Most summer camps for teens center around sports, or music and arts, or just for having fun. But some girls in the Washington suburb of Arlington County, Virginia, went to camp to get a taste of what its like to be a firefighter.

This is not a typical summer camp. But Michelle Pawlaw is glad she signed up for it. "Getting to experience the fires hands-on is really cool and something that most people don't get to do," she said.

Michelle and eight other teenage girls are participating in the three-day camp offered by the Arlington County Fire Department located just outside of Washington.

“The purpose is to try to get young women interested in considering the fire service as a career” said firefighter Clare Burley, who is in charge of the program.

The free of charge, overnight camp is designed to let the girls experience what firefighters do in the line of duty to protect the community.

They take classes and learn how to climb the ladder on a fire truck, operate emergency tools and rescue on injured person. They also do their share of cleaning the firehouse and the equipment Firefighting is still a male-dominated (男性主导) service. Clare joined the department seven years ago, saying "We do everything that the guys do to the same standarD.We are tested to the same standarD.We are expected to operate at the same standard."

Most of the girls say they had never thought about becoming a firefighter, but the camp was a great learning experience.

"I think it is definitely not a job that only men can do. Women can do it just as well as men can," said Michelle Pawlaw.

'I think I can help other people if they need help and know what to do in case I am at a fire myself," said Kayla Ehrlich.

         "I think it's fantastic; I could consider taking it as a career some day." said Monica Bartorsh.

         And, the girls say, by spending three days together, they also made new friends and had a lot of fun.

1.____might become a firefighter in the future.

A.Monica                       B.Kayla

C.Michelle                   D.Clare

2.What can be inferred from the text?

A.The camp offers classes on curing the injured

B.Teenage girls will become volunteer firefighters

C.Women can perform as well as men in firefighting

D.Firefighting will soon be a female-dominated service

3.What do we know about Clare Burley from the passage?

A.She has served the department for 7 years

B.She doesn't like her career as a firefighter

C.She is the designer of the camp program

D.She does better in firefighting than men

4.The purpose of the text is____.

A.to attract more campers

B.to introduce a new type of camp

C.to praise women firefighters

D.to gain support from government

 

One day an out of work mimic(滑稽演员) is visiting the zoo and attempts to earn some money as a street performer. As soon as he starts to draw the crowd,a zoo keeper grabs him and drags him into his office. The zoo keeper explains to the mimic that the zoo's most popular attraction,a gorilla(大猩猩),has died suddenly and the keeper fears that attendance at the zoo will fall off. He offers the mimic a job to dress up as the gorilla until they can get another one. The mimic accepts.

So the next morning the mimic puts on the gorilla suit and enters the cage before the crowd comes. He discovers that it's a great job. He can sleep all he wants,play and make fun of people and he draws bigger crowds than he ever did as a mimic. However,eventually the crowds tire of him and he tires of just swinging on wires. He begins to notice that the people are paying more attention to the lion in the cage next to his. Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience,he climbs to the top of his cage,crawls across a partition(隔离物),and dangles from the top to the lion's cage. Of course,this makes the lion very angry,but the crowd loves it.

At the end of the day the zoo keeper comes and gives the mimic a raise for being such a good attraction. Well,this goes on for some time-the mimic keeps taunting the lion,the crowds grow larger,and his salary keeps going up. Then one terrible day when he is dangling over the angry lion he slips and falls. The mimic is terrified.

The lion gathers itself and prepares to attack. The mimic is so scared that he begins to run round and round the cage with the lion close behind. Finally,the mimic starts screaming and yelling,“Help me,help me!”But the lion is quick and attacks. The mimic soon finds himself flat on his back looking up at the angry lion and the lion says,“Shut up,you idiot!Do you want to get us both fired?”

1.The mimic visits the zoo to________.

A.take care of the dying gorilla           B.beg some money from the zoo keeper

C.ask for a job there                     D.perform and earn some money there

2.The zoo keeper offers the mimic a job to act as the gorilla because________.

A.it is more expensive to hire a real gorilla

B.the real gorilla died but the keeper does not want to lose its visitors

C.he likes the mimic's performance

D.he wants to help the mimic who is out of work

3.What does the mimic feel about the new job at first?

A.He likes it because he has enough freedom in the job.

