江西省高考英語真題

  近年來對於高考英語試卷的研究主要集中在高考英語試卷本身內容結構的分析以及統計學上單一的維度分析。 下面是小編為你整理關於的內容,希望大家喜歡!

  

  第一卷***選擇題共100分***

  第一部分:聽力***共兩節,滿分30分***

  第一節***共5小題;每小題1.5分,滿分7.5分***

  聽下面5段對話,每段對話後有一個小題,從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項,並標在試卷的相應位置。聽完每段對話後,你都有10秒鐘的時間來回答有關小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對話僅讀一遍。

  1. What are the speakers talking about?

  A. Mending cameras. B. Painting pictures.C. Taking photographs.

  2. Where does the conversation take place?

  A. At a hotel. B. At a library. C. At a post office.

  3. How does the woman feel about the acting?

  A. It isn’t good. B. She loves it. C. It’s just so-so.

  4. What is the boy complaining about?

  A. His new job. B. At a tennis court. C. Yard work.

  5. What will the speaker do next?

  A. Move the old man.

  B. Call for help.

  C. Report to the police

  第二節***共15小題;每小題1.5分,滿分22.5分***

  聽下面5段對話或獨白。每段對話或獨白後有幾個小題,從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項,並標在試卷的相應位置。聽每段對話或獨白前,你將有時間閱讀各個小題,每小題5秒鐘;聽完後,各小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時間。每段對話或獨白讀兩遍。

  請聽第6段材料,回答第6和第7題。

  6.How much timedoes the woman have to go to meet the man ?

  A. 30 minutes. B. 45 minutes. C. 55 minutes

  7.How will the speakers go to the Smiths'?

  A. Ride in a friend’s car. B. Go bybus. C. Go by bike.

  請聽第7段材料,回答第8至9題。

  8. Where does the conversation take place?

  A. At a clinic. B. At a restaurant. C. At a pharmacy.

  9. What can we learn about the woman?

  A. She’s allergic to seafood.

  B. She ate too much.

  C. She ran too much.

  請聽第8段材料,回答第10至12題。

  10. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

  A. Schoolmates. B. Colleagues. C. Neighbors.

  11. Where are the speakers?

  A. In the US. B. In Vietnam. C. In Italy.

  12. What is the womanjob?

  A. A college lecturer.

  B. An assistant of a nurse.

  C. An engine mechanic.

  請聽第9段材料,回答第13至16題。

  13. Where are the speakers?

  A. At a concert hall. B. At a snack bar. C. At a movie house.

  14. What will the woman do next?

  A. Get some snacks.

  B. Get two better seats.

  C. Go over her lessons.

  15. What does the woman think of her last experience?

  A. It was terrific.

  B. It was terrible.

  C. It was interesting.

  16. What can we learn from the conversation?[:.]

  A. Many people are at the opening.

  B. The man is over-weight.

  C. The woman is careless.

  請聽第10段材料,回答第17至20題。

  17. What caused the fire?

  A. An irresponsible driver.

  B. The dry weather.

  C. A lightning.

  18. In which direction of Stanton is the lake?

  A. The southwest. B. The northwest. C. The west.

  19. Who reported the serious situation to the chief fire officer?

  A. A truck driver. B. The motorist. C. A fireman.

  20. How did the chief officer decide to stop the fire at last?

  A. Clear an area in the forest.

  B. Send more firemen.

  C. Blow down the burning trees.

  第二部分閱讀理解***共兩節,滿分40分***

  第一節***共15小題; 每小題2分,滿分30分***

  閱讀下列短文,從每題所給的四個選項中,選出最佳選項,並在答題卡該項塗黑。

  A

  Want to help your little kids develop better physically and mentally? My Gym has some programs for you.

  Little Bundles ***6 weeks-6 months***

  Our youngest My Gym students begin their first visual, audile ***聽覺的***and spatial exploration while they and their parents are guided through the program. The program is designed to carefully introduce music and movement in various fun ways. Baby exercises, songs, dances, baby-safe rides, unique swings, and many other Parent & Me adventures await the baby-parent team. Each week parents participate in a dialogue about their baby’s development.

