Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item. [br][/br] Question 1 A: A suicide bomb happened in southern Afghanistan. B: Afghan security forces attacked Taliban fighters. C: NATO troops attacked Taliban fighters. D: Taliban fighters attacked the Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan.

The fire ____for three hours before the fire fighters arrived.

We have been preparing our fighters to ________themselves to civil society.

4. The fire fighters rushed ____ of the building just before it burnt down.

The fire fighters are doing their best to save people. They think more of hers than ______．

______ arriving at the burning building, the fire fighters at once joined the local residents in the fight against-the big fire. A: On B: For C: At D: In

The fire fighters sank down one by one,（） A: all their strength to exhaust B: all their strength exhausted C: all their strength to be exhaust D: all their strength to be exhausted

The fire ______ for three hours before the fire fighters arrived. A: had been burning B: had burned C: would have burning D: has been burning

Questions 11 to 18 are based on the following talk. A: Because they live at 350,000 different places. B: So doctors can treat injured fire fighters quickly. C: Because they need medical examinations. D: So they can be removed from burning buildings.

We can come to a conclusion that ______. A: there were no fire brigades in Rome before the Dark Ages B: 100 years ago, fire fighters would starve to death if not well paid C: even nowadays, fire still endangers human beings D: God punished Londoners by setting fire to a bakery