2022年全國(guó)大學(xué)生英語(yǔ)競(jìng)賽D類試題(含答案)

第第PAGE2626頁(yè)20222022年全國(guó)大學(xué)生英語(yǔ)競(jìng)賽樣題（ D類）2022NationalEnglishCompetitionforCollegeStudents(TypeD-Sample)(Total：150marksTime：120minutes)PartIListeningComprehension(30marks)SectionA(5marks)Inthissection,youwillhearfiveshortconversations.Eachconversationwillbereadonlyonce.Attheendofeachconversation,onequestionwillbeasked,andyouhavefifteensecondstoreadthefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.Thenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheanswersheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.1.A.Turnonhiscomputer.1.A.Turnonhiscomputer.B.GoforawalkwithB.GoforawalkwithAnnie.C.Holdawelcomeparty.D.Goshoppingforthebarbecue.2.A.Herparentspersuadedhertodoit.B.Shehaddifficultystudyinglanguages.C.Acomputercompanywillemployheraftergraduation.D.Shethinksshewillfindajobeasilywithcomputerskills.3.A.Hewantedtotryalongbook.B.Itwasabest-sellerofthetime.C.Hereaditforwritingatermpaper.D.Someonerecommendedhimtodoit.A.AtJohn’soffice.AtHiltonHotel.Intheofficebuilding.AtGoldenDuckRestaurant.A.WalkupParliamentHill.VisittheBritishMuseum.Knowthehistoryoftheplacesyouvisit.VisitallthevillagesinLondon.SectionB(10marks)Inthissection,youwillheartwolongconversations.Eachconversationwillbereadonlyonce.Attheendofeachconversation,therewillbeaone-minutepause.ConversationOneListentotheconversation.Thenreadthefourchoicesmarked A,B,Coranddecidewhichisthebestansweraccordingtowhatyouhear.Thenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheanswersheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.WhatisJohn’sjob?He’sahost.He’sacareersadvisor.He’sateacher.He’sajournalist.HowdoprospectiveemployersscanCVs?Getaquickoverview.Getadetailedbiography.Getadetailedworkexperience.Getsomepersonalinformation.WhatmayaCVstartwithaccordingtotheconversation?Personaldetails.Educationalbackground.Qualifications.Workexperience.WhatdoesJohnrecommendthatschool-leaversdoasforworkexperience?Leaveitblank.Mentionweekendjobs.Makeupanemploymenthistory.Writeasmuchaspossible.Howshouldyouintroduceyourleisureinterests?Makingalistofinterests.Givingadefinitionofinterests.Givingsomedetailsaboutinterests.Listingthecertificatesininterestcompetitions.ConversationTwoListentotheconversationandcompletethefollowingsentenceswithonewordaccordingtowhatyouhear.Writetheanswersontheanswersheet.The woman’s company has been holding too many sessions（ ）.Thewoman’scompanyprovidestrainingopportunitiesforemployeesandencourages （ ）learning.Thewomanisn’twillingto （ trainingafterabusydayandduringtheweekend.Chandlerthinksthatonecanmaintainkeen （ ）powerandexpandintellectualcapacitybykeepinglearningdaily.Thewomanmightmakethe （ ）thatthetrainingbeheldduringtheworkingday.SectionC(5marks)Inthissection,youwillhearfiveshortnewsitems.Eachitemwillbereadonlyonce.Aftereachitem,therewillbeafifteen-secondpause.Duringthepause,readthequestionandthefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.Thenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheanswersheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.Whathastheresearchfound?Catsusuallylikeownerswithlightpersonalitytraits.Peopleliketoplaywiththeircatsinfrontofamirror.Peoplewithdarkpersonalitytraitsshouldnotkeepcats.People’sbehaviourandmoodhaveaneffectontheircats.Whatcausesinsectpopulationstodecreaseaccordingtothenewsitem?Humans’activities.Naturaldisasters.Warmerclimate.Naturalselection.Whatisfoundtobegoodforhealthintherecentstudy?Practicingyogafromtimetotime.Joggingforhalfanhoureveryday.Doingshortburstsofintenseexercise.Raisingone’slegswhensittinginachair.Whatdowelearnfromthereportaboutthehappinesslevelsofvariouscountries?TheNetherlandsisonthetoptenlist.Nocountrystudiedisfromcorruption.Peopleareenjoyingmuchlongerlifeexpectancy.Norwaywasthesecondhappiestcountrylastyear.HowdidpsychologistAndrewGallupstarthisresearchonyawning?BywatchingYouTubevideosformanyhours.Byforcinghimselftoyawnforalongtime.Byobservingstudentswhoyawninclass.Bytalkingwithpeoplewhoyawnalot.SectionD(10marks)Inthissection,youwillheartwoshortpassages.Thepassageswillbereadonlyonce.Aftereachpassage,therewillbeaone-minutepause.DictationListentothepassageandfillintheblankswiththeexactwordsorphrasesyouhear.Writetheanswersontheanswersheet.Jessewasastraight-A student—aresultofcountless hoursspentstudyingduringcollege.Shegraduatedatthetopofherclassandbelievedshewouldhavenoproblemgettingajob.However,afterteninterviewsandnojoboffers,shewasstartingtowonderwhatwaswrong. “AtfirstIcouldn ’tunderstandit,Imean,I intelligent andhard-working, whycouldn’tIgetajob?”(21)（ ）having“academic”intelligence,Jessewasmissingtheintelligencethatmanyemployersarenowlookingfor,emotionalintelligence.Emotionalintelligence(EI)istheabilitytounderstandyourownemotionsandtheemotionsofpeoplearoundyou.MoreandmorecompaniesuseEIassessmentteststorecruitnewstaff.TheyhavefoundthatpeoplewithhighEI(22)（）withtheircolleaguesandcanmanagethemselvesbetter.Thisbenefitsthecompany.Jessethinksthatshespentsomuchofhercollegelifestudyingalonethathersocialskillsdidnotdevelopwell. (23)（ ）togetstraightAs,shehadnotplayedanyteamsportsorparticipatedinanyschoolgroups,bothofwhichwouldhavehavehelpeddevelopsocialskillsandEI.Shedidn’tknowhowtoworkwithothers,akeytosuccessinmostbusinesses.AlthoughJessemightnothavehighEInow,psychologists believethatshecanimproveit.Sheneedsto(24) （）peoplewhoare “natural”leaders,whoworkwellwithothersandaregreatmotivators.Sheshouldwatchwhattheysayandhowtheyactindifferentsituations,and(25)（）inherownlife.SummaryListentothepassageandcompletethetableusingnomorethanthreewordsforeachblankaccordingtowhatyouhear.Writetheanswersontheanswersheet.InformationaboutCultureShockFirstwasintroduced(26) （ ）;Setsinafter(27)（）weeksofcomingtoanewplace;Setsinafter(27)（）weeksofcomingtoanewplace;Referstothe(28)（）discomfortapersonsufferswhencomingtoliveinaplacedifferentfromtheplaceoforigin;Canhelppeopledevelopabetterunderstandingofthemselvesandstimulate (29)（ ）;Containsfivestages.EachstageappearsContainsfivestages.Eachstageappears(30)（）.PartIIVocabulary&PartIIVocabulary&Grammar(15marks)Thereare15incompletesentencesinthispart.ForeachblanktherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Choosetheonethatbestcompletesthesentence.Thenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheanswersheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.China’seconomyisunlikelytocontinuetogrowata（）pacewithoutinnovationplayingabigpart,accordingtoascholaratoneofBritain’stoptechnologyandresearchinstitutes.renewablesustainablepredictableresponsibleTheLondonMuseum, （ ）isintheBarbican,tellsyouallaboutthehistoryofLondon.itthatwhichthereFoodisoftenhighlyprocessedandcomesinpackages, （ ofitsoriginsinthesoil.whichrevealingisrevealingrevealinghasrevealedItwasthefirsttimethatshe （ ）thatshewaswrong.realizeshasrealizedhadrealizedwouldrealizeInthispoem,thepoetcompared hislover （ ）rosesinspring,bywhichheexpressedhisdeeploveforher.aswithto/Wealthcannotbuyhappiness. Itcanmakelifemuchmorecomfortable,（ ）.howevereitherneitheryetAs we distance