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In November 2019， Luke Summerscales and Jessica Jacobs were in a remote mountain range of New South Wales， fighting some of the worst bushfires on record in Australia， when another disaster struck： a fellow firefighter collapsed from a heart attack. The nearest ambulance was more than an hour away and the terrain（地形） was too steep for a rescue heli?copter to land， so the pair started doing CPR on 53?year?old John Kennedy until he was able to breathe on his own.
In November 2020， the Country Fire Authority recognized their actions by giving them both Chief Officer Commendation awards. But theyre volunteers. Summerscales builds houses for a living; Jacobs works as a university lab technician. Starting in late 2019， as record fires spread fast across their nation during its summer season， they joined tens of thousands of Australians who set aside their usual lives to help stop the spread of the fires.
As climate change heightens both the frequency and intensity（強度） of bushfires， firefighters are being tested to new extremes. Australia unusually relies on volunteer labor in the state of New South Wales， which suffered some of the countrys most severe fires during the 2019?2020 bushfire season. Close to 90% of the men and women fighting fires were volunteers. Its been this way for more than a century in Australia， with ordinary citizens working together to protect the land.
2019 was Australias hottest and driest on record， and the resulting fires all but exhausted the men and women constantly called to battle them. Peter Holding， 66， who has been a volunteer firefighter for 43 years， says hes never seen anything as severe as last summers bushfire season. Still， as Australias fire season intensified in late 2020， its volunteer firefighters were preparing to do battle again.
1. What can we know from paragraph 1？
A. Australia keeps a world record of the worst bushfire.
B. Kennedy has been a volunteer firefighter for a long time.
C. Australia cant provide search and rescue service for remote areas.
D. Summerscales and Jacobs knew how to perform first aid.
2. What can we infer about Summerscales and Jacobs？
A. They used to work in a hospital.
B. They once suffered a heart attack.
C. They are not professional firefighters.
D. They dont deserve to get the award.
3. What does the underlined phrase “this way” in paragraph 3 refer to？
A. Volunteers are the main force in fighting fires in New South Wales. B. Ordinary citizens are unwilling to be professional firefighters.
C. New South Wales always suffers the most severe bushfire.
D. Firefighters in New South Wales bear great pressure in summer.
4. What is the text mainly about？
A. Australias forest fires.
B. Fire management in Australia.
C. Australias volunteer firefighters.
D. The climate change in Australia.
Ⅱ. 完形填空
Today on the news I saw a woman with no legs trying to become an Olympic swimmer. It made me think of when my father first got in a
In November 2019， Luke Summerscales and Jessica Jacobs were in a remote mountain range of New South Wales， fighting some of the worst bushfires on record in Australia， when another disaster struck： a fellow firefighter collapsed from a heart attack. The nearest ambulance was more than an hour away and the terrain（地形） was too steep for a rescue heli?copter to land， so the pair started doing CPR on 53?year?old John Kennedy until he was able to breathe on his own.
In November 2020， the Country Fire Authority recognized their actions by giving them both Chief Officer Commendation awards. But theyre volunteers. Summerscales builds houses for a living; Jacobs works as a university lab technician. Starting in late 2019， as record fires spread fast across their nation during its summer season， they joined tens of thousands of Australians who set aside their usual lives to help stop the spread of the fires.
As climate change heightens both the frequency and intensity（強度） of bushfires， firefighters are being tested to new extremes. Australia unusually relies on volunteer labor in the state of New South Wales， which suffered some of the countrys most severe fires during the 2019?2020 bushfire season. Close to 90% of the men and women fighting fires were volunteers. Its been this way for more than a century in Australia， with ordinary citizens working together to protect the land.
2019 was Australias hottest and driest on record， and the resulting fires all but exhausted the men and women constantly called to battle them. Peter Holding， 66， who has been a volunteer firefighter for 43 years， says hes never seen anything as severe as last summers bushfire season. Still， as Australias fire season intensified in late 2020， its volunteer firefighters were preparing to do battle again.
1. What can we know from paragraph 1？
A. Australia keeps a world record of the worst bushfire.
B. Kennedy has been a volunteer firefighter for a long time.
C. Australia cant provide search and rescue service for remote areas.
D. Summerscales and Jacobs knew how to perform first aid.
2. What can we infer about Summerscales and Jacobs？
A. They used to work in a hospital.
B. They once suffered a heart attack.
C. They are not professional firefighters.
D. They dont deserve to get the award.
3. What does the underlined phrase “this way” in paragraph 3 refer to？
A. Volunteers are the main force in fighting fires in New South Wales. B. Ordinary citizens are unwilling to be professional firefighters.
C. New South Wales always suffers the most severe bushfire.
D. Firefighters in New South Wales bear great pressure in summer.
4. What is the text mainly about？
A. Australias forest fires.
B. Fire management in Australia.
C. Australias volunteer firefighters.
D. The climate change in Australia.
Ⅱ. 完形填空
Today on the news I saw a woman with no legs trying to become an Olympic swimmer. It made me think of when my father first got in a