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/ 十月联考GCT英语考点精选（阅读理解） Passage 1 Firefighters are often asked to speak to school and community groups about the importance of fire safety, particularly fire prevention and detection. Because smoke detectors reduce the risk of dying in a fire by half, firefighters often provide audiences with information on how to install these protective devices in their homes. Specifically, they tell them these things: A smoke detector should be placed on each floor of a home. While sleeping, people are in particular danger of an emergent fire, and there must be a detector outside each sleeping area. A good site for a detector would be hallway that runs between living and bedrooms. Because of the dead-air space that might be missed by hot air bouncing around above a fire, smoke detectors should be installed either on the ceiling at least four inches from the nearest wall, or high on a wall at least four, but no further than twelve, inches from the ceiling. Detectors should not be mounted near windows, entrances, or other places where drafts (过堂风) might direct the smoke away from the unit. Nor should they be placed in kitchens and garages, where cooking and gas fumes are likely to cause false alarms. 1. One responsibility of a firefighter is to _____. A. install smoke detectors in residents’ homes B. check if smoke detectors are properly installed C. develop fire safety programs for schools D. speak to residents about how to prevent fires 2. Compared with homes without smoke detectors, homes with them give their owners a 50% better chance of _____. A. surviving a fire B. preventing a fire C. detecting a hidden fire D. not getting injured in a fire 3. A smoke detector must always be placed _____. A. on any level of a home B. outside all bedrooms in a home C. in all hallways of a home D. in kitchens where fire are most likely to start 4. The passage implies that dead-air space is most likely to be found _____. A. on a ceiling four i