Question

This is not a typical summer camp. Michelle Pawlaw and eight other teenage girls are participating in the three—day camp offered by the Arlington County Fire Department located just outside Washington. Firefighter Clare Burley is in charge of the program, who said the purpose is to try to get young women interested in considering the fire service as a career.

The free-of-charge, overnight camp is designed to let the girls experience what firefighters do to protect the community. That includes some rigorous activities such as moving a fire victim. “I didn’t think I could pull that 170 pound body with a friend, but I was actually able to do it.” she said.

They take classes and learn how to climb the ladder on a fire truck, operate emergency tools and rescue an injured person. They also do their share of cleaning the firehouse and the equipment.

“Every week without fail on a Saturday, the job is to wash all the equipment. And we wanted the girls to see this is what we do. This is a typical day in a firehouse,” she said.

Firefighting is still a male-dominated service, but Burley says with 22 women on its force of 320 the Arlington County Fire Department is above the national average of 4.5 percent. She joined the department seven years ago.

“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,” she said.

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.

1.What’s the purpose of the summer camp?

A. To tell the girls how to put firefighting knowledge into practice.

B. To teach the girls what to do when caught in fire.

C. To provide the girls with a typical summer camp.

D. To attract more girls to take firefighting as a career.

2.What can we infer from Paragraph 5?

A. Arlington County Fire Department is in the lead in employing women firefighters.

B. Arlington County Fire Department is the first to employ women firefighters.

C. More and more women are ready to join the fire department.

D. No women ever want to perform the firefighting service.

3.What can we infer from Michelle’s words in the last paragraph?

A. She has determined to join the firefighters in the future.

B. She will persuade her fellow students to join in the camp.

C. She realizes that women can also be good firefighters.

D. She decides that she’ll join in the camp again later.

4.What can we learn about the summer camp according to the passage?

A. American fire departments often hold such events.

B. It is offered by Arlington County Fire Department.

C. The girls spent their night in the summer camp, which lasted 3 days.

D. It is very popular among American girl students.

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：這是一個類似于夏令營的活動，參加者是九名年輕的女性，活動的內(nèi)容是體驗消防工作。這個活動的目的是吸引更多的女性投身到消防工作中來，并把消防工作當作一生的事業(yè)。

1.who said the purpose is to try to get young women interested in considering the fire service as a career”可知，這個類似于夏令營的活動是為了吸引更多的女性投身到消防工作中，故選D。

2.with 22 women on its force of 320 the Arlington County Fire Department is above the national average of 4.5 percent”可知，Arlington County Fire Department的女消防員數(shù)量比平均水平高出4.5個百分點，處于領先地位，故選A。

3.Women can do it just as well as men can”可知，Michelle認為女性也能像男性一樣，勝任消防工作，故選C。

4.are participating in the three—day camp”和第二段“The free-of-charge, overnight camp”可知，這個活動持續(xù)三天，而且在營地過夜，故選C。

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