Last week, our family went to the countryside to have a picnic. We brought several sandwiches and some bottles of water with us. Of course, we didn’t forget to take some fruit and we even took some tomatoes and cucumbers.

We started out quite early in case of (以免) too _______ traffic on the road. After 2 hours of driving, we came to a nice place with some large trees and a river round. As it was a very hot day, we parked the car under a big tree, and_______ for a swim in the river. After _______ a swim, we had lunch in the cool shade under the trees. The most popular food was tomatoes.

After lunch, we went for a walk. We saw some beautiful birds and butterflies. After walking for about an hour, we returned to the car. However, we couldn’t get the car started. Finally, we had to push the car to the road and wait _______ help. Of course, the car breaking down spoiled (破坏) our picnic in the _______.

Mr Jackson and his wife had two sons and a daughter. His father left him much money when the old man died. So they could travel to the big cities in the world and v    78     the places of interest.

One day, the Jacksons wanted to go to a small island for their picnic by sea. It was a sunny day and there was no wind. But Linda, the little daughter, was ill and had to s    79     at the hotel with her grandma.

In the afternoon, on their w    80     to the land, a strong wind attacked (袭击) their ship and they all fell into the sea. But only Mr Jackson swam to the land. He was so sad that he hardly killed himself. Since then, he had taken good care of Linda. He had n    81     taken her to the sea and didn’t let her go swimming.

One afternoon, it was quite hot and a lot of people in the city went to the river. Mr Jackson took Linda there, too. Most of the people swam in the water while the father and the daughter were sitting by a bridge. The girl h    82     to swim in the river, but her father didn’t agree. “I won’t let you jump into the water until you learn to swim,” said the man.

It was Sunday and the weather was fine, so Mrs Black said, “Let’s go for a picnic.” “Oh, yes!” said Mary and John, her two children. Mr Black said, “Yes, let’s go to the woods (树林) and have our picnic there.” Mrs Blank said, “Good. Help me to get the things ready.” “All right!” said the children.

John brought the basket for the food. Mary brought a blanket, while Mother made the sandwiches and Father put some bottles of water into the car. Soon everything was ready and they left the house.

When they got to the woods, Mary put the blanket on the ground. John took the basket out of the car, Father made a fire and Mother made tea. “It’s very beautiful here.” said Mother. “It’s very quiet and green.” John took a kite and soon he was running with it. “Be careful!” shouted Mother, but it was too late. John fell over (摔倒) the basket, and everything fell out.

“Look!” cried Mary. “There are so many ants in the food.”

Do you know why? Because the blanket was put on an ant’s nest.