  Tiny Tykes ***7-13 months***

  As the babies gain hand, arm and body control and become mobile, we introduce new activities. Our babies and their parents are led through a variety of beginning stretches ***伸展***,exercises, baby songs and dances, baby-safe rides and adventures, and balance skills during this program. A relationship to movement and physical activity begins to develop, as our babies discover their natural abilities and improve their physical and cognitive ***認知的*** development.

  Waddlers ***14-22 months***

  At this age, a kid’s level of independent mobility typically progress from aggressive crawling to running. Additional motor skills developing during this stage include kicking a ball, building a block tower, riding a tricycle, and walking up stairs. Our highly trained instructors shower the children with love and caring, as they guide our kids in early social skills through interactive songs, well-designed dances, age-specific puppet ***木偶***shows, special rides, and a variety of swings and other original activities.

  Gymsters ***23 months-2 l/2 years***

  During this program, the youngsters are happy as they sing, dance, swing, play games, take turns on special rides, and have “Surprise Time”. Our kids feel great about themselves as they learn gymnastics: in a constantly changing program with fresh activities and new equipment each week.

  21. What does Little Bundles require parents to do once a week?

  A. Take an adventurous trip.

  B. Design a program for kids.

  C. Talk about their kid’s growth.

  D. Share learning skills with others.

  22. In which program can babies watch puppet shows?

  A. Little Bundles. B. Tiny Tykes.

  C. Waddlers. D. Gymsters.

  23. What can we learn about Gymsters?

  A. It isn’t as fun as the other three programs.

  B. Kids can do new activities every week.

  C. It requires plenty of parents’ participation.

  D. The activities it involves remain unknown.

  24. What is the purpose of this text?

  A. To advertise some programs at My Gym.

  B. To show what activities kids are interested in.

  C. To tell parents how to help their kids develop.

  D. To encourage readers to do exercise at My Gym.

  B

  Two teachers are sitting in a laboratory, their dirty hands buried in grass. Mary Richmond is a sixth grade science teacher at Cache LaPoudre Middle School in Laporte, Colo. Jolene McDowell teaches high school biology at Great Mills High School in Maryland. The two women have spent the past week doing science as part of the Research Experience for Teachers Program at the Toolik Field Station, only 188 kilometers south of the Arctic Ocean. Armed with the research experience, they will be excited to head back to share their stories with their students about science in the Arctic in a few weeks.

  For their two-week experience, Richmond and McDowell are living in a tent. So far, they have helped to set up a laboratory, processed soil samples and mounted other samples onto microscope slides.

  “As teachers in the classroom, I think it’s important for us to get out and do science, Richmond says. This experience has rekindled ***重新點燃***her enthusiasm forscience, she says. Richmond is looking forward to taking it back to the classroom. “If I’m excited about it, the kids are more likely to be excited about it,’’she notes. And in her sixth grade classroom, enthusiasm is important.

  “It’s also important to show students that you want to learn and you’ re willing to put yourself out there and be uncomfortable,” explains McDowell. “I’ve never been this far north before. This is a location where you don’t even flush ***衝***your toilet paper. But I’m willing to be here to learn and experience something new,” she adds.

  The Toolik research station brings in a different number of teachers each year. Openings are generally posted in March and can be found on the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory website.

  After their stay, the two teachers, along with others at research sites around the United States, will have a year to translate their experience to something for the classroom. They can add to their curriculum, make a presentation or come up with a class activity.

  25. Why are the two teachers at the Toolik Field Station?

  A. They’ve been there doing science.

  B. They’ve been invited to hold lectures.

  C. They’re planning to set up a laboratory.

  D. They’re volunteering to experience life.

  26. What do the two teachers probably think of their two-week experience?

  A. Relaxing and exciting.

  B. Challenging but useless.

  C. Dangerous but beneficial.

  D. Unforgettable and beneficial.

  27. What would be the best title for the text?

  A. Teachers teach science at the Toolik Field Station

  B. Teachers inspire students to do science in class

  C. Teachers experience difficulties in the Arctic

  D. Teachers get to do cool science in the Arctic

  C

  Chocolate is the “food of the gods,’’ a sweettreat for many across the world, and an increasingly popular industry worth an estimated $110 billion a year. But chocolate lovers, your beloved snack may have just been saved by another sweet treat: mangoes ***芒果***.Scientists may have found a way to solve a possibly coming shortage of cocoa, which could affect future chocolate production, by using mangoes in place of cocoa to make chocolate, according to a study. “Wild mango is one of the so-called Cinderella ***灰姑娘*** species whose real value is unrealized,’’ says Akhter, the study’s senior author.

