Having said good-bye to his parents, Alvin, with his wife and one-year-old son, set off back home. Still
, Alvin and Clare talked and laughed happily. And even little Alex
from time to time. The family were
their trip.
But about three hours later things began to
. It was starting to snow. Alvin
up the car, hoping to arrive home before dark. But it was too dangerous to drive fast now, because it was snowing more and more heavily. So Alvin had to
down. The snow on the
was getting deeper and deeper until it was hard to
on it. Their car slipped (滑落) off the way and got stuck in the deep snow and the engine
to start again.
“The snow doesn’t seem to
. Shall we stay in the car waiting to be frozen to death or walk ahead through the snow?” Alvin asked. Clare said she
to walk. So they got out of the car with their son and began walking. But
was to come. Soon they lost their way and had to walk
on and on.
Night came. They were not afraid of the dark. But they
that poor Alex would die of cold. However, their faith to keep Alex
filled them with courage, warmth and strength. They __
and rested in turn and then continued their walk. They had
falls but each time true love encouraged them to rise to their feet again.
One, two, three … seven days passed. On the eighth day, help at last from Alvin’s
, the police and local people. But the young
had to have their feet cut off because of the bad frostbite (冻伤).
, there was nothing serious wrong with little Alex!
| 小题1: | | A．worried | B．sorry | C．excited | D．anxious |
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| 小题2: | | A．cried | B．laughed | C．smiled | D．coughed |
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| 小题3: | | A．enjoying | B．having | C．taking | D．starting |
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| 小题4: | | A．happen | B．change | C．come | D．finish |
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| 小题5: | | A．climbed | B．turned | C．took | D．sped |
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| 小题7: | | A．land | B．highway | C．fields | D．car |
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| 小题8: | | A．walk | B．stay | C．wait | D．depend |
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| 小题9: | | A．set | B．allowed | C．refused | D．prepared |
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| 小题10: | | A．end | B．fall | C．continue | D．melt (融化) |
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| 小题11: | | A．liked | B．preferred | C．decided | D．wished |
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| 小题12: | | A．better | B．something | C．worse | D．nothing |
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| 小题13: | | A．aimlessly | B．lonely | C．hopelessly | D．pleasantly |
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| 小题14: | | A．thought | B．feared | C．wanted | D．supposed |
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| 小题15: | | A．happy | B．silent | C．alive | D．dead |
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| 小题16: | | A．ate | B．worked | C．watched | D．slept |
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| 小题17: | | A．few | B．several | C．countless | D．some |
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| 小题18: | | A．parents | B．friends | C．teachers | D．neighbours |
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| 小题19: | | A．husband | B．wife | C．baby | D．couple |
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| 小题20: | | A．Then | B．Finally | C．Fortunately | D．Therefore |
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