【題目】When Dekalb Walcott III was just 8 years old, his father, a Chicago fire chief, let him_____on a call. Dekalb says a lot of kids idolized(崇拜) basketball player Michael Jordan when he was growing up in Chicago in the 1990s. Not him.

“I wanted to be like Dekalb Walcott Jr.,” he says of his father.

So when his dad asked if he wanted to go on that call with him when he was 8, Dekalb was excited. “I'm jumping up and down,” saying, “Mom, can I go? Can I go?”

The experience changed Dekalb's life, he tells his dad on a visit to StoryCorps. “My eyes got big from the moment the alarm went off.” the younger Dekalb says. “This is the life that I want to live someday. ”

Now 27, the younger Dekalb is living that life. He became a firefighter at 21 and went to work alongside his dad at the Chicago Fire Department. Before his father retired, the pair even went out on a call together — father supervising(監(jiān)督) son.

“You know, it's everything for me to watch you grow,”his father says. But he also recalls worrying about one particular fire that his son faced.

“I received a phone call that night. And they said, 'Well, your son was at this fire.' I said, 'OK, which way is this conversation going to go?' ” Dekalb Walcott Jr. recalls.

“And they said, 'But he's OK. And he put it out all by himself. Everybody here was proud of him.'”And the word went around, 'Who was out there managing that fire? Oh, that's Walcott! That's Walcott up there!' So, you know, moments like that, it's heaven on Earth for a dad."

Dekalb Walcott Jr. retired in 2009. The younger Dekalb says he's proud of being a second

-generation firefighter. "You know, it makes me look forward to fatherhood as well, because I'm definitely looking forward to passing that torch down to my son."

【1】The underlined phrase “tag along” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.

A. put out fire B. watch basketball

C. ask his mother’s permission D. follow his father

【2】Dekalb Walcott III determined to become a firefighter at the age of _________

A. 8 B. 21 C. 35 D. 27

【3】What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. Dekalb Walcott Jr is proud to be a second-generation firefighter.

B. Dekalb Walcott III wants his son to become a firefighter too.

C. Dekalb Walcott Jr wants to pass the torch to Dekalb Walcott III.

D. Dekalb Walcott III is proud that his son has become an excellent firefighter.

【4】Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A. Putting Out Fire: A Challenging Job for Father and son

B. Passing The Torch: A Firefighter Dad's Legacy

C. Dekalb Walcott III: A Second-generation Firefighter

D. Dekalb Walcott Jr.: A Chicago Fire Chief

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】B

【4】B

【解析】試題分析:本文是一篇故事類短文，講述了一家兩代對(duì)消防工作的熱愛(ài)。當(dāng)DeKalb WalcottⅢ8歲的時(shí)候他父親就帶他去消防現(xiàn)場(chǎng)，當(dāng)時(shí)他激動(dòng)不已，希望自己以后也做一名消防員。而且現(xiàn)在27歲的他已經(jīng)成為了一名優(yōu)秀的消防員。

【1】D猜測(cè)詞義題。根據(jù)前四段內(nèi)容可知父親DeKalb Walcott Jr是一名消防員，由此推斷8歲的時(shí)候他父親是帶他去了火警現(xiàn)場(chǎng).故選D。

【2】A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù) 根據(jù)文章第一、二段內(nèi)容可知DeKalb WalcottⅢ8歲的時(shí)候想成為父親一樣的消防員.故選A。

【3】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章末段內(nèi)容younger DeKalb 也就是DeKalb WalcottⅢ所說(shuō)的話可知他也希望自己的孩子以后也當(dāng)消防員.故選B。

【4】B主旨要義題。根據(jù)全文內(nèi)容可知這是一家兩代成為消防員的故事，用一位消防員父親的遺愿做標(biāo)題最為合適，故選B。

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