My uncle is developing fitness _________ (凭借)exercise and training.
There are all kinds of shops _________(在……对面)the street.
Every year, wildfires destroy much forest land. Homes are broken down, and thousands of people die. Smokejumpers are helping to stop this.
Smokejumpers are a special kind of firefight. They jump from planes into areas that difficult to reach by car or on foot, such as the middle of a mountain forest. They race to put out fires as fast as they can.
At a fire site, smokejumpers first examine the land and decide how to fight the fire. Their main goal is to stop fire from spreading. Using basic tools such as shovels and axes, smokejumpers clear land of burnable material like plants and other dry material. They carry water with them too, but only a limited amount.
Although most smokejumpers are men, more women are joining. Most important are your weight and height. Smokejumpers employed in the U. S. For example, must be 54 to 91 kilograms, so they don't get blown by the strong winds or get hurt when they land.
Smokejumpers must own necessary qualities to survive in the wilderness. In Russia, many smokejumpers know how to find food in the forest and even make simple furniture from trees.
The work is dangerous, the hours are long. But for these firefighters, smokejumpers isn't just a job. They love being able to jump out of planes, fight fires and live in the forest. As 28-year-old Russian smokejumpers Alexi Tishin says, “This is the best job for tough guys.”
回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过5个词。
1.What are smokejumpers?
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2.Where do they jump from?
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3.What's their main goal?
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4.Why should they have proper weight?
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5.What do you think of working as a smokejumpers?
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As the days get hotter, we can stay inside and turn on the air conditioning to stay comfortable. But do you know that in ancient China, people used a different kind of "air conditioning"?
Starting from the Qin Dynasty, royal and rich families began to store ice during winter. As summer began, they used ice to cool their homes. People would put a container with many ice cubes inside of it in their rooms. Servants would fan the containers to create cool air.
But common people couldn't store ice. So they spent hot days near wells. Some people would keep their food in empty wells. The wells would keep the food cool and fresh, just like a refrigerator.
Chinese people also made their own summer drinks, such as well water and drinks made from herbs(草药). It is said that Kublai Khan—emperor of the Yuan Dynasty—liked drinking milk with ice an(sweet candy. Some people believe that it was the world's first ice cream.
Title: Air conditioning in 1. China | |
Royal and 2.families | They stored ice in 3.and put containers 4.ice in their rooms when summer began. Servants 5. the containers to make cool air. |
6. people | They would stay near wells 7. of in rooms during hot days. To 8. food going bad, people put it in 9. wells. |
Other ways | Chinese people used well water or herbs to make summer drinks. It is said that Kublai Khan liked drinking milk with ice and sweet candy. It might be the 10. ice cream. |
Captain Nemo invited me and my friends to go hunting with him in the forests of Crespo Island. I asked him why he was so interested in Crespo Island. “I thought you preferred the sea to being on land.” “I do,” replied the captain. “But these forests are under the sea.”
After going through a door, we were about ten meters under the water. The light from the sun reached us. Everything looked very colourful. We were going deeper and deeper. At 100 meters deep, we could see quite well, and Captain Nemo stopped and pointed to some dark shapes. This was the forest. “The trees” in the forest were giant seaweed, and all their “branches” were vertical(垂直的). We could not stop looking at them. Fish swam around the branches like birds in a forest.
Suddenly, I saw a large sea spider about a meter tall. It was going to attack me. Captain Nemo's man killed it with his gun, but it reminded me that the sea could be as dangerous as it was beautiful. When we reached 150 meters, it was dark. The sun's light could not reach this depth. We turned our lights. We could see about 20meters around us. Finally, we found Crespo Island—where a steep rock wall rose in front of us.
We could go no further, so we walked back toward the Nautilus. Suddenly, Captain Nemo stopped and shot an animal with his gun, it was a beautiful and rare sea otter. At last, we could see the Nautilus. Several large sharks swam over us. Luckily they didn't see us. We re-entered the Nautilus safely. I was tired but amazed by what I had seen.
1.The writer thought Captain Nemo preferred ________.
A.the forest on land B.the sea C.the land D.the Nautilus
2.What do "The tress" in Paragraph3 refer to?
A.Birds B.Giant seaweed C.Fish D.Branches
3.When they reached 150meters, how could they see things around?
A.With the help of the sun's light
B.The rock's light helped them
C.They used their own lights
D.With the help of the light from the Nautilus
4.According to the passage, which is the correct order?
①Captain Nemo's man killed a sea spider.
②The men returned to the Nautilus.
③The men went to the forest.
④Captain Nemo invited us to go hunting.
⑤Captain Nemo shot an otter.
A.③④①⑤② B.③④②⑤①
C.④①②⑤③ D.④③①⑤②
5.What is the best title of the story?
A.A visit to a Sea Forest B.Rocks Under the Sea
C.Captain Nemo and the Nautilus D.Attacked by Giant Spiders
I always think my daughter Kendall is the best—that's just what parents do. When she was only three, she sang for the people, like a little angel.
When Kendall was five, we noticed that she sometimes had a tic (面部抽搐). When the problem got worse, we took her from doctor to doctor. During the treatment, Kendall continued to sing. Surprisingly, her tics disappeared when she sang.
When Kendall was sixteen, we thought she would be cured soon. However, a terrible thing happened.
At a party, Kendall jumped on a friend for a piggyback ride. He bent lower than she expected, and she jumped higher than he expected. Kendall flew over his back and landed on the floor—on her neck. She was rushed to hospital, paralyzed(瘫痪) from the neck down. She couldn't move. But her biggest worry wasn't whether she would walk again, but was whether she could try out for a show called American Idol.
As the days went on, feeling on her left side returned, but she was still paralyzed on the right. We weren't sure how much of her movement would come back. A friend brought a microphone and put it on her bed. Every day, Kendall tried hard to pick it up. It was more important for her to pick up that microphone than a spoon or fork.
Sometimes she had to bite a toothbrush to take her mind off the pain. We all cried because of the pain we witnessed. But on the day—only three months after her accident—we cried full of joy when she sang, though she didn't enter the Top 24 of American Idol.
When she was a little girl, she asked me why it was she that had tics. My heart hurt, but I told her, "Kendall, you have a pure heart, a fantastic voice, a strong mind. And you are a beautiful presence.”
1.When did they notice that Kendall sometimes had a tic?
A.When she was five. B.When she was sixteen.
C.When she sang. D.When she saw the doctor.
2.What was a surprise during the treatment in Paragraph 2?
A.She had a tic. B.Her tics disappeared when she sang.
C.She was cured soon. D.She sang for the people.
3.Why was it more important for Kendall to pick up that microphone than a spoon or fork?
A.Because Kendall loved singing.
B.Because Kendall didn't like a spoon or fork.
C.Because Kendall's friend brought the microphone for her.
D.Because that microphone was more beautiful for her than a spoon or fork.
4.What is the best title of the passage?
A.An American Idol.
B.A paralyzed girl.
C.The girl who had a tic.
D.A beautiful girl.
