Firefighter Regina Wilson works in Brooklyn, New York. A reporter is asking Regina questions about how she does her job.
Reporter: How long have you been a firefighter?
Wilson: Eight years.
Reporter: How did you get started?
Wilson: First, I had to take a lot of tests. Then, I went to firefighting school for 13 weeks. I learned how to put out fires and how to use equipment (设备).
Reporter: How do you stay safe on the job?
Wilson: I wear special clothing called bunker gear. It helps keep me safe from fire. I also carry an oxygen tank (氧气罐) and a mask (面罩).
They help me to breathe in a smoke-filled building.
Reporter: Are there any new tools that firefighters use?
Wilson: We have a special camera that can see in the dark. It can find heat. That way, we can tell where a fire is located.
Reporter: Do you save pets?
Wilson: I recently helped save some kittens. They were hiding under the beds. Pets usually hide during a fire because they are scared.
Reporter: Do you ever get afraid?
Wilson: There is no time to be afraid. I think about what I have to do to put out the fire safely.
Reporter: What do you like best about being a firefighter?
Wilson: Helping people!
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A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s disappointment(失望), she said she would go. This would be the  16  time that his classmates and teacher met his mother and he  17  lose his face because of her appearance. Although she was a  18  woman, there was a scar(疤痕) that covered nearly the whole right side of her face. The boy never wanted to  19  why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were   20  by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother even though she had the scar on her face, but the little boy was still embarrassed(尴尬) and hid himself from everyone.   21 , he happened to hear of a talk between his mother and his teacher.
The teacher asked  22 , “How did you get the scar on your face?”
The mother replied, “When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. 23 was too afraid to go in because the fire was  24 , so I went in.    25 I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood  26 and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked senseless(失去知觉) but luckily, a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She  27 the burned side of her face. “This scar will be there forever, but to this day, I have never  28 what I did.”
At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with  29 in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt a great sense of the sacrifice(牺牲) that his mother had made for him. He held her hand  30  for the rest of the day.

People are very social animals. We need to talk with and do things with other people. We often understand ourselves better when we discuss our ideas and activities with other people. We need to make meaningful connections with friends and family. These connections help us forget our failures and worries. We can focus (集中) on things that are important: the people we care about.

Your community is the area near your home. It’s where you work, play and go to school. It is the neighborhood where your family makes connections with other people. It’s the places you feel like you belong (属于) to.

Communities grow and change over time. Families move from one city to another because of work or family situations. Older people often move to smaller homes or vacation areas after their children have grown up. Their children move out to start families of their own. New families move in when others leave.

Basic services, such as police, fire, post office, health and public schools are in almost every community. Businesses provide services to the community, too. Stores sell things that people need. Restaurants sell prepared food. Offices provide lots kinds of skilled work.

The job of the city government is to listen to the people of the community and help them connect. Some people may move on, but the community remains.

1.Are people very social animals?

2.What can these connections help us forget?

3.Why do older people move to smaller homes or vacation areas?

4.What does the passage tell us?

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Every year, wildfires(野火) destroy much forest land. homes are broken down, and thousands of people die. smokejumpers are stop helping to stop this.

Smokejumpers are a special kind of firefight. they jump from planes into areas that difficult to reach by car or on foot. they race to put out fires as fast as they can.

At a fire site, Smokejumpers first examine the land and decide how to fight the fire. their main goal is to stop fire from spreading. using basic tools such as shovels and axes, smokejumpers clear land of burnable material like plants and other dry material. they carry water with them too, but not much.

Although most smokejumpers are men, more women are joining. Most important are your weight and height. Smokejumpers in the U.S. for example ,must be 54 to 91 kilograms, so they don’t get hurt when they land, or get blown by strong winds.

Smokejumpers must be able to live in the wilderness. in Russia ,many smokejumpers know how to find food in the forest and even make simple furniture from trees.

They work is dangerous, the hours are long. But for these firefighters, smokejumpers isn’t just a job. They love being able to jump out of planes, fight fires, and live in the forest. As 28-year-old Russian smokejumpers Alexi Tishin says,“This is the best job for the strong and brave.”

1.What are Smokejumpers?

2.Where do the jump from?

3.What’s their main goal?

4.Why should they have proper weight?

5.What’s needed to be a smokejumpers?