When Dekalb Walcott III was just 8 years old, his father, a Chicago fire chief, let him tag along on a call. Dekalb says a lot of kids idolized 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（监督） 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. follow his father
D. ask his mother’s permission
2. Dekalb Walcott III determined to become a firefighter at the age of _________
A. 8 B. 21 C. 27 D. 35
3. What did Dekalb Walcott Jr want to do before he was told that the fire was put out?
A. Go on with the conversation
B. Put it out all by himself
C. Supervise his son
D. Go to the fire scene
4. 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.
5. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A. Passing The Torch: A Firefighter Dad's Legacy
B. Putting Out Fire: A Challenging Job for Father and son
C. Dekalb Walcott III: A Second-generation Firefighter
D. Dekalb Walcott Jr.: A Chicago Fire Chief
My Italian Grandmother was a wonderful woman. I always felt blessed growing up in her home 1. a boy. She worked hard, laughed loud, and was never afraid of 2. life threw at her.
When she fell and broke her hip in her eighties, my Dad 3. (force) to admit that he could no longer take care of her at home. It was with a heavy heart 4. Dad moved Grandmother into a nursing home.
Our whole family gathered together for her 90th birthday in the nursing home dining room. It was a wonderful celebration of her life and the love we all had 5. her.
Shortly after that birthday, however, life gave her the 6. (tough) challenge of all as age and illness started to take her mind from her too. The Dementia（痴呆） grew worse and worse. At times when I visited her she didn’t know 7. I was. During one of these visits I was holding her hand while she slept. When she awoke, her eyes stared at me and I could tell she didn’t recognize 8. . She looked down at my hand 9. (hold) hers and instead of pulling hers away, she smiled at me. Then she closed her eyes and went 10. (peace) back to sleep. I could see then that even though her mind didn’t remember me, her spirit still remembered love.
Air travel makes some people very nervous. The crowds, the noise and flying itself can cause . But there are classes people can take to help them the fear of flying. And there is training for service dogs that suffer the same problem.
Service dogs almost never the side of the people they care for. You will see them working on buses, trains and other public systems. But the busy environment found at an airport can even the best trained working dog.
People with disabilities depend on their dogs. They want the animals to safely them through security areas. They also need the dogs to remain on duty on the airplane, even when the flying is not . This takes special . The Air Hollywood K9 Flight School is one place where such help can be found.
The school has a piece of equipment that provides the sights, sounds and even the feel of an airplane in flight. Dog trainers say training is based on a simple rule: preparation. Dogs need to be exposed gradually and to the environment, to loud noises, to sounds and other dogs so that when this experience happens to them on a daily basis, they're able to act in a way that they're used to acting and that they don't get .
Dog owners who the training at Air Hollywood K9 Flight School say they now feel much more at ease about future . Their dogs also seem ready for takeoff.
1.A. trouble B. unease C. accidents D. diseases
2.A. defeat B. describe C. sense D. record
3.A. professional B. varied C. free D. similar
4.A .approach B. bark C. leave D. take
5.A. association B. running C. transport D. society
6.A. trouble B. attract C. interrupt D. instruct
7.A. follow B. guide C. train D. land
8.A. nervously B. stressfully C. calmly D. enthusiastically
9.A. speedy B. relaxing C. dangerous D. smooth
10.A. interest B. attention C. training D. procedure
11.A. previous B. cooperative C. academic D. successful
12.A. repeatedly B. abruptly C. occasionally D. instantly
13.A. bored B. excitable C. energetic D. fragile
14.A. attended B. inquired C. overlooked D. recommended
15.A. career B. flights C. security D. generations
— Do you have the time? I've got something to tell you.
— Ok, ______ you make your story short.
A. now that B. even if
C. so long as D. in case
–— It is unwise for some people to drive and talk on a cell phone.
–— _______. It's very dangerous.
A. I couldn't agree more B. Not really
C. Good idea D. That's great
An ant，going to a river to drink，fell in，and was carried along in the stream．“Help! Help!” A dove(鸽子)heard the cry and threw a small branch into the river．With the help of the branch，the ant finally reached the shore．A while later，the ant saw a man take aim at the dove with an arrow．The ant stung(刺)the man sharply on his foot，causing him to miss the dove and so saved the dove’s life．
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2．你相关的经历；
3．恰当的结尾。
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1．短文开头已给出，不计人总
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