Ex3. Read the text and choose the best answer.
Accidents in the home
Many thousands of children have accidents in their homes. As a result some children died.
The most common accidents are with fire and hot water. Small children often touch pots of boiling water on the stove. The pots fall over and the hot water falls on the children and burns them. Some children like to play with fire. They enjoy striking matches or throwing things on a fire to make it burn brightly. If a fire gets too big, it gets out of control. Then the house catches fire. It is very dangerous to play with matches. When a child strikes a match, the flame soon burns near his fingers. Then he drops the match on the floor. Many houses catches fire in this way.
Some kinds of clothing burn very easily. Many children have been badly burned because they have stood near a fire and their clothing has suddenly caught fire.
Although fire and hot water cause most accidents in their home, many children cut themselves with knives. Others get an electric shock. Some children are made very ill from taking their parents’ medicine. Many small children have to go to hospital every year because they thought a box of medicine was a box of sweets. There is only one good way to see to it that accidents do not happen in the home. Do not touch anything that is dangerous.
1. What causes most accidents?
A. Fire and matches |
| B. Fire and hot water |
C. Pots of boiling water and fat 2. What do some children like doing? |
| D. Big fires which get out of control |
A. Touching pots of boiling water |
| B. Cooking on stoves |
C. Playing with matches |
| D. Catching fire |
3. What do children often do with lighted matches?
A. Throw things on the matches to make them burn brighter
B. Throw the matches on the fire
C. Throw them on the floor
D. Set fire to their clothes
4. Why has the clothing of many children caught fire? A. The children have been too near a fire.
B. Other children have set fire to the clothing
C. Some children have dropped matches on their clothing
D. Hot water has fallen over their clothing
5. Which one of the following is the cause of many other accidents in the home?
A. Playing with electricity B. Eating too many sweets C. Sick children playing with things D. Playing tricks on other children
6. What is the best way to see to it that accidents do not happen in the home?
A. Wear clothes that do not burn easily
B. Turn off the electricity supply
C. Don’t keep knives and medicine in the house
D. Don’t touch anything that appears unsafe
