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　　Which is safer-staying at home， traveling to work on public transport， or working in theoffice? Surprisingly， each of these carries the same risk， which is very low. However， what aboutflying compared to working in the chemical industry? Unfortunately， the former is 65 times riskierthan the latter! In fact， the accident rate of workers in the chemical industry is less than that ofalmost any of human activity， and almost as safe as staying at home.

　　The trouble with the chemical industry is that when things go wrong they often cause death tothose living nearby. It is this which makes chemical accidents so newsworthy. Fortunately， they areextremely rare. The most famous ones happened at Texas City ***1947***，Flixborough ***1974***，Seveso ***1976***， Pemex ***1984*** and Bhopal ***1984***。

　　Some of these are always in the minds of the people even though the loss of life was small. Noone died at Seveso， and only 28 workers at Flixborough. The worst accident of all was Bhopal，where up to 3，000 were killed. The Texas City explosion of fertilizer killed 552. The Pemex fire ata storage plant for natural gas in the suburbs of Mexico City took 542 lives， just a month beforethe unfortunate event at Bhopal.

　　Some experts have discussed these accidents and used each accident to illustrate a particulardanger. Thus the Texas City explosion was caused by tons of ammonium nitrate***硝酸銨***，which issafe unless stored in great quantity. The Flixborough fireball was the fault of management， whichtook risks to keep production going during essential repairs. The Seveso accident shows whathappens if the local authorities lack knowledge of the danger on their doorstep. When thepoisonous gas drifted over the town， local leaders were incapable of taking effective action. ThePemex fire was made worse by an overloaded site in an overcrowded suburb. The fire set off achain reaction os exploding storage tanks. Yet， by a miracle， the two largest tanks did notexplode. Had these caught fire， then 3，000 strong rescue team and fire fighters would all havedied.

　　1.Which of the following statements is true?

　　A.Working at the office is safer than staying at home.

　　B.Traverlling to work on public transport is safer than working at the office.

　　C.Staying at home is safer than working in the chemical industry.

　　D.Working in the chemical industry is safer than traveling by air.

　　2.Chemical accidents are usually important enough to be reported as news because ____.

　　A.they are very rare

　　B.they often cause loss of life

　　C.they always occur in big cities

　　D.they arouse the interest of all the readers

　　3.According to passage， the chemical accident that caused by the fault of managementhappened at ____.

　　A.Texas city B.Flixborough C.Seveso D.Mexico City

　　4.From the passage we know that ammonium nitrate is a kind of ____.

　　A.natural gas， which can easily catch fire

　　B.fertilizer， which can't be stored in a great quantity

　　C.poisonous substance， which can't be used in overcrowded areas

　　D.fuel， which is stored in large tanks

　　5.From the discussion among some experts we may coclude that ____.

　　A.to avoid any accidents we should not repair the facilities in chemical industry

　　B.the local authorities should not be concerned with the production of the chemical industry

　　C.all these accidents could have been avoided or controlled if effective measure had beentaken

　　D.natural gas stored in very large tanks is always safe

　　參考答案：

　　DBABC

　　Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by beingcorrected all the time; if corrected too much， he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times aday the difference between the languages he uses and the language those around him use. Bit bybit， he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people. In the same way，when children learn to do all the other things they learn to do without being taught-to walk， run，climb， whistle， ride a bicycle-compare those performances with those of more skilled people，and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out hisown mistakes for himself， let alone correct them. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought thathe would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him， or correct it unless he was madeto. Soon he becomes dependent on the teacher. Let him do it himself. Let him work out， with thehelp of other children if he wants it， what this word says， what answer is to that problem，whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.

　　If it is a matter of right answers， as it may be in mathematics or science， give him the answerbook. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such routine work?Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can‘t find the way to get the rightanswer. Let’s end this nonsense of grades， exams， marks， Let us throw them all out， and letthe children learn what all educated persons must some day learn， how to measure their ownunderstanding， how to know what they know or do not know.

　　Let them get on with this job in the way that seems sensible to them. With our help as schoolteachers if they ask for it. The idea that there is a body of knowledge to be learnt at school andused for the rest of one‘s life is nonsense in a world as complicated and rapidly changing as ours.Anxious parents and teachers say， “But suppose they fail to learn something essential they willneed to get in the world?” Don’t worry! If it is essential， they will go out into the world and learnit.

　　1.What does the author think is the best way for children to learn things?

　　A.by copying what other people do.

　　B.by making mistakes and having them corrected.

　　C.by listening to explanations from skilled people.

　　D.by asking a great many questions.

　　2.What does the author think teachers do which they should not do?

　　A.They give children correct answers.

　　B.They point out children‘s mistakes to them.

　　C.They allow children to mark their own work.

　　D.They encourage children to mark to copy from one another.

　　3.The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are___.

　　A.not really important skills.