Question

At the age of five, Andrea Peterson was saved from a fire in her family’s Los Angeles home. “I thought it was a great adventure.” she says, “1 told the big firefighters that I wanted to be a fireman, too, and they laughed and said that little girls could not do that.”

Pressured by her parents to choose a good job which is fit for a girl, Peterson became a flight attendant. It wasn’t until four years ago, after her husband passed away, that she finally started volunteering at a local fire station. At more than one hundred pounds, she spent a year lifting weights and watching her diet. Later when she began training alongside men in their teens and 20S, she was ready. “At one point the department’s fitness officer asked me to pull him through the station with full gear (装备) and equipment- he weighed about 300 pounds, she says, “I did as he ordered, which perhaps surprised both of us!” Last year she graduated, becoming the only woman of the department’s staff of twenty-seven firefighters.

Peterson has now answered more than 350 emergency calls, helping so many people beat back fires in high temperatures. She says, “I’ve always known that this is the job for me. It doesn’t matter how hard I had to work or how long I had to wait.”

1.Andrea is fit to be a firefighter at first.

A. 对    B. 错

2.Almost everyone think Andrea isn’t fit this job.

A. 对    B. 错

3.Four years ago, Andrea became a firefighter.

A. 对    B. 错

4.Peterson does well in beating back fires now.

A. 对    B. 错

5.To become a firefighter, Peterson needed to lose weight.

A. 对    B. 错

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.B

【解析】

本文介绍了Andrea Peterson如何成为一名女消防队员的故事。

1.B

根据Pressured by her parents to choose a good job which is fit for a girl, Peterson became a flight attendant.可知刚开始Andrea不适合当一名消防队员，故此处与原文不符，故选B。

2.A

根据she says, “1 told the big firefighters that I wanted to be a fireman, too, and they laughed and said that little girls could not do that.”和Pressured by her parents to choose a good job which is fit for a girl, Peterson became a flight attendant.可知几乎每个人都认为Andrea不适合这份工作，故此处与原文一致，故选A。

3.B

根据Last year she graduated, becoming the only woman of the department’s staff of twenty-seven firefighters.可知去年，Andrea成为一名消防队员，而不是四年前，故此处与原文不符，故选B。

4.A

根据Peterson has now answered more than 350 emergency calls, helping so many people beat back fires in high temperatures.可知Peterson现在在战胜火灾方面做得非常好，故此处与原文一致，故选A。

5.B

根据At more than one hundred pounds, she spent a year lifting weights and watching her diet.可知Peterson为了成为一名消防队员，她增加体重，不是减肥，故此处与原文不符，故选B。