1 . I was eleven years old standing outside in just my underwear (内衣) while I saw our house burnt to the ground. A few minutes earlier I had been sound asleep in my bed when a _________ woke me up. My nana’s _________ was just next to my brother’s and mine. A fire had broken out there and awakened her. Hearing her shouting, my older brother _________ quickly. While I was walking difficultly in the _________ and darkness, he ran from room to room _________ everyone in the house. The house, however, was over 50 years old and made of wood. Before we could _________ anything, the fire destroyed it.
I stood there _________ when the fire destroyed my books, clothes, and toys. I watched_________ while my mom cried and my dad sighed (叹息). I _________ what was going to happen to us since we had __________ all of our things. As I looked around, though, I __________ something for the first time: The things that __________ aren’t things. I saw my older brother running to get __________. I saw my nana and dad sitting together and my mom __________ our little dog. I realized at that moment that we were all__________. Everything that was essential (必要的) had survived the fire. Our __________ would continue. We were so __________. We would all be around to love each other for many years to come. And that was all that mattered.
I __________ think of that fire that helped me to become who I am today. It showed me for the very first time what is truly __________ in my life. It helped me to learn that the__________ we share is far more important than the things we own.
1. A.ring | B.fight | C.noise | D.laugh |
2. A.farm | B.store | C.house | D.bedroom |
3. A.settled | B.jumped | C.searched | D.acted |
4. A.snow | B.smoke | C.wind | D.storm |
5. A.waking | B.asking | C.encouraging | D.serving |
6. A.find | B.do | C.change | D.control |
7. A.guessing | B.hiding | C.shaking | D.listening |
8. A.angrily | B.carefully | C.calmly | D.helplessly |
9. A.wondered | B.explained | C.recorded | D.accepted |
10. A.missed | B.lost | C.repaired | D.damaged |
11. A.remembered | B.imagined | C.realized | D.ignored |
12. A.matter | B.disappear | C.recover | D.remain |
13. A.help | B.chance | C.success | D.advice |
14. A.training | B.holding | C.dressing | D.washing |
15. A.tired | B.careless | C.poor | D.alive |
16. A.education | B.business | C.life | D.story |
17. A.lucky | B.patient | C.brave | D.strong |
18. A.already | B.still | C.once | D.just |
19. A.beautiful | B.difficult | C.important | D.possible |
20. A.knowledge | B.responsibility | C.opinion | D.love |