ourselves further from the natural world, we increasinglysurroundedbyand （ ）ourowninventions.busywithstrictincuriousaboutdependentonJimandSue（ otherattheNationalLibraryyesterdayandtheywerereallysurprisedtoseeeachotherlongaftergraduationfromcollege.putupwithbumpedintocameintolookedintoTheAmericanDreamisthedreamofaland（）lifeshouldbebetterandricherandfullerforeveryone,withopportunityforeach （）abilityachievement.bywhich;inspiteofinwhich;accordingtotowhat;concerningthat;thankstoBlackFridayisaninformalnamefortheday（）ThanksgivingDayintheUnitedStates,which（）asthebeginningofthecountry’sChristmasshoppingseasonsince1952.following;wasregardedfollowing;hasbeenregardedfollowed;hasbeenregardedfollowed;wasregardedIthoughtitwouldtakeme30minutestogettothePalaceMuseum,butI（ ）whenItookawrongturnandittookalmostanhour.killedtimelosttimeranoutoftimespentmytimeResearchsaidthatyoungChinesepeopleare（）expandingthesharingeconomyandaremoreeagertospendmoneyonexperiences,（）mittedto;ratherthanwillingto;aswellascuriousabout;inspiteofsatisfiedto;apartfrom—Howareyougettingonwithyourtermpaper?Doyouneedmyhelp?—（ ）,butIthinkI’mallright.Yes,thanksThat’sOKThat’sverykindofyouIt’suptoyou—Ihavetriedtofinishallthebooksrecommendedbythetutor,butIcan ’t.—（ ）—Thereare35booksinthelist,butthetermlastsonly10weeks.Why?Don’tyouthinkitisgoodforyou?You’dbetternot.Nooneknows.—What’sAngelagoingtodowhensheleavesschool?—Untilafewmonthsago,shewasthinkingofgoingtouniversity,butshe changedhermind.Nowshebelievesshe ’sgoingtomakeitinthepopworld.—（ ）—Wethinkshe’smakinganenormousmistake.Howdoyoufeelaboutthat?What’sshedoingjustnow?Whatmakesherchangehermind?She’sdoinggreatinthepopworld.PartIIICloze(10marks)Readthefollowingpassageandfillineachblankwithoneword.Choosethecorrectwordinoneofthefollowingthreeways:accordingtothecontext,byusingthecorrectformofthegivenword,orbyusingthegivenletter(s)oftheword.Remembertowritetheanswersontheanswersheet.Themoreyouknowabouthowwordsareformed,the(46) （ ）(speedy)yourlearning. Insteadofmemorizing eachword(47)sep（ ）youstarttonoticepatterns.Younotice,perhaps,thatnounsandverbsareidentifiedbytheirendingsor,ifyouarelearningalanguagewithcharacters,younoticethat(48) （ ）(know)smallunitsofmeaningcanhelpyoutounderstand newandmorecomplicated characters. Take, forexample, theChinese wordfor“rock”asthefigureshows,thetopstartofthesymbolisthewordformountain; thelowerpartmeansstone,sothattogethertheymeanarockycliff.Onceyouknowthat,youwillbeabletounderstandmanyotherwordsmadeup(49)thoseparts.The(50)（ ）(fix)phrasesofthelanguagearethegroupsofwordswhichhaveameaningoftheirownbeyondthemeaningoftheindividualwordsinthem.InEnglish,forexample,nativespeakersknowthe(51)dif （ ）betweenputtingsomeonedown,puttingthemup,puttingthemoffandsoon,butthesemeaningsareanightmareforthelanguagelearner.Thenextleveloflanguageknowledge(52)rel （ ）tothewaywordsareputtogetherinsentencesorutterances.Weusethewordutterancesbecauseofcoursewhenpeoplespeaktheydonotalwaysspeakin(53) （ ）(tradition)sentences. Togethertheserulesmakeup(54)（ ）iscalledthesyntaxofalanguage.Inmanylanguages,wordorderplaysabigpartinmeaning.Inthesentence“Manbitesdog,”weknowwhodidthebitingbecauseofthewordorder.Changetheorderofthetwonounsaroundandthemanwill(55)（ ）suffering injuries.PartIVReadingComprehension(30marks)Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbyseveralquestions.Respondtothequestionsusinginformationfromthepassage.Remembertowritetheanswersontheanswersheet.SectionA(10marks)Questions56to60arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Smallpoxisanacute,highlyinfectiousdisease,producinghighfeverandapinkishrashofspots.Whentheydryup,theyleaveuglyscarsontheskin.Forcenturiesitkilledtherichandpooralike,spreadingfastwhenittookholdinanarea,andoftenseriously disfiguring orblinding thosesufferers whoescapeddeath.Itwasnotuntil1980thattheWorldHealthOrganizationdeclaredthatthediseasewaseradicated,afterthefinalrecordedcaseinSomaliain1977.