2023年学位英语考试真题及答案解析
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.A fire drill is, to put it mildly, an inconvenient exerciseat the best of times.A fire drill at 2:00 in the morning interrible weather conditions, like the one we had on Thursdaynight and Friday morning last, is incomparably moreinconvenient.This is why writing this note to thank you allmost sincerely for your excellent co-operation and the spiritwith which you endured the inconvenience.A fire drill is not an idle exercise.It is an extremelyserious one and can, in fact, save lives in the long run.Lastweek fire drill has already revealed a number of importantthings regarding fire precautions in the Hall.For instance,there seem to exit a number of"deaf spots'in the Hall, namely,the two rooms in Purser House and some rooms in the Bottomcorridor.I have no reason to doubt that residents from theseareas could not hear the alarm.I shall request an immediateexamination of this problem.I should, also, remind you that it is a requirement thatfire drills should be regularly carried out(at least two inevery one year)and each resident should be made fully aware ofthis and obliged to take part.All residents must take fireprecautions with the se