ALEX pedaled his bike along the country lane that led to his house. As he rounded a bend, the tips of the cattails that grew around Johnson’s Pond came into view. His dad took him canoeing there sometimes, and Alex loved it. The pond was always so alive with activity. Frogs croaked along the shore, dragonflies hunted among the cattails, and sometimes Alex discovered turtles(乌龟) basking(晒太阳) on sunny rocks.
Alex was curious about the turtles he saw. One week, when it was too rainy to go canoeing, he and his dad went to the library to check out books on turtles. Alex learned that turtles don’t have warm blood like people do. That’s why they have to sit in the sun to warm themselves. Now it looked like tomorrow might be another sunny day. He decided he would ask Dad if they could go canoeing and look for turtles again.
Just then Alex saw something in the road up ahead. It looked like a big gray rock. But it was a funny place for a rock to be.
And then, as Alex watched, the rock started to move.
When he rode his bike up to get a closer look, he saw that it wasn’t a rock at all. It was a large turtle crawled its way across the road. It had a bony, beak-shaped mouth and a long, jagged tail. Alex knew right away it was a snapping turtle.
He also knew not to get too close. He had read that a snapping turtle has a powerful bite even though it doesn’t have teeth. It could even bite off someone’s finger. He stood at a distance and watched the turtle move slowly over the road.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a car approaching. The turtle was still only halfway across the road. Alex knew he couldn’t pick it up to move it safely to the grass. What could he do?
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1.续写词数应为150词左右;
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Thinking fast, he started jumping up and down and waving both hands wildly.
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To make the warning sign, Alex hurried back home and started his work with some leftover wood and paint.
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2 . One winter morning, my friends and I went to play hocky at Fresh Pond. When we arrived, we realized that we forgot to bring the goal. “Go and
So when they went back, I was going to test the ice. I started along the
When I finally emerged from the water, there came a new
In the warmth of my home, my mother told me that Fresh Pond is
| A．check out | B．move away | C．save up | D．look for |
| A．line | B．bottom | C．edge | D．top |
| A．smoother | B．clearer | C．thicker | D．heavier |
| A．Initially | B．Consequently | C．Naturally | D．Suddenly |
| A．touching | B．throwing | C．holding | D．appreciating |
| A．mercy | B．help | C．sympathy | D．promise |
| A．solve | B．cause | C．spread | D．discover |
| A．Feeling | B．Demonstrating | C．Saving | D．Using |
| A．remove | B．challenge | C．create | D．protect |
| A．so | B．because | C．although | D．if |
| A．increasing | B．shaking | C．breaking | D．floating |
| A．balance | B．control | C．hit | D．support |
| A．dream | B．problem | C．motivation | D．inspiration |
| A．ice | B．ground | C．stone | D．river |
| A．followed | B．flooded | C．polluted | D．fed |
I had never noticed her. She was not the kind of girl who could draw attention. She was not tall and just plain. In class, she liked sitting at the back, reading or taking notes. It was once I asked her to read aloud the text that I looked at her with new eyes when I heard her standard American pronunciation. Later on, the National College English Speech Contest would be held. I thought it over and filled in her name with a smile. I red-penciled her draft of speech, corrected her pronunciation, and even adjusted her body language.
However, I was always kind of worried because she was too introvert(内向的)and too quiet. Could she seize this rare opportunity?
On the night of the contest, I told her to take it easy. Blushed(脸红的), she looked at me and said nothing.
My heart sank. It seemed that she did tense up. I pated her and let her go to draw lots(抽签). As a result, what she drew was No. 9 while No. 8 was recognized English master-hand(高手).
Sure enough, the English master-hand was fairly successful in the speech with his humor and highly personal style. The whole audience would make a warm applause almost every 30 seconds until she appeared on the stage, still talking over his speech with excitement.
My palms began to sweat. I sat there, with no courage to look at her. It was the first time that she went up the stage, so I couldn't blame her for any slips. But at that moment, I found I was so scared of her failure.
The strong spotlight made her so small and so insignificant that nobody seemed to notice she had been on the stage, I said to myself, no hope.
But the moment that shocked me occurred. I clearly heard a voice, a very loud voice, “Now, please focus on me.” She said this sentence three times in all, louder and louder.
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The whole audience fell silent.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________After her speech ended for a long while, a thunderous applause sounded in the whole audience.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4 . My husband, daughter and I made our way into a small restaurant for breakfast. Only two other tables were
Sure enough, there at the other table was Wayne Gretzky, obviously discussing important business with some gentlemen in suits. Well, this little boy could hardly
Well, it was hard not to
The little boy’s face
I was so
| A．occupied | B．booked | C．covered | D．turned |
| A．ashamed | B．embarrassed | C．excited | D．upset |
| A．shaded | B．recognized | C．imitated | D．forgot |
| A．tolerate | B．persuade | C．motivate | D．control |
| A．memory | B．challenge | C．chance | D．success |
| A．whispering | B．joking | C．regretting | D．answering |
| A．option | B．privacy | C．preference | D．responsibility |
| A．admit | B．imagine | C．describe | D．notice |
| A．separated | B．saved | C．excused | D．prevented |
| A．totally | B．fortunately | C．intentionally | D．frequently |
| A．acknowledge | B．ignore | C．believe | D．experience |
| A．odd | B．wonderful | C．normal | D．familiar |
| A．devoted | B．impressed | C．scared | D．worried |
| A．broke | B．predicted | C．witnessed | D．said |
| A．off | B．with | C．for | D．across |