(56)（ ）Iteventuallyofferedreliableprotectionandcausedsmallpoxtodisappearcompletely.Jennerwasbornin1749and,afterstudyingmedicine,livedandworkedasadoctorinasmallvillage,Berkeley,inruralGloucestersh ire.Therehesawpeoplesuffering bothfromsmallpoxandfromcowpox,aweaker,muchless dangerous form of infection, frequently found in cows. He made interestingobservationthatthelocalpeoplewhocaughtcowpoxbecauseoftheirdailycontactwithcattledidnotcatchsmallpox,evenifclosefriendsandfamilywereinfected.Byexperimentingonlocalpeople,therefore,EdwardJennerwasabletoprove,in1796,thatinjectionsofthecowpoxviruscouldprovideprotectionagainstsmallpox.(57)（）AlthoughotherstudieswerebeingcarriedoutelsewhereinBritainduringtheeighteenth century, Jenner made theclinical breakthrough. Theimmunity providedagainstoneofhistory ’smostterrifyingdiseasesbroughthimfameandfortune.(58)（ wasalsogiventhefreedomoftheCityofLondonin1805,anhonournotlightlygranted.Hediedin1823.Smallpoxwasnotfinallywipedout,however,untiloveracenturylater.Bythistime,vaccinationhadbecomeacompulsorypartofmanycountries ’publichealthprogrammes.(59) （ ）Thiscanbepartlyexplainedbythefactthatcompleteeradicationrequiredaconcertedeffortfromallcountries.InthevillageofBerkeley,thereisamuseumwhichaimstoremindpeopleofEdwardJenner’spioneeringachievement.(60) （ ）Questions56to60ChoosefromthesentencesAtheonewhichbestfitseachgapof56Therearetwoextrasentenceswhichyoudonotneedtouse.Thelivesofmillionsofpeoplehavebeensavedbyhiscarefulobserva andclinicalwork.Afteralifetime ofhardwork,Jennerfinally retired tothecountry, hopingfortherecognitionhefelthehadearned.Hewaspaidgenerous sumsbythegovernment whentheauthoritiesrealizedtheimportanceofhisachievement.ItmayseemsurprisingthatJenner ’sgreatdiscoverywasnotfullyexploitedatthetime.Thisprocesswascalledvaccination,fromvacca,theLatinwordforcow.Thefirstsymptomsofsmallpoxusuallyappear12to14daysafteryoua infected.Over two hundred years ago the English physician Edward discoveredtheprocessofvaccination.SectionB(10marks)Questions61to65arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Asthesupplyofgeneticallymodified(GM)foodincreases,manypeopleareunawarethatsomefoodtheyareeatingisaproductoftheGMprocess.Scientistsinalaboratoryhaveartificiallychangedfoodbycopyinggenesfromonecellandputting themintoanother cellinordertoachieve somesupposedly result.Nowadays,thereareavarietyofGMfoodsbeingproduced —suchassoybean,nuts,andpotato.Thereasonforthemodificationprocessistomakethesefoodsresistanttoinsectsandvirusessothatfarmersdon ’tneedtousemuchherbicide(除草劑).Takingtheexampleoftomatoes, whicharesensitive totheweather,theycanbeinsertedwithgenesfromatypeoffishthatlivesinverycoldseassoastosurvivefrost.ItssupportersarguethatGMtechnologyisthefutureoffoodandhasmanyadvantages.TheyassertthatbecauseofGMfood ’sstrongerresistancetonature