It was so cold that I couldn’t feel my legs. There was going to be a racing contest that night so I was
36 my horse, Skippy, up. I was simply running laps(跑道的圈) around the ring. The
37 cold air had been blowing past me, freezing my limbs, but every second I
38 it. You could hear the faint
39 of the people up at the clubhouse eating their dinner. My parents were also there, not knowing that my little sister had slowly wandered her way down to the ring. It was
40 because there was no moon or stars. Nobody else was in the ring at the time. I was really enjoying the
41 and I was able to
42 what Skippy was doing. As I took my last lap it
43 . Everything rapidly slowed down as I saw my little sister step
44 the ring. I saw true fear on her face because she knew she wouldn’t be
45 to move out of the way fast enough. She knew that she was going to get hit. She tried to
46 but nothing came out of her fear-dried throat. When my horse got to her, he was still in a full out run.
47 , miraculously(奇迹般地), he slid so hard on his back feet that he
48 . It really made th
e 49 seem absolutely unreal. I thought that maybe I was
50 . I had
51 in my mind that I wasn’t seeing what was happening. I knew I had hit my sister. There was no way I could have
52 her. My horse was rising straight up and while he was in the air I couldn’t breathe. It’s like I forgot
53 . As all of this happened I watched my sister’s face transform (变形) through many different
54 : terror, confusion, curiosity, and then a sort of relief. Then she was laughing.
As I held my sister into my arms, Skippy stood right behind me knowing that I actually