请认真阅读下列短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个恰当的单词。(答案填在答题纸上) Becoming a fireman is a challenging and competitive job today. A fireman’s main duty is decided by the fighting and extinguishment(熄灭) of fire which definitely requires being a strong man, both mentally and physically. The duty of a fireman includes protection of life and property of the public. They are the servicemen who are decisively selected by an organization to deal with situations like fire. Such type of jobs is one of those few jobs where service is provided for innocent people when they need help immediately. This may include rescuing people from a building at fire, providing them with medical facilities, extinguishing fire in a house or in a large commercial building. Serving people is the main purpose of these professionals(职业). The satisfaction which a fireman gets from this type of job cannot be compared to any other profession in the world. Such profession requires top-level commitment and professionalism from those who have chosen it as a career. Fireman should have the highest level of courage and patience to put their lives in danger for the sake of others. They undergo lessons of maintaining patience for long hours and go through complete preparation to become successful and well-organized professional firemen. There are certain tests that are recommended before becoming a fireman. It’s not that easy to become a fireman nowadays. A fireman is supposed to deal with unexpected situations, and they should be skilled at communicating with others and be self-disciplined at the same time. In order to be a good fireman, one must undergo(经历、接受) strict local fire department’s training program after passing all the tests. All the fire departments conclude a two-to-four-month course, including classroom training and practical training that cover firefighting techniques, fire avoidance, dangerous materials and urgent situation medical actions. Completing this training, trainees go through the department’s trial period of service that can last from three to six months, depending on the methods of selection. Firemen usually work both indoors and outdoors. They have to be on duty at all times and mostly work in shifts of at least 8 hours. They are also provided with several benefits which include medical aid plan, pension fund, annual leave and many more. Title: Fireman
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| The servicemen decisively selected by an organization to (小题1:)_______ situations like fire.
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| ● Helping innocent people (小题3:) they need help. ● Rescuing people from a building at-fire and providing them with medical facilities. ● (小题4:) out fire in a house or in a large commercial building.
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小题1:handle/approach 小题2:Duties/Responsibilities 小题3:whenever/when 小题4:Putting 小题5:patient 小题6:mind 小题7:communication/communicating 小题8:Training/Courses 小题9:lasts 小题10:Benefits |
试题分析:消防工作是非常具有挑战性的工作,尽管消防员从工作中获得的满足感是其他行业无法比拟的,但是做为一名消防员的确是非常不容易的。根据选择的方法不同,一名合格的消防员要经过三到六个月的时间进行各项培训,要培养耐心,勇气和良好的沟通能力。 小题1:handle/approach 。信息归纳题。根据文章第一段内容可知消防员的任务就是处理像火灾这样的紧急情况,填handle或者approach。 小题2:Duties/Responsibilities。信息归纳题。根据右栏的内容可知这些都是消防员的职责,填Duties或者Responsibilities。 小题3:whenever/when。信息查找题。根据第二段内容……where service is provided for innocent people when they need help immediately. 判断填when或者whenever。 小题4:Putting。信息转换题。根据第二段…..extinguishing fire in a house or in a large commercial building.判断消防员的任务之一是扑灭大火,填Putting。 小题5:patient。信息转换题。根据第三段内容Fireman should have the highest level of courage and patience to put their lives in danger for the sake of others.可以判断消防员要勇敢,还要有耐心,填patient。 小题6:mind。信息转换题。根据第一段内容which definitely requires being a strong man, both mentally and physically. 可以判断消防员要求身心健康,填mind。 小题7:communication/communicating。细节查找题。根据文章倒数第三段and they should be skilled at communicating with others可知填communication或communicating。 小题8:Training/Courses 。信息归纳题。根据右栏信息可知这些都是介绍消防员所接受的训练项目,故填Training或Courses 。 小题9:lasts。信息查找题。根据文章倒数第二段trainees go through the department’s trial period of service that can last from three to six months,可知消防员的训练要持续三到六个月的时间,填lasts。 小题10:Benefits。信息查找题。根据文章末段They are also provided with several benefits which include medical aid plan, pension fund, annual leave and many more.可知右栏信息是介绍消防员受到的待遇,故答案填Benefits。 |
