but it was the cause of 14 fatalities 5 last year

[03:26.65]so I think it is still important to remember not to fold them

[03:32.61]and certainly not to use one if it accidentally gets wet.

[03:38.88]I just mentioned soft furnishings

[03:43.82]and this is a hazard which I want to emphasise 6.

[03:48.68]Many of you may have sofas and armchairs made before 1989--

[03:55.62]when the new fire safety regulations came in.

[04:00.77]Now these may contain polyurethane foam 7 fillings.

[04:06.31]You probably know that these fillings

[04:10.46]can give off extremely poisonous fumes 8 in a fire.

[04:16.10]so if you do have this kind of furniture

[04:20.47]you should either get rid of it

[04:24.41]or have it recovered with flame-retardant cloth--

[04:29.58]which is now widely available and not expensive.

[04:35.12]OK,I'd like to say a few words now about open fires.

[04:41.78]Recently we've noticed quite a fashion to return to open fires,

[04:48.24]especially in older houses.

[04:51.97]Obviously this is quite a hazard,

[04:55.92]and there are one or two fairly obvious things to be aware of.

[05:02.37]Firstly you should always use a fire guard in front of the fireplace,

[05:09.42]and make sure it's a fairly sturdy one.

[05:13.86]Secondly,never dry wet clothes in front of the fire.

[05:20.13]To be honest,if you have young children

[05:24.96]I think you are better off bricking the fire up

[05:29.80]and investing in central heating--

[05:33.77]it might not be so romantic on a winter evening

[05:39.10]but it's certainly a lot safer.

[05:43.04]The final thing I want to draw your attention to is aerosols 9 and bottles.

[05:49.88]Aerosols and bottles often contain flammable liquid or gas,

[05:56.94]so these should never be left in direct sunlight--

[06:01.98]on a window ledge 10 for example.

[06:06.42]You'd be surprised at how quickly sunlight can heat up

[06:11.98]a pressurized container and lead to a fire.

[06:17.42]So keep them in a cupboard or away from windows.

[06:22.59]Right,I'd like to go on now to the area of 'precautions'.

[06:28.73]Smoke detectors 11 are perhaps the most common...

[06:34.08]You now have 20 seconds to check your answers to Questions 1--10.

[06:40.82]Question 1-10 according to Part A.

[06:42.86]1.The golden rules for fire prevention

[06:44.92]are 'awareness','precaution' and 'escape:

[06:46.96]2.The major fire hazard is that a lot of people live in old houses.

[06:49.03]3.TV unplugged after switched off can be dangerous.

[06:51.06]4.Sofa in front of curtains can be a good place for\ putting a TV.

[06:53.13]5.Electric blankets are still as dangerous as they were in the past.

[06:55.16]6.People should fold electric blankets and put them away after using them

[06:57.20]7.Sofas and armchairs that contain potyurethane foam fillings are dangerous

[06:59.27]8.To prevent fire,people should not use open fire in house.

[07:01.30]9.A pressurized container can be heated up

[07:03.37]by sunlight in a short time and lead to a fire

[07:05.40]10.This part of the talk is about how to escape from a fire.

[07:07.47]That is the end of Part A.

[07:11.23]Part B

[07:14.08]You will hear several conversations or talks

[07:19.22]and you must answer the questions by choosing A,B,C or D.

[07:27.97]You will hear the recording 12 ONLY ONCE.

[07:32.94]Questions 11--13 are based on the following dialogue.

[07:39.49]You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11--13.

[07:46.44]M:Did you see that television series with Michael Palm?

[07:51.80]W:The one where he went around the world in eighty days?

[07:57.34]M:Yeah.   W:Yeah,it was really good.

[08:01.99]You know,that's something I've always wanted to do.

[08:07.05]M:Me too.Mind you,

[08:11.10]you have to put up with a lot of hassles.

[08:15.44]I mean,I went to Hong Kong last year and it was one long disaster!

[08:22.39]W:Really?  M:Yeah,I was stuck in Moscow for three days!

[08:28.84]W:How on earth did that happen?

[08:32.68]M:Well,it was like one of those bucket shop

[08:37.22]tickets,you know,from the back of a magazine.

[08:41.67]I went down to this little place in central London,

[08:46.71]in Soho and paid cash.

[08:50.96]W:But they're usually OK,aren't they?

[08:55.61]M:That's what I thought at the time.Now I know better!

[09:00.76]I mean the plane was delayed two hours leaving Heathrow

[09:06.19]and we were doing a stopover at Moscow.

[09:10.95]It was Aeroflot,like mega-crummy,no drinks,terrible service...

[09:18.21]so we arrived late at Moscow,in the middle of the night,

[09:23.46]and we all went into the transit 13 lounge and after about two hours

[09:29.81]this official came in and told us we'd missed the connection to Hong Kong,

[09:36.97]we'd have to stay the night in the airport hotel...  W:But why?

[09:43.03]M:The late departure from Heathrow apparently 14.

[09:47.47]W:So,what was the hotel like?

[09:51.73]M:Grim...more like a prison really.

[09:56.27]Anyway,the next morning I went down to reception

[10:02.33]and asked what was happening.

[10:06.38]Disaster!

[10:09.33]They'd checked my ticket or something and decided 15

[10:14.30]it wasn't a proper Aeroflot one,

[10:19.05]only valid 16 for the twice-a-week flight,not the daily flight.

[10:24.80]So I had to sit there and watch

[10:29.13]all the other passengers go off to catch the next plane to Hong Kong

[10:35.38]while I was stuck in this terrible hotel.

[10:40.31]W:Well,a good chance to explore Moscow.  M:No way!

[10:46.45]I didn't have a Russian visa,of course,

[10:50.81]so they wouldn't let me out.

[10:54.16]I had to stay there for three days.

[10:58.70]The pits! No TV,no newspapers,no phone lines and the food was gross.

[11:08.06]All because I had this cheap ticket.

[11:12.03]W:I guess you won't be buying cheap tickets again.

[11:16.47]M:You're not wrong!

[11:19.63]You now have 30 seconds to check your answers to Questions 11--13.