sforces,farmerscanproducebetterharvests.Moreover,itcanincreasetheworldwidesupplyoffood,whichcaninturnhelpthoseareassufferingfromfoodshortages.Inaddition,commonfoodsuchasbananasandtomatoescanbeinjectedwithvaccinesforillnessestohelppreventthespreadofseriousdiseases.Nevertheless,therehasbeenincreasedconcernaboutthedangersofGMfood.Somepeoplehaveanunusualreactiontospecificproteinscalledallergens(過(guò)敏原).Nutsandsoybeansaretwoofthemajorsourcesoftheseallergies,andreactionstothesefoodscanbelifethreatening.Inaddition,theecosystemmightbedestroyedbytheGMprocess—thepracticeoffeedinganimalswithGMcropscouldleadtohealthproblemsrelatedtogrowthormetabolism(新陳代謝).TheU.S.,Canada,andArgentina,theworld’sthreelargestproducersofGMfoods,havechallengedcountriesthatprotectagainstGMproducts.Meanwhile,theEUhasurgedforawiseandcarefulapproachtothismatter,labelingproductscontainingGMelements,andsomeEuropeancompanieshavestoppedusingGMingredients.GMfoodisacomplexissueassociatedwithbothbenefitsandrisks.Thedebateonitwillcontinueuntilwefullyexaminethelong-termconsequences.Questions61to65Answerthefollowingquestionsaccordingtothepassage.Howaregeneticallymodifiedfoodproduced?Whatisthefunctionofthemodificationprocess?WherearethegenesofGMtomatoesfrom?InwhatwayistheecosystemdestroyedbytheGMprocess?Whichcountriesaretheworld’sthreelargestproducersofGMfoods?SectionC(10marks)Questions66to70arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Doyouthinkyou’reagoodlistener?Chancesareyoudo.Butstudiesshowthatmostpeopleseriouslyoverestimatetheirabilitytolisten.Thetruthiswearegenerallynotgoodatlistening,andourlisteningcomprehensiondeclinesasweage.ThiswasprovenbyDr.RalphNichols,apioneerinthescientificstudyoflisteningbehaviour.WiththehelpofschoolteachersinMinnesota,heconductedasimpleexperimenttoteststudents’listeningskills.Hehadteachersstopwhattheyweredoingmid-class,andthenasked studentstodescribewhattheirteachershadbeentalkingabout.Youmightstudentstodescribewhattheirteachershadbeentalkingabout.Youmightassumethatolderkids,withmoredevelopedbrains,wouldbebetterlisteners.Theresults,however,showedotherwise:While90percentoffirst-andsecond-gradersgavecorrectresponses,thispercentagedroppedrapidlyasthe studentsgotolder.Alittleunderhalfofjuniorhighstudentscouldremembercorrectly,andonly25percentofhighschoolstudentsgottheanswersright.correctly,andonly25percentofhighschoolstudentsgottheanswersright.Sowhyaren’twegoodatlistening?Onereasonconcernsthespeedatwhichwethink.Theadultbraincanprocessuptoaround400wordsperminute,Sowhyaren’twegoodatlistening?Onereasonconcernsthespeedatwhichwethink.Theadultbraincanprocessuptoaround400wordsperminute,morethanthreetimesfasterthanthespeedanaveragepersonspeaks.Thismeansthatwecaneasilythinkaboutsomethingelsewhilesomeoneistalkingtous,allowingwecaneasilythinkaboutsomethingelsewhilesomeoneistalkingtous,allowingourmindtowanderorgetsidetracked.Thinkingabouthowyouwillreplywhilesomeoneisstilltalkingisoneofthemostcommonbarrierstoeffectivelistening.ourmindtowanderorgetsidetracked.Thinkingabouthowyouwillreplywhilesomeoneisstilltalkingisoneofthemostcommonbarrierstoeffectivelistening.Theyounger students inDr.Nichols’sexperiment werebetter listeners partlybecausetheirbrainswerelessdeveloped—theylackedtheextrabrainpowertobedistracted.Anotherfactorthatcontributestoourpoorlisteningisourever-decreasingattention span. According to a study conducted by Microsoft, the age smartphones hashadanegative impact.In2000—aroundthetimethemobilerevolutionbegan—theaveragehumanattentionspanwas12seconds.By2013,ithadfallento8seconds.Ourmobiledevicesalsoprovideconstantdistractions,whichcanbeverydisruptivetolistening.Testresultshaveshownthatbeinginterruptedbyacellphonemessagelowerslisteningcomprehensionby20percent.Interruptionsandotherdistractions,whetherdigitalormoretraditional,cancauseadramatic