Last August I went on vacation with my husband and my son at Diana’s Baths, a place famous for waterfalls. Sitting on the rocks with my husband, I watched some _______ guarding their kids away from the rocks edges(边缘). I felt glad that our 8-year-old son Wyatt could _______ himself. Don’t get me wrong: I still felt _______ as I saw my boy jump between the rocks. “No running,” I said from time to time. “Stay away from the edges.”But I soon _______ , and we were all having fun in the water.
_______ , I saw Wyatt sit down between two rocks in the running water. I _______ at him to get out. He shouted back something and then he disappeared over the edge.
“Somebody help my son!” I _______ , over and over. But I only heard a woman cry. “That _______ just went over the waterfall!” she shouted at her husband. “We are leaving!” They walked away, not even looking back to see whether our child was OK.
By the time I climbed down to the rocks below, my _______ had pulled Wyatt out of the water with the help of a young woman. She was ________ first aid. “I’m Lisa, a nurse. I’m not leaving you.” She looked at me deeply(深深地), as if she were trying to take every bit of energy, ________ and strength(力量)in her body and pass it on to me. I held on to that energy like a rope(绳子)that could pull us to ________ .
Wyatt was taken to the ________ right away. ________ we spent a sleepless(不眠的)night there, we were told Wyatt was going to be OK.
Meeting Lisa has reminded me how we need ________ from people we don’t know. I know we are two strangers who are less strange.
24. A.parents | B.teachers | C.workers | D.friends |
25. A.talk to | B.cheer for | C.learn from | D.look after |
26. A.lonely | B.proud | C.worried | D.sad |
27. A.left | B.relaxed | C.shared | D.returned |
28. A.Suddenly | B.Finally | C.Gradually | D.Recently |
29. A.looked | B.pointed | C.turned | D.shouted |
30. A.suggested | B.thought | C.answered | D.cried |
31. 32. A.husband | B.brother | C.son | D.friend |
33. A.teaching | B.learning | C.giving | D.receiving |
34. A.success | B.health | C.value | D.love |
35. A.truth | B.safety | C.memory | D.silence |
36. A.school | B.restaurant | C.hospital | D.house |
37. A.If | B.Unless | C.After | D.Before |
38. A.help | B.advice | C.sense | D.experience |