2 . Some kids are too young. Maybe they will not remember this time of social distancing and ________during the global pandemic (流行病).Other ________ teens will remember schools closing, playgrounds off-limits and no ________ to family or friends forever.
My father-in-law, Hub, bad a great memory, He often told of his special time. However, what ________ me most was the detail about his teddy bear.
He was 5 at the time. His oldest sister Alice got sick, and the doctor diagnosed it as scarlet fever (猩红热).Outbreaks of scarlet fever in the early 1900s were often ________ or left children with lifelong disabilities. It was also highly contagious.(感染性的)
The doctor said Hub and his another older sister Mabel had to stay away ________ Alice got better.
Later in life, Hub put his memories to paper. He wrote, “There was no place to go except to Grandpa and Grandma's just down the road. We ________ and were sent off to their house. My teddy bear fell off the wagon, but ________ , a man found it on the road and gave it back. It was so important to me. It ________ me out of the days spent waiting out in the front yard, watching the men work on the highway and waiting for my sister Mabel to return from school.”
They stayed with their grandparents for three or four weeks. "It was a happy day. ________ Dad told us we could go home"
What will be our memories of this time in history?
I hope we remember family, friends and neighbors caring for one another. I hope we remember the ________ medical personnel sacrificing their own health, the truck drives, food service workers and all the cashiers who kept grocery stores ________. Besides, never forget the garbage collectors sand that the mail kept coming.
I hope we remember the plants ________face masks and ventilators (呼吸机), and the scientists racing to find a vaccine.
I hope we remember how fears ________ a long shadow and how we renew soul searching.
We are writing history. ________ we write it well.
1. A.connection | B.relationship | C.difference | D.isolation |
2. A.smaller | B.bigger | C.younger | D.older |
3. A.calls | B.parties | C.visits | D.talks |
4. A.came to | B.struck | C.occurred to | D.shocked |
5. A.deadly | B.slight | C.easy | D.sharp |
6. A.once | B.until | C.after | D.when |
7. A.sorted out | B.picked up | C.packed up | D.put up |
8. A.secretly | B.fortunately | C.suddenly | D.immediately |
9. A.took | B.reviewed | C.forgot | D.recalled |
10. A.that | B.when | C.though | D.where |
11. A.diligent | B.busy | C.exhausted | D.white |
12. A.close | B.away | C.clean | D.open |
13. A.selling | B.inventing | C.manufacturing | D.donating |
14. A.drag | B.cast | C.bright | D.extend |
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