" Were the birds on the ice ducks or geese (鹅) ?" Cruz, 11 , and Anthony, 12,couldn't agree. There was only one way to find out. So on a cold January evening, the two friends took a risk onto the frozen(冻结的) lake near their homes.

"First,, we threw a stone onto the ice to test it. We thought it would hold our weight. Then we stepped on it," Cruz said. Anthony went first. He took a few steps, then... He fell through the seemingly frozen ice!

Cruz rushed to help his friend. The lake "ate" him, too. Cruz managed to lift himself out of the freezing water and onto some ice. He then tried to work his way toward Anthony. But the ice didn't hold, and he fell in again. This time, he couldn't get out.

The boys were up to their necks in icy water and quickly losing feeling in their arms and legs. Cruz had a sense that he was going to die.

Anthony's older sister had seen all this and started shouting for help. John Lavin, a neighbor driving nearby heard her. He quickly pulled over. He caught a nearby float(浮板) , kicked off his shoes. and ran into the water, clearing his way through the ice with his free hand. "It was kind of a ' Hulk smash’” Lavin later joked.

Lavin made his way to pull the boys back to land. They were taken to hospital immediately. The doctor said their five-minute stay in the water made their body temperature drop nearly ten degrees. Luckily, the boys got well soon. They admire their fearless neighbor just as Hulk, one of Marvel Superheroes.

1.Cruz and Anthony took a risk onto the frozen lake to ___.

A.throw a heavy stone onto the ice

B.test if the ice would hold their weight

C.search for a superhero on a cold evening

D.see whether the birds were ducks or geese

2.Who saved the two boys out of the water?

A.Anthony's older sister. B.Hulk , one of Marvel Superheroes.

C.A doctor from the nearby hospital. D.John Lavin , a neighbor driving nearby.

3.What happened to the two boys during their five-minute stay in the icy water?

A.Their arms were badly hurt. B.They couldn't move their necks,

C.Their body temperature dropped fast. D.They couldn't see anything clearly.

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的单词,使其内容通顺,每空格限填一词,首字母已给)

Recently, a foreign student in China has given a very touching answer to the questions: What should China be proud of? Lots of people have d1. it with great enthusiasm (热情) on the Internet.

Emma is from Canada, and she came to China four years ago. Now she is a university student in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. The following w2. are about what China is like in the foreign girl’s eyes.

“Finding a job in China can be very s3.. China offers more job chances than any other country in the world.”

“Its public security is also great. I’ve travelled to many countries, and I dare not (不敢) go out alone at night, but it’s different in China. I needn’t worry about my s4. at all, even at midnight.”

“Now about 400 million Chinese people are studying English. China has the largest number of English speakers in non-English speaking countries. It is quite an a5. number, isn’t it?

“The speed of Chinese trains is high. During my third visit to my friend in Beijing, I chose to take a train to go there. It took seven hours to get to Beijing from Ningbo by train. From Ningbo to Beijing, the train runs 1,365 kilometers for only seven hours, which makes it more c6. for people to ply (定时往来) between the two cities.”

“I think there’ll be many more things China will be proud of. I strongly believe the big oriental country must be much better than other countries.”

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