  Global cocoa production has gone down inrecent years — due to a handful of factors including changes in climate and crop failure — while the demand for cocoa has been on the rise. Cocoa producers in the past also have been accused of unfair labor practices, including employing child laborers and underpaying farmers. Wild mango butter may be chemically and physically similar enough to cocoa butter to act as a replacement, which makes researchers and food producers excited and hopeful.

  The study’s authors also believe the potential business benefits of the fruit could be a boon to protection efforts. “Going beyond the use to industry, wild fruits like mangoes are an important source of food, medicine and income for rural people, but are in decline due to factors such as deforestation,’’said Morag McDonald of Bangor University, another of the study’s authors. Adding value to underused products through processing for products that have market value can bring about a valuable motivation for the conservation of such species, and help to bring about alternative income sources and reduce household poverty.

  28. Why is the mango called Cinderella species?

  A. It often appears in fairy tales.

  B. It is especially suitable for girls.

  C. Its importance fails to be recognized.

  D. It looks common but is very popular.

  29. What is stressed in Paragraph 2?

  A. The hard life of cocoa farmers.

  B. The great demand for chocolate.

  C. The reasons for chocolate’s popularity.

  D. The reasons for replacing cocoa with mangoes.

  30. What makes mangoes a replacement for cocoa?

  A. Similar output.

  B. Similar nutritional value.

  C. Similar growth conditions.

  D. Similar processing method.

  31. The underlined word “boon” in Paragraph 3 canbest be replaced by_______ .

  A. disagreement B. gift

  C. challenge D. barrier

  D

  In the year 1963, animal experimenter Clarence Little and his team carried out an experiment on more than 100 rats. The group of scientists used products such as cigarettes to test for lung cancer, and they were trying to find a cure.

  They could not find any product to produce lung cancer or anything compared to the extremes that humans go through on the rats. Medical professionals are still insisting that they need to test on animals to cure cancer and other diseases. However, if rats can’t contract the same diseases, it means there is no real point in testing them.

  Since 1963, scientists have slowly been realizing that using animals in their experiments is not important. Medical advances have even been delayed due to experimenting on animals. Some data from U.S. Food and Drug Administration show that 92 percent of drugs which pass animal trials are found to be unsafe or ineffective in human trials and never reach the market.

  Animalexperimentation is less efficient and reliable than many non-animal methods of experimentation. The most hated and known practice of animal experimentation is “pound seizure” which is where animal shelters sell animals to some labs and companies to test their products.

  It’s shocking that some countries still allow testing on animals. There are many products that have not been tested on animals and they work evenbetterthan the products that have been.So the need for animal experimentation is zero; there are so many ways to get around it. Stopping animal experimentation could be easily done in a few steps: reducing the number of animals being tested, reducing the types of animals that are tested, making sure the outcome will be actually used and needed, and finally replacing all animals with non-living models.

  32. Why did scientists do an experiment on rats in1963?

  A. To look for a treatment for lung cancer.

  B. To improve the quality of some medicines.

  C. To find out how people suffered from cancer.

  D. To look for the cause of an unknown disease.

  33. What is a negative effect of using animals inexperiments?

  A. Animals can easily become extinct.[:]

  B. Medical advances are slowed down.

  C. A disease is easily spread among the animals.

  D. Medicines used on animals are not accepted by men.

  34. What do we know about “pound seizure”?

  A. It’s widely used.

  B. It’ s a non-animal test.

  C. It helps stop animal testing.

  D. It’s reliable but not efficient.

  35. Which of the following does the author agree with?

  A. Non-living models reduce the cost of experi­ments. .

  B. The government is to blame for medical tests.

  C. It’s easy to find a better way to test medicines.

  D. There is no need to test medicines on animals.

  第二節***共5小題;每小題2分,滿分10 分***

  根據短文內容,從短文後的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多餘選項。***注意:將答案轉塗到答題卡時,若選A, B, C,D則直接塗在機讀卡上,若選E則同時塗A, B,若選F則同時塗B, C,若選G則同時塗C, D。***

  Anyone who keeps a garden knows that most plants bend towards the sun to catch as much sunlight as they can. This is called “solar tracking”.