declineinlistening ability—buttheydon’thaveto.Moreandmorepeoplenowrealizethatlisteningisaskillthatcanbedeveloped throughpractice. Learning toobserve aspeaker’sbody language and emotions, example,canimproveouractivelistening.Eventhesimpleactofnote-takingormakingeyecontactcanhelpusstayfocusedwhilelistening.Questions66to70Completethesummarybelowwithinformationfromthepassage,usingnomorethanthreewordsforeachblank.Mostpeople arenotgoodatlistening andtheirlistening declinesastheygetolder.ItwasconfirmedbyDr.RalphNichols,agreatscientistin (66)（ ）.Theresults ofhisexperiment indicated thattheolder students,(67)（ ）theirlisteningskills.Hethinksthatthefollowingfactors(68)（ ）poorlistening: thespeedatwhichwethinkandourever-decreasingattentionspan.Moreover,themobiledevices,whichprovideconstantdistractions,(69)（ ）listeningaswell.Butpracticecanmakeourlisteningskillsimprove,such as(70)（ ） aspeaker’sbody language andemotions, theactnote-takingormakingeyecontact.PartVTranslation (15marks)SectionA(5marks)TranslatethefollowingparagraphintoChinese.Remembertowritetheansweronthe answersheet.Emailhasbecomeanacceptedandexpectedwaytokeepintouchwithprofessorsatuniversities,andwhendonecorrectly, canhelpstudentsandprofessorscommunicate.However,someprofessorsarefindingthatitcanalsocausemajormisunderstandings.Informalityandinappropriatenessarethecausesofmanymisunderstandingsinemails.Oneprofessorsaysthatemailshavetobewritteninformal,standardEnglish,andbeprofessionalorbusiness-likeintone.Additionalproblemsoccurwhenthetoneofamessageismisunderstood.Section0TranslatethefollowingparagraphintoEnglish.Remembertowritetheanswerontheanswersheet.對(duì)于大多數(shù)大學(xué)生來(lái)說(shuō)，經(jīng)濟(jì)來(lái)源是有限的。為了把錢用好，你應(yīng)該關(guān)PartVIIQTest(10marks)TherearefiveIQTestquestionsinthispart.Writetheanswersontheanswersheet.Whatnumbershouldreplacethequestionmark?Whichistheoneodd?A B C DIfthecodeforCHANGEis3811475,whatdoes2018211316mean?Choosetwowords,onefromeachgroup,whichgotogethertoformanewword.Thewordinthefirstgroupalwayscomesfirst.(arm,sea,paper) (break,shade,son) （ ）David’shouseiswestofthepostofficeandsouth-westofthefarm.Thefarmisdueeastoftheschool.Theschoolisnorth-westofthepostoffice.Thesefourplacesformthepointsofasquare.WhereisDavid’shouseinrelationtotheschool?PartVIIErrorCorrection(10marks)Thereare10errorsaltogetherinthefollowingpassage.Theerrorsare:missingwords,unnecessarywordsandwrongwords.Pleasecorrectthemasfollows:foramissingword,markitspositionwiththesymbol“^”andwriteit;foranunnecessaryword,crossitoutwiththesymbol“\”;forawrongword,underlineitandwritethecorrectword.Anexampleofhowtocorrecttheerrorisprovidedbelow.Writetheanswersontheanswersheet.Duringanaverageyear,about50peoplediefromcarbonmonoxidepoisoningintheUK,causeddirectlybyfumesfromhomeheatingapplianceswhicharesubsequentdiscoveredtobedefective.Severalhundredspeopleayeararemadeillbyinhalingthefumes,andhavetohavehospitaltreatments.Thesedeathsandillnessesareunnecessary,andcaneasilyprevented.Carbonmonoxidehasnocolour,smellortaste,anditcankill.Itcanbegivenupbyanyequipmentwhichburnsafossilfuel,suchascoal,gasoroil.Fumesmaybuildupinyourhomeiftheequipmentisfaulty,orifthechimneyisblocked,oriftheroomdon’tallowcirculationoffreshair.Watchoutforanyofthefollowing:gasflamesburnedorangeoryellow,andwoodorcoalstoveswhichburnslowlyorgoout.Youyourselfmayfeelsleep,orhaveheadaches,chestorstomachpains,sicknessorsuddengiddiness.Ifyounoticeanyoftheabove,stoptousingtheappliance.Seeadoctoratonceifyouhavephysicalsymptoms.Makesureyourheatersareservic