B.He likes it but he prefers to working as a mimic.

C.He doesn't like it for people do not respect him.

D.He doesn't like it because he gets little pay.

4.The mimic climbs to the lion's cage because________.

A.he finds it more interesting to climb the cage

B.he wants to play with the lion

C.he wants to attract the attention of his audience

D.he has never seen a lion before

5.What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. The mimic and his job                  B. The mimic and his success

C. The actor and the mimic               D. The mimic and his animals

 

People believes that climbing can do good to health. Where can you learn the skill of climbing then? If you think that you have to go to the mountains to learn how to climb, you’re wrong. Many Americans are learning to climb in city gyms(体育馆). Here, people are learning on  climbing. The climbing wall goes straight up and small holding places for hands and feet.

How do people climb the wall? To climb, you need special shoes and harness(保护带) around your chest to hold you. There are ropes(绳索)tied to your harness. The ropes hold you in place so that you don’t fall. A beginner’s wall is usually about 15 feet high, and you climb straight up. There are small pieces of metal that stick out for you to stand on and hold on to. Sometimes it’s easy to see the new piece of metal. Sometimes, it’s not. The most difficult is your fear. It’s normal for humans to be afraid of falling, so it’s difficult not to feel fear. But when you move away from the wall, the harness and the ropes hold you, and you begin to feel safe. You move slowly until you reach the top.

Climbing attracts people because it’s good exercise for almost everyone. You use your whole body, especially your arms and legs. This sport gives your body a complete workout. When you climb, both your mind and your body can become stronger.

1.What can we infer from the passage?

A.People are fairly interested in climbing nowadays.

B.It is impossible to build up one’s body by climbing.

C.People can only learn the skill of climbing outdoors.

D.It is always easy to see holding places in climbing.

2.The most difficult thing to do in wall climbing is _______.

A.to tie ropes to your

B.to control your fear

C.to move away from the wall

D.to climb straight up

3.The word “workout” underlined in the last paragraph most probably means _________.

A.settlement

B.exercise

C.excitement

D.tiredness

4.Why does the author write this passage?

A.To tell people where to find gyms.

B.To prove the basic need for climbing

C.To encourage people to climb mountains.

D.introduce the sport of wall climbing

 

It seems that every week someone becomes “the first” or “the youngest” or even “the first married couple” to do something that doesn’t seem to be very useful to the rest of us.

Why do they do it? Don’t they have better things to do with their time and money? And why should I be interested anyway? Human beings have already climbed the highest mountains, sailed across the oceans and flown around the world. Many of these things were done a long, long time ago. There just isn’t anything left to explore nowadays. I suppose there’s still a lot of the universe left, and the bottom of the ocean is still a bit of a mystery, but you need a lot of technology to explore areas like that. So, those people who feel the need for adventure can only do things that have been done before.

In May of this year a British man became the first person to walk alone from Canada to the North Pole. Personally, if I wanted to visit the Arctic, I’d rather go as a tourist on a cruise ship, with a helicopter trip to the North Pole included in the price. But OK, this man decided that he wanted to walk. The problem was that he went in the spring when the ice begins to melt and break up. So he got stuck on a longely piece of ice and a plane had to be sent in to rescue him.

These sorts of rescues are making many Australians angry with these record breakers. People trying to break sailing or rowing records get into trouble in the seas. So the Australian navy has to send ships to save them and this costs the government millions of dollars. I suppose we can’t just leave them to drown but we should give the bill to the people who are rescued.

1.According to the author, the so-called record breakers           .

    A.do not benefit other people at all

    B.inspire people to continue exploring

    C.are boring and should be stopped

    D.are usually not wealthy enough

2.We can infer from the second paragraph that           .

    A.there are no high mountains for people to climb

    B.nothing is left for people to explore in the universe

    C.it’s beyond ordinary people to explore the unknown

    D.human beings could fly around the world long ago

 

 

3.Many Australians are angry because the record breakers         .

    A.often get into trouble

    B.never use a cruise ship or a helicopter

    C.never pay their own costs

    D.satisfy their needs at the cost of others’ interest

4.What is the writer’s attitude towards the record breakers?

    A.Positive.                        B.Negative.

    C.Uninterested.                    D.Neutral(中立的).

 

 

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