  36 If you observe a sunflower in the early morning, you will find it turning its face eastward; at sunset, on the other hand, its face will turn towards the west.

  37 In other words, what happens if you take a sunflower out of the garden bed and keep it in a completely dark room?[:]

  Surprisingly, the sunflower will continue its solar tracking without sunlight. It will bend, just as it did outside, eastward at sunrise and westward at sunset, even if there is not a single ray of light inside the dark room. This is a classic example of what scientists call a circadian rhythm ***晝夜節律***.What does it mean? 38 It’s not directed by the environ­ment.

  Sunflowers do follow the sun, but they don’t just “seek” sunlight. 39 Although sunflowers don’t bend with any purpose in mind, some scientists think they have evolved their solar tracking system over millions of years. According to this theory, the evolution helps sunflowers catch light more effectively, and the ones that catch light best are most likely to survive. As a result of this natural selection, we now have sunflowers that bend automatically.40 After a certain stage sunflowers stop following the sun and only face east.

  A. Sunflowers are a well-known example of this.

  B. Sunflowers are also an important source of food.

  C. Wild sunflowers seen on roadsides don t follow the sun.

  D. It is a daily cycle of behavior that is inside of living things.

  E. However, that only happens when sunflowers are young plants.

  F. But what if there’s no sun for the sunflower to guide its solar tracking?

  G. This is clear from the fact that sunflowers in darkness bend just as well.

  第三部分英語知識運用***共兩節,滿分45分***

  第一節完形填空***共20小題;每小題1.5分,滿分30分***

  閱讀下面短文,從短文後各題所給的四個選項***A、B、C和D***中,選出可以填人空白處的最佳選項,並在答題卡該項塗黑。

  One Sunday, I drove my wife to work. On my41she asked me to do some shopping at the local shopping centre. Outside I noticed a***n***42 guy. He sat on the floor with a small cup asking for 43and a little dog at his side, keeping 44.

  The shoppers walked past,45him on such a very cold day without any mercy. I46my pockets. £1.50 was all the change I had and I 47 it in his cup and said to him to treat himself. 48I left him, I thought to myself: Is that really a treat? Leave this guy in the cold and49throw him £1.50! I knew this wasn’t 50.

  I collected my shopping and as I made my way back, I thought what I could do to help this guy. So I went into a bakery and bought some51for him. But what about his52? Again, I went to a shop, grabbing some doggy chocolate treats.

  Coming53,I sat down, introduced myself and gave him the food. He was 54and couldn’t believe it, but he kept shaking my hand and55me. Then I left. As I returned to my car, I56. The guy was eating his food and filling a bowl of water for his dog.

  Christmas is about 57 and helping others.58everything you have, for example, the rich food in your fridge over the Christmas period and your sofa. On the contrary, this guy had59 of these. I’ve helped him for a day or two and hope that you may 60a thought next time you see someone on the street.

  41. A. return B. Travel C. business D. celebration

  42. A. homeless B. Strong C. annoying D. intelligent

  43. A. treat B. Water C. money D.respect

  44. A. company B. Balance C. peace D. silence

  45. A. helping B. Watching C. pushing D. ignoring

  46. A. checked B. Filled C. picked D. shook

  47. A. collected B. Shot C. moved D. placed

  48. A. Since B. As C. If D. Unless

  49. A. even B. Yet C. just D. still

  50. A. right B. Common C. special D. clever

  51. A. bowls B. Pots C. material D. food

  52. A. cat B. Dog C. son D. daughter

  53. A. forward B. InC. out D. down

  54. A. honored B. Astonished C. frightened D. satisfied

  55. A. questioned B. Paid C. comforted D. thanked

  56. A. looked around B. looked out

  C. looked up D. looked back

  57. A. giving B. SuggestingC. accepting D. abandoning

  58. A. Store B. ConsiderC. Show D. Donate

  59. A. many B. All C. few D. most

  60. A. express B. Spare C. share D. Bear

  第II卷

  第二節語法填空***共10小題;每小題1.5分,滿分15分***

  閱讀下面短文,在空白處填入適當的內容***不多於1個單詞***或括號內單詞的正確形式。

  In many places today, children start primary school at around the age of six. However, because it is more likely now that both parents work, children have little opportunity 61 ***stay*** in their own home up to that age. Instead, they will probably go to a nursery school when they are much 62 ***young***.

