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Afiredrillis,toputitmildly,aninconvenientexerciseatthebestoftimes.Afiredrillat2:00inthemorninginterribleweatherconditions,liketheonewehadonThursdaynighttoFridaymorninglast,isincomparablymoreinconvenient.ThatiswhyIamwritingthisnotetothankyouallmostsincerelyforyourexcellentcooperationandthespiritwithwhichyouenduredtheinconvenience.
Afiredrillisnotameaninglessexercise.Itisanextremelyseriousoneandcan,infact,savelivesinthelongrun.Lastweek'sfiredrillhasalreadyshownanumberof“deafspots”inthehall,namely,thetworoomsinPurserHouseandsomeroomsintheBottowCorridor.Ihavenoreasontodoubtthatresidentsfromtheseareascouldnothearthealarm.Ishallrequestanimmediateexaminationofthisproblem.
Ishould,alsoremindyouthatitisarequirementthatfiredrillsareregularlycarriedout(atleasttwoineveryoneyear)andeachresidentismadefullyawareofthisandtakepart.Allresidentsmusttakefireprecautionswithenoughseriousness.Failuretodosocanresultinheavyfiresandmovingoutofthehall.Thankyouagainforyourcooperation.
1.Thisnoteismadeto________.
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A.abigfirestarted
B.itwasattheweekend
C.itwasinbadweather
D.iswasatthebestoftime
3.SomepeopledidnotmaketheirappearanceattheDrillbecause________.
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A.theyweredeaf
B.theycouldnothearthealarm
C.nobodywakedthemup
D.theyhadsomeotherreasons
4.Accordingtothespeaker,afiredrillisextremelyimportantfor________.
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A.itisagoodphysicalexercise
B.itcansavelivesincaseafirestarts
C.itisrequiredbylaw
D.itcanmakepeoplegetmoreusedtotheinconvenience