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2021
It started 30 years ago with a squirrel. A few months after I had moved into a downtown 1 , my next-door neighbor, Nicole Figaro, knocked, asking for help with a squirrel that had gotten into her flat.
I frightened the unexpected 2 away and made a new friend. Soon Nicole was inviting me over for dinner or 3 home-made food at my door. When I went to my beach hou, Nicole helped 4 my mail and water my plants. And when she traveled as a flight attendant, I did the same for her. Wherever she went, she'd 5 to bring me wonderful gifts, but her smile has been the greatest of all.
In 1997, I had a lovely child and it was Nicole who took care of me and him. Years later, I returned the favour. I helped out when her husband was sick, 6 her and giving her support. More and more, we drew inspiration from each other.
7 , the pandemic hit. My husband was out of work and my son couldn't be back to Britain becau of the virus. I was 8 about them. Nicole helped my family to prepare for the pandemic and shared necessities with me. Without her, I couldn't go through 9 times.
A 10 might parate our flats and masks can parate the virus, but nothing is able to parate our hearts.
1. A. hou B. flat C. street D. area
2. A. customer B. host C. guest D. enemy
3. A. lling B. making C. posting D. leaving
4. A. look for B. copy down C. pick up D. hold out
5. A. forget B. keep C. think D. remember
6. A. helping out B. staying with C. smiling at D. depending on
7. A. Especially B. Actually C. Generally D. Unluckily
8. A. worried B. mad C. nervous D. rious
9. A. exciting B. simple C. difficult D. good
licenplate10. A. room B. wall C. yard D. garden
2020
A group of boys stood around a tree. “What a tall tree!” they said to each other, “It would be 16 to climb to the top! ”
The group of boys then decided to play a game to 17 who could climb to the top of the tree first. Their mothers were sitting not far away, looking on at their 18 as they played.
One of the climbers was an 8-year-old boy named David. He was the shortest child in the group. 19 thought he would win.
Then the game started. All of the boys tried their best to climb as high as they could. Although the other boys climbed faster than David in the beginning, he 20 the top of the tree fastest in the end.
His mother was 21 . She asked him, “David, how did you reach the top of the tree so 22 ? ” “It was easy, ”David said, “The other children 23 looking down as they climbed. When they realized how high they were, they were afraid of 24 . I, however, looked only up. When I saw how clo I was, I kept going higher and higher 25 I reached the top.” korean是什么意思
It is true in life that if we just keep going forward without looking back, we are more likely to reach our goals.
16. A. boring | B. exciting | C. dangerous | D． awkward |
in the ocean17. A. believe | B. think | C. e | D． say |
| tba 18. A. students | B. children | 外研社阅读大赛 C. teachers | D． parents |
19. A. Anybody | 上海中学排名B. Somebody | C. Everybody | D. Nobody |
20. A. got up | B. got on | C. got to | D. got about |
21. A. proud | B. worried | C. frightened | D. angry |
| increa 22. A. carefully | B. slowly | C. quietly | D． quickly |
23. A. kept | B. avoided | C. practiced | D． stopped |
24. A. taking down | B. falling down | C. calming down | D． turning down |
25. A. if | B. after | C. until | D． when |
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2018
When I was young, I went to a boarding (寄宿) school in Edinburgh. It was far from home becau I ___16___ on an island in the north of Scotland.
It was a music school, and I studied the violin. At the end of the term, we all packed our bag and our____17___to go home for our holidays, Most Kids went by train or bus. 武汉室内设计
Some were ___18_____ by their parents. But I had to go home by ferry -14 hours over night on the open a. One summer, after packing my suitca and violin, I said ___19_____ to my friends. I took the train to the ferry terminal (渡船码头） and then got on the ferry. But when the ferry started moving. I realized a(n) ___20____thing! I left my violin on the train!
brutal Oh no! What should I do? What would my dad say? He'd be really ___21_____! I got so scared that I didn't sleep all night. The next morning, I _____22_____the ferry to meet my
dad. After I told him everything, he laughed. I looked at him couldn't believe it. ___23____was he laughing?
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