  While some people think this may be damaging to children’s 63 ***develop***, or to children’s relationship with their parents, in fact there are many 64 ***advantage*** of experiencing school early.

  First, children will learn to interact with a lot of different people. They are 65 ***general*** more confident and independent than those who are not used to strangers or new situations. Such children may find their first day at school at age of six very 66 ***frighten*** and this may have a negative effect on how they learn.

  Another advantage of going to school at 67 early age is that children develop faster socially. They make friends and learn how to get on 68 other children of their age. This is not often possible at home because they are the only child 69 because their brothers or sisters are older or younger.

  So overall, I believe that 70 ***attend*** school from a young is good for most children. They still spend plenty of time at home with their parents, so they can benefit from both environments.

  第四部分:寫作***共兩節,滿分35分***

  第一節短文改錯***共10小題;每小題1分,滿分10分***

  假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文,請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤,每句中至多有兩處。每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

  增加:在缺詞處加一個漏字元號***∧***,並在其下面寫出該加的詞。

  刪除:把多餘的詞用斜線***\***劃掉。

  修改:在錯的詞下劃一橫線,並在該詞下面寫出修改後的詞。

  注意:1.每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞;

  2. 只允許修改10處,多者***從第11處起***不計分。

  When my parents told me that we will go to Wuhan for holiday by air, I really felt a little nervous. After all, it wasmy first time ever to take plane. We got on the plane after check in. Everything was so very strange to me that I didn’t dare to touch anything. But my nervousness didn’t last long due to the help of the hostesses. With their patient explanations, I soon got familiar to the environment. Thing went smoothly and I was enjoying the flight when suddenly we were warning to fasten the seat belt for the coming strong air flow. I became scared at the news, but they turned out to be a small incident during the whole journey. The plane soon became steadily and we landed safely at Wuhan Tianhe Airport one hour ago.

  第二節:書面表達***滿分25分***

  假定你是李華,本學期你校開設了英語寫作課,由來自美國的外教Shelly來授課。由於你在英語寫作方面感到很困難,故打算寫一封電子郵件向她求助,要點包括:

  1.告訴她你的困難;

  2.尋求幫助:如何提高寫作技能,如何擴大詞彙量,希望推薦寫作書目。

  注意: 1. 詞數100左右***開頭已給出,但不計入總詞數***;

  2. 可以適當增加內容,使內容充實、行文連貫。

  Dear Shelly,

  I’m Li Hua, one of your students in the writing class.

  _

  答案

  聽力理解1-5 CBACB 6-10 ACABC

  11-15 ABCAB 16-20AABCA

  閱讀理解 21-24 CCBA 25-27 ADD 28-31CDBB 32-35 ABAD

  36-40 AFDGE

  完型填空41-45AACAD 46-50 ADBCA

  51-55 DBCBD 56-60 DABCB

  語法填空61.to stay 62. younger

  63. development 64.advantages

  65. generally 66.frightening 67. an 68.with

  69.or 70.attending

  短文改錯第一句will-would, 第二句plane前加a, 第三句check-checking, 第四句去掉very,第六句to-with, 第七句Thing-Things,warning-warned,

  第八句they-it, 第九句steadily-steady, ago-later

  書面表達One possible version:

  Dear Shelly:

  I’m Li Hua, one of your students in your writing class. I’m writing to seek help from you.

  I find English writing really difficult because my vocabulary is too small. Before high school, I was studying in the countryside, where teachers didn’t have many English books to read. I was wondering whether you could help me improve my writing skills and enlarge my vocabulary. Would you please also recommend some books on writing to/for me so that I can read them by myself to improve my writing?

  I would be grateful if you could give me a hand.

  聽力原文

  Text 1

  W: Do you let people know when you are taking picture of them?

  M: I try not to. You know, any picture of a person whoposes for a camera would look dull and unnatural

  Text 2

  M: I’d like to check out these books.

  W: May I see your card?

  M: Here How long can I keep them?

  W: three weeks. You can even renew them over the phone.

  Text 3

  W: What do you think of the film?

  M: I like it. I think it is great.