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试题【请认真阅读下列短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个恰当的单词。(答案填在答题纸上)Becoming a fireman is a challeng】;主要考察你对
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Puppy Food A puppy (young dog) is a precious addition to any family. The excitement of bringing home a little furry friend will always live in our memories. Like all of us, though, your puppy must have adequate nutrition(营养) right from the start to make certain that it’ll have a long and healthy life. 小题1: You might ask yourself what is the best for your new pet with all of the different varieties on the market in all of their attractive packaging. Some dry food produced specially for puppies is the best for the development of their teeth. 小题2: Contrary to the belief of many first-time puppy owners, it is not always the best idea to purchase food that is too high in calcium (钙), protein, and vitamin levels. 小题3: In addition, a high intake of calcium is associated with bone disease in large-breed dogs. If you have a “small-breed” puppy, you can buy that kind of food. It is not a good idea to feed the food you eat to your puppy frequently, as your puppy may become selective about food. 小题4: Some people think that dog biscuits and other treats are fine, but they should not be a main part of puppy’s diet. Young puppies should be fed three times a day. Each puppy is unique, however, so feeding them twice a day is acceptable. After ten to twelve weeks of age, feed your puppy twice per day. Allow your puppy to eat as much as he would like in fifteen minutes. 小题5: If you let your puppy eat too much or too often by keeping food accessible at all times, he may become overweight and have health problems as an adult. Like humans, your puppy will not enjoy the food any longer if it is there at all times.A.Pick up the dish with the remaining food. | B.Proper food is a basic necessity for your puppies. | C.Remember to give your puppy the food he would like to have. | D.It can also cause an upset stomach due to an unbalanced diet. | E. A further benefit is that it is less expensive than the canned food. F. One example is that extra helpings of nutrients do harm to digestive organs. G. It’s good to provide the extra nutrients a puppy needs until he grows larger. |
Mrs. Barrow, room 501, I repeated to myself as I was looking for the room number. It was my first day of grade and I was really . Stepping into the room, I felt . I tried to keep calm, but Mrs. Barrow saw through me. “Good morning, Courtni. You may pick your .” I glanced round the room and took a(n) seat near a girl named Wendy. Soon, Wendy and I became good friends. I felt no closeness to Mrs. Barrow, . Mrs. Barrow had us write a paper what we wanted to be when we grew up. She said that when her students graduated, she liked them to come back and their fifth-grade dreams together, as a memory of their childhood. I decided right then that I liked Mrs. Barrow. A month later, my grandmother died of cancer. her was so painful for me that I __ some school. At the funeral(葬礼), I was sitting feeling sorry for myself when I looked and saw Mrs. Barrow standing there. She my hand and comforted me by reminding me that Grandma had no more pain or . had never occurred to me that it was better for my grandma this way. After the funeral, we went home to see the flowers that had been sent. My mom me a pretty ivy(常春藤) plant. The attached card : Courtni, I’m sorry about your grandma. Never forget, I love you. With love, Mrs. Barrow I wanted to . I took the plant home, watered it and put it in my grandma’s old room. I am in eighth grade now and I have that plant. I never thought a teacher could that much about her students: now I know.
