Schools are supposed to be safe places for children. Sadly, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (国际红十字委员会) has seen accidents happen in schools from time to time. For this reason, the ICRC began its education programme in 2017. First-aid (急救) training in schools around the world is one of its plans.
Kate is a 16-year-old student who wants to become a doctor. She lives in New York. She took part in ICRC’s first-aid training in spring of 2021. One important lesson she learned was that in dangerous situations everyone must take care of themselves first before helping others. Since attending the training, Kate has already helped her friend who hurt his hand with broken glass. She was able to stop the bleeding and bandage the wound herself. She even taught some of the other students who could not take part in the training as well as her younger cousins some of the skills she learned. “The training is important, ”Kate said. “The teachers and students in our school used to know little about first aid. Now we can carry out some of the techniques correctly in different situations.”
Thanks to the ICRC’s first-aid training, many students and teachers, like Kate, have become professional (专业的) first aiders.
【小题1】How long has the ICRC’s education programme lasted?
| A．Only one year. | B．Seven years. | C．Ten years. | D．Sixteen years. |
【小题2】What did Kate learn from first-aid training?
| A．Everyone must help others first in dangerous situations. |
| B．Everyone knows how to help others in dangerous situations. |
| C．Everyone must look after themselves first in dangerous situations. |
| D．Everyone must help babies first in dangerous situations. |
【小题3】How does Kate show first-aid training is useful?
| A．By giving examples. | B．By answering questions. |
| C．By comparing numbers. | D．By writing a book. |
【小题4】What does the underline word “techniques” in paragraph 2 probably mean?
| A．Skills. | B．Feelings. | C．Situations. | D．Opinions. |
【小题5】What does the passage mainly tell us?
| A．Some important kinds of first-aid skills. |
| B．We should take part in the ICRC. |
| C．What first-aid training has brought to schools. |
| D．The importance of giving first-aid training. |