  W: I like it too. Do you like the acting?

  M: Yes. It is excellent. Do you?

  W: Not really. It is disappointing.

  Text 4

  M: Mom, why do I have to do all this work.

  W: Because you're the only son I’ve got

  M: That's not a reason. I hate mowing the lawn

  W: Well, if you can do a nice job, someone may want to hire you this summer.

  Text 5

  W. Look! An old man was knocked down. Let’s go and carry him to safety.

  M: No. Don’t move him. He's badly hurt. we should callthe First Aid Center first.

  Text 6

  M: I’d like to pay a visit to the Smiths at 3:30 p. m. Will you go with me, Mary?

  W: I’d love to, but I won’t be off work until 4:00. How about 4:15? I’ll be free then, Jack.

  M: Let’s meet at the bus stop at 4:30 and take the No.5 bus to go there.

  W: Why not go by bike? The bus would be crowded at that time.

  M: But my bike is broken.

  W: You can use your sister’s new bike, can’t you?

  M:Yes. I’ll wait for you at 4:30 in front of the bookstore opposite the cinema.

  Text 7

  M: What seems to be the trouble, Ms. Lee?

  W:Ihave a terrible pain in my stomach.

  M: I see. How long has this pain been occurring?

  W: Since late last night.

  M: I see. Let me have a look, shall I? What did you eat yesterday?

  W: We went to an American seafood restaurant, and then we went to cat Chinese food. After that, we had a lot of Italian things such as…

  M: Did you throw up, or did you have the runs?

  W: Both.

  M:Well, that could be an upset stomach from overeating.Allergic to any drugs?

  W: No.

  M: All right. Take the medicine every six hours and stay in bed today.

  W: Thank you doctor.

  Text 8

  M: Did you just move in next door?

  W: Yes, we did. Have you lived here long?

  M: Me? I guess so. I've lived here for about 6 years now. Have you lived in America very long?

  W: No, not really. When we left Vietnam and came to America we lived with a cousin in Dallas for 2 years. Where do you work, Jim?

  M: I teach mathematics at Willow Springs Community College. What do you do?

  W: I’m a nurse’s assistant at Whitfield County Hospital.

  M: What about David?

  W: He’s a mechanic at Allied Diesel. He repairs truck engines.

  M: Well, Alma, it was good to meet you. I have to go now. I’m teaching a class this evening and I need to get to the college.

  W: It was good to meet you too.

  M: See you around!

  W: Good-bye, Jim!

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  M: Wow, look at the line! It's worse than I expected. We're lucky we got here an hour early. Or else we would definitely have had problems getting good seats. I’m glad we made the effort to come early.

  W: Me too. I learned my lesson the last time I went to an opening. I didn’t arrive early enough and endedup with a terrible seat all the way in the front row! Believe me, it was one of theworst movie experiences ever.

  M: Yeah! I hate sitting in the first row.

  W: By the way, it was really thoughtful of you to get the ticket for me. Why don't I show you a bit of appreciation by getting you some popcorn and a drink?

  M: That would be great!

  W: OK. What kind of soda do you want?

  M: Let me see ...I’lltake a large Coke. As for the popcorn, medium size will do. Thanks a lot.

  W: I’d better get going. You hold my place and I’ll be back real quick. Oh …I almost forgot.

  M: I’d better hold on to my ticket in case you get let in before I get back. If that happens, just save me a seat and I’ll meet you inside.

  M: Okay.

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  W: Now a report about a forest fire. Last Saturday morninga careless motorist threw a lighted cigarette out of his car ten miles west of the small Canadian town of Stanton. The forest at the side of the road was dry because there had been no rain for many days. Within a few minutes, the bushes and trees were on fire.

  A truck driver saw the fire when he was on his way to Stanton. As soon as he reached the town he told the police about the fire. Soon firemen were hurrying westwards. When they reached the fire they saw that it was very big.It could not spread to the north because of a lake. But a west wind was carrying the fire towards Stanton and the firemen could not stop it. When they realized this,one of the firemen sent a message back to the town by radio. The chief fire officer and hundreds of people hurried to a place about half a mile west of the town.There they used a powerful explosive to blow down the trees and to clear a wide path through the forest. When the fire reached the break, it began to die down because there was nothing left to burn.