小题1: | A.first | B.third | C.fifth | D.eighth |
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小题2: | A.nervous | B.sad | C.angry | D.surprised |
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小题3: | A.out of order | B.out of mind | C.out of control | D.out of place |
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小题4: | A.chair | B.seat | C.desk | D.book |
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小题5: | A.good | B.clean | C.empty | D.pretty |
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小题6: | A.though | B.although | C.if | D.while |
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小题8: | A.perfect | B.former | C.slow | D.ordinary |
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小题9: | A.spare | B.bring | C.share | D.handle |
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小题10: | A.Thinking | B.Having | C.Attending | D.Losing |
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小题11: | A.missed | B.forgot | C.left | D.lacked |
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小题13: | A.shook | B.waved | C.gave | D.held |
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小题14: | A.delight | B.surprise | C.suffering | D.disappointment |
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小题16: | A.dropped | B.handed | C.presented | D.provided |
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小题17: | A.read | B.told | C.wrote | D.informed |
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小题20: | A.learn | B.care | C.serve | D.offer |
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The young man arrived on the Massachusetts beach early carrying a radio, a shovel(铁锹), and a strange set of tools: a brick layer’s trowel, a palette knife, spatulas, spoons, and a spray bottle. He walked down near the water — the tide(潮水) was out — and switched on the radio to listen to soft rock. Then he shoveled wet sand into a pile nearly four feet high and as many feet across. Then he created a square shape. After that, he set to work with palette knife, spatulas, and spoons. He shaped a splendid tower, topped walls, fashioned beautiful bay windows, and carved (雕刻)out a big front gate. The man knew his sand. He smoothly finished some surfaces and carved artistic designs on others. As the shapes began to dry, he gently kept them slightly wet with water from the spray bottle, in case they might break in the wind. All this took hours. People gathered. At last he stood back, obviously satisfied with a castle worthy of the Austrian countryside or Disneyland. Then he gathered his tools and radio and moved them up to drier sand. He had known for a while what many in the crowd still ignored: the tide was coming in. Not only had he practiced his art with confidence and style, he also had done so against a powerful, irresistible(不可抵抗的) deadline. As the crowd looked on, water came at the base of the castle. In minutes it was surrounded. Then the rising flood began to eat into the base, walls fell, the tower fell, and finally the gate fell. More minutes passed, and small waves erased bay windows — soon no more than a small part was left. Many in the crowd looked terribly sad; some voiced fear and discouragement. But the man remained calm. He had, after all, had a wonderful day, making beauty out of nothing, and watching it return to nothing as time and tide moved on. 小题1:In this passage, why did the young man start early in the day?A.He needed the sun to help dry the sand. | B.It gave plenty of time for the crowd to gather. | C.He knew the tide was out on this particular morning. | D.It was easier to begin his work with only a few people around. | 小题2:In this passage, what does the incoming tide signal?A.It is time to begin working. | B.It is the end of a day’s work. | C.It is the busiest time of the day. | D.It is time for lookers-on to leave. | 小题3:How did the lookers-on react when the tide began to come in?A.They were disappointed to see the art ruined. | B.They tried their best to save the sand castle. | C.They were nervous about their own belongings. | D.They helped the artist finish the castle. | 小题4:We can tell that the young man’s reward for his work is ___________.A.payment for his work | B.personal satisfaction | C.popularity as an artist | D.attention from the crowd |
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Can you believe everything that you read? It seems as if every day, some new articles come out about a new discovery about this or that. For example, water is bad for you, or good for you. The answer depends on which scientific study has just come out. People cannot decide which food items are healthy, how pyramids were constructed, and why dinosaurs disappeared. When we look for answers we sometimes can believe persuasive researches and scientists. But how trustworthy are they really? Here are two examples of scientific hoaxes (骗局). As far back as 1726, Johann Beringer was fooled by his fellow scientists into thinking he had made an amazing discovery. The fossils of spiders, lizards, and even birds with the name of God written on them in Hebrew were unlike anything that had been found before. He wrote several papers on them and was famous for those only to have it revealed that they were planted by jealous colleagues to ruin his reputation. When an early human being was discovered in 1912, scientists at this time were wild with excitement over the meaning it had for the theory of evolution. There were hundreds of papers about this Piltdown man over the next fifty years until it was finally discovered to be a complex hoax. The skull (头骨) of a man had been mixed with the jawbone of an orangutan (猩猩) to make the ape (猿) man. The next time you read the exciting new findings of a study of the best scientist, do not automatically assume that it is true. Even qualified people can get it wrong. While we certainly should not ignore scientific research, we do need to take it with a grain of salt. Just because it is accepted as the truth today does not mean it will still be trustworthy tomorrow. 