You may have heard of snipers (狙击手), or seen snipers in movies and computer games. They are people who can shoot and kill from a long distance. But do you know that we have real snipers in our police?
Early this month, a man kidnapped a little girl with a knife in Beijing. Police came to talk to him, but he didn’t let the girl go and was hurting the girl. A sniper shot him dead.
In Beijing, there are over 300 police snipers. They work 24 hours a day, seven days a week to protect the capital.
How do snipers get trained? What are their lives like? An expert(专家)with the Beijing sniper team shares some of the team’s secrets with us.
Q: How do you choose snipers?
A: We choose snipers from the Beijing police. There are no strict rules about the height and weight of our snipers, but they must have very good eyesight. The weapon(武器) they use is around 3.5 kg. Sometimes snipers need to hold it for hours. So, snipers need to have a strong body. They also need to pass written psychology (心理) tests.
Q: What is the most important quality of a sniper?
A: A good state of mind. Snipers need to be calm all the time. Sometimes, they may get ready for shooting for a whole day. They cannot talk, eat or drink during that time.
Q: What kind of training do snipers usually get?
A: The practice they often get is 100 meters distance shooting. They practice shooting in all kinds of weather, including windy and snowy days.
Q: Is it possible that a sniper may miss his target (目标)?
A: That is not possible. The only standard for being a sniper is to take a life with one bullet (子弹).
However, snipers are not killers. They only pull the trigger (扣动扳机) when they have to.
1.Which of the following is NOT true about the snipers?
A. They are professional(职业的) killers. B. They can shoot very far.
C. They protect our country. D. They are in our police force.
2.A good sniper should have the following except _____.
A. a strong body B. good eyesight C. a certain height D. a good state of mind
3.The underlined word “quality” means _____.
A. 质量 B. 品质 C. 性格 D. 性质
4.The most practice the snipers get is _____.
A. holding the gun for a whole day B. doing push-ups and sit-ups
C. 100m distance shooting D. jumping over high walls
5.The snipers’ work is ____.
A. hard and important B. interesting and exciting
C. boring but comfortable D. funny but unimportant
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案
Red Star Theatre The famous singer Jay Chou will give a concert. Time: 7.00 pm ~ 9.00 pm on June 1 Price : ¥60 ~ ¥200 |
Mengxin Shopping Centre Come and buy cheap clothes at Mengxin Shopping Centre. Time: 8.00 am ~ 9.00 pm from October 1 to October 7 |
Blue Sky Cinema 3D movie: Transformers 3 Director: Michael Bay Actors / Actresses: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Josh Duhamel, etc. Time: 7.30 pm ~ 9.30 pm from July 28 to August 5 Price: ¥80 |
International Picnic Come to enjoy the delicious food from all over the world. Place: the People’s Park Time: 12.00 noon ~ 5.00 pm this Saturday, September 10 Price : ¥100 |
1. Hao Shuai, who wants to relax with 80 yuan on July 29, can .
A. buy clothes on sale
B. watch the 3D movie
C. enjoy the concert
D. have the international picnic
2.We can buy clothes in Mengxin Shopping Centre from October 1 to October 7.
A. old B. popular
C. expensive D. cheap
3. If you are a fan of Jay Chou, you can go to his concert in
A. Red Star Theatre
B. Mengxin Shopping Centre
C. Blue Sky Cinema
D. the People’s Park
4.Who directed the movie Transformers 3?
A. Michael Bay. B. Josh Duhamel.
C. Shia LaBeouf. D. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.
5.You can enjoy delicious food from all over the world at .
A. 8.00 am on Sunday B. 9.00 am on Saturday
C. 4.00 pm on Saturday D. 5.00 pm on Sunday
Long long ago, there was a river. The river was very _______. He had spent long time being alone and refusing to share his water with any fish, plant or animal. His life was full of loneliness and sadness.
One day, a little girl came to the river. She was going to move to _______ country and decided to put her favourite little fish into the river. This little fish, named Scamp, was a happy fish._______ he fell into the river, he felt the river’s loneliness. Scamp tried to talk to the river and wanted to make the river ________. But the river told Scamp to go away. Scamp didn’t ________. He kept asking and swimming in the river, and ________ he started jumping in and out of the water. _______ time went by, the river became happy and they became good ________ . But one day, this little fish was caught by a little boy.
The river spent that night thinking about how much________ it was to have a friend, and how much he had missed by not having him. Before, he was so _________. From then on, the river became friendly to others and made friends with the plants and fish in the river.
1.A. kind B. unfriendly C. outgoing D. strange
2.A. other B. another C. else D. the other
3.A. Until B. If C. Because D. When
4.A. brave B. weak C. happy D. sad
5.A. grow up B. give up C. get up D. come up
6.A. finally B. slowly C. hardly D. luckily
7.A. While B. Since C. Whenever D. As
8.A. classmates B. brothers C. parents D. friends
9.A. fun B. time C. money D. stress
10.A. tired B. untidy C. stupid D. Valuable
--- Although Ms Zhou is an old lady, she is always in the pink.
---Yes. Because she exercises every day and eats a balanced diet. Here “in the pink” means __________.
A. healthy B. lucky C. beautiful D. creative
----Do you want to _____ at the meeting? ---No, I have nothing to _____.
A. say, speak B. tell, talk
C. say, say D. speak, say
You’d better that bad tooth out.
A. have; pulled B. to have; pull
C. have; pulling D. to have; to be pulled
