On 28 of March Richard Byrd stood outside the small house. He shook hands with the men who were leaving. They were heading back to the main camp on the coast of Antarctica (南极洲). He would ___ to work at the base camp.

“I don't like leaving you here alone, "Pete Demas said. "I’ll be ____,"Byrd replied. He was looking forward to the challenge of spending the winter at the base camp. He would be recording the weather. There was plenty of food and fuel (燃料) in the tiny house. He felt sure ____ would go wrong.

But something did go wrong. Byrd was burning the fuel for ____ . But the fumes (有毒气体) were not leaving the house. Slowly he was being poisoned (中毒). On May 31 he broke down. When he came to, he made himself into his sleeping bag. Three days later he ____ it was a Sunday. The men would be _____ his radio message. Byrd moved hard out of bed and _____the call. He didn't want the men to know how ____ he was. It was too dangerous for them to come to save him.

By will-power alone, Byrd managed to stay alive. He was so ____ that he could hardly walk. But he forced himself to do the basics. He ____ food and made myself eat. He took ____ of weather and sent radio messages. But by late June, the men _____that something was wrong. Most of the time, Byrd's messages made no sense.

On August 11 Demas and two others reached the base camp. They ____ recognized (认出)

Byrd. He was very thin and looked terrible. Byrd _____them and then fell to the ground. The men had arrived in time. After two months of care, Byrd's good _____returned. He and his men

worked together again.

1.A. regret B. leave C. agree D. stay

2.A. free B. fine C. lonely D. nervous

3.A. something B. everything C. anything D. nothing

4.A. heat B. light C. safety D. food

5.A. hoped B. imagined C. learnt D. realized

6.A. expecting B. sending C. leaving D. testing

7.A. returned B. made C. took D. missed

8.A. brave B. sorry C. sick D. calm

9.A. hungry B. weak C. tired D. cold

10.A. cooked B. served C. tasted D. stored

11.A. photos B. notes C. reports D. lessons

12.A. heard B. complained C. guessed D. discovered

13.A. never B. even C. hardly D. almost

14.A. greeted B. stopped C. thanked D. visited

15.A. luck B. memory C. dream D. health

She was a beautiful girl with red hair. She had been shopping with her mom in Wal-Mart. It was pouring outside. We all stood there under the awning (雨篷). Her______was so sweet, “Mom, let's run through the rain,” she said.

“What?” Mom asked. “Let's run through the rain!”

“No, honey, we’ll wait______it slows down a bit,” Mom replied.

The child waited for about,_____ minute and repeated, “ Mom, let's run through the rain.”

“We’ll get soaked (淋透) if we _______.” Mom said.

“No, we won't, Mom. That's not______ you said this morning.” The young girl said as she tugged at her mom’s arm.

“This morning? When did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?”

“Don't you remember? When you were _______to Daddy about his cancer , you said, ‘we can get through______!’

The crowd became silent. Nothing could______ but the rain. No one came or left in the next few minutes. Mom thought for______minutes about what she would say.

“Honey, you arc right. Let’s run through the rain. ______ we’ll just need to get a wash.” Mom said. Then off they ran. People all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they rushed ______the cars and through the puddles (水坑).

They held their_______ bags over their heads. They got wet all over. But they were followed by some people who laughed like children all the way to their cars.

People can take away your money and_______. But no one can _______ even memories… So don't forget_______ time to make memories every day.

1.A. sound B. voice C. noise. D. mouth

2.A. when B. how C. before D. until

3.A. other B. the other C. another D. others

4.A. do B. did C. will do D. had done

5.A. how B. what C. which D. whether

6.A. saying B. speaking C. talking D. telling

7.A. something B. nothing C. some things D. anything

8.A. heard B. be heard C. hear D. listened

9.A. a few B. few C. a little D. little

10.A. May be B. Maybe C. May D. Might be

11.A. pass B. passed C. passing D. past

12.A. shop B. shops C. shopping D. shopped

13.A. health B. healthy C. healthily D. unhealthy

14.A. bring B. take C. get D. fetch

15.A. making B. make C. made D. to make

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