小题1:What does Paragraph 1 want to say?A.Researchers and scientists are not perfect. | B.Something that we read may not be true. | C.Researchers and scientists know everything. | D.People don’t know whether water is good or bad. | 小题2:What is the reason why Johann Beringer was fooled?A.His fellow scientists wanted to make fun of him. | B.His workmates are eager to become famous too. | C.These scientists made a mistake because of carelessness. | D.His colleagues envied him and did so to destroy his fame. | 小题3:The excited scientists thought that this Piltdown man ______.A.was in fact a complex hoax | B.was a great scientific invention | C.contributed to the theory of evolution | D.had the skull like that of an ape | 小题4:What does the underlined phrase “with a grain of salt” in Paragraph 4 mean?A.Happily. | B.Generally. | C.Doubtfully. | D.Completely. | 小题5:What can we learn from the passage?A.Hebrew is probably a kind of language. | B.Truths of science will never be out of time. | C.People believe scientists because they are persuasive. | D.We are advised to believe famous scientists. |
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I am a person who doesn’t like waiting. I don’t like to wait in line, being put on hold when making a phone call, or arriving at an apartment to find that my companion will be . And of course, I don’t like waiting rooms. , I realize that my agony(痛苦) will not be good for me, as an crowded world can only mean one thing – more waiting. this, I have taken an action and decide to turn my frustration to productive ends. In short, I am looking for what I call “waiting-in-line” . These are volumes that contain materials for being read in shortened words, so there is no extended story line to lose track of. Another is that they be enough to slip neatly into my back pocket. The other day I went to the supermarket. that the rain would keep most people away, I was to see that the place was filled with . Every checkout was open – and jammed! But I can my pocket book and go to work. The more the world demands that I , the more I learn from my waiting library. Look at the followings: One Hundred Things Every American Should Know; The Poetry of Robert Frost; Living Thoughts of Leading Thinkers; Still More Toasts. I have learned interesting and enriching things and much from these books. On a recent visit to the general store, I placed my order at the along with six or seven people. The old female employee seemed to have her hands full as she rushed . “Young man, just be ,” she said to me. No problem. I quietly opened my dictionary prose(散文) and poetical quotations. Perhaps the other customers me as a bookish, lonely soul. But did they realize that I was enjoying the of Shakespeare, Thoreau, Homer and Ben Johnson.
小题1: | A.dismissed | B.delayed | C.disappeared | D.delighted |
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小题2: | A.Furthermore | B.However | C.Despite | D.Besides |
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小题3: | A.actually | B.importantly | C.increasingly | D.accurately |
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小题4: | A.Instead of | B.Apart from | C.Rather than | D.Owing to |
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小题5: | A.rooms | B.goods | C.reasons | D.books |
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小题6: | A.searched | B.afforded | C.designed | D.charged |
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小题7: | A.convenience | B.requirement | C.agreement | D.distinction |
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小题8: | A.small | B.pretty | C.active | D.vivid |
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小题9: | A.Believed | B.Determined | C.Puzzled | D.Convinced |
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小题10: | A.surprised | B.worried | C.excited | D.satisfied |
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小题11: | A.shoppers | B.readers | C.employees | D.volunteers |
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小题12: | A.put out | B.set down | C.send for | D.take out |
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小题13: | A.suffer | B.wait | C.watch | D.read |
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小题14: | A.advantage | B.benefit | C.knowledge | D.patient |
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小题15: | A.counter | B.pocket | C.market | D.service |
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小题16: | A.about | B.away | C.over | D.across |
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小题17: | A.polite | B.patient | C.careful | D.helpful |
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小题18: | A.thought | B.looked | C.regarded | D.treated |
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小题19: | A.certainly | B.obviously | C.secretly | D.hardly |
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小题20: | A.relation | B.moment | C.company | D.novel |
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