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 dindn’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 sponsored 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】

试题分析：本文讲述了由Arlington County Fire Department举办的为期三天的夏令营活动，通过让更多的女性青年参与，让她们做一些消防队员在保护社区过程中会做到的事情，她们从来没想过自可以做这么多，跟男性一样好，以此吸引她们考虑从事消防服务这一事业。

1.理解题。从第一段最后一句“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.”可知目的是试着吸引更多的年轻女性考虑将消防服务做为一项事业，故选D。

2.推断分析题。从文中第五段“Burley says with 22 women on its force of 320 the Arlington County Fire Department is above the national average of 4.5 percent.” Arlington County Fire Department的320名成员中有22位女性，这样的比例高于国家平均百分之4.5。说明它在雇佣女性消防队员中占第一位的，故选A。

3.推断分析题。从“”I think it is definitely not a job that only men can do. Women can do it just as well as men can”我认为这不全是只有男人能做的，女人也能做的跟男人一样好。选C。

4.理解分析题。运用排除法可去除选项A,B,D——在文中没有提到。选C。

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