摘要：55．A．discouraged B．sad C．silent D．surprised 15 Leroy Columbo left his lifeguard post . He walked slowly down the 36 Many people were sunbathing on the sand , and they spoke to him . Leroy nodded and smiled to them . 37 , he always kept an eye on the water . You see , Leroy was a 38 lifeguard . He couldn’t hear cries for help ; therefore , he 39 use his eyes . He could 40 a person in trouble in the water quickly . Leroy was a familiar 41 on the Galveston , Texas beaches . During his 40 years of work as a lifeguard there he 42 907 people from drowning in the waters . Leroy was born in 1905 . He lost his 43 at seven . Nine years later , because of his father’s death , Leroy left school and helped 44 his family . However , Leroy didn’t need much money to swim in the waters around Galveston Island , so he spent most of his free time swimming and became a(n). 45 swimmer . At eighteen, his brother asked him to 46 the Surf Toboggan Club . He had to take a(n) 47 first before the club could 48 him. He had to swim three hours without stopping . He couldn’t 49 rest by floating or swimming on his 50 . Leroy took the test and passed it easily . Leroy never won a scholarship . He never . 51 training for sports competition . 52 , he used his talents to save others’ lives . 53 He died on July 2, 1974, members of the Texas State Senate stood for a moment of 54 in his honor . The Galveston people have had a plaque (牌匾) made in his 55 . His name was included in the Guinness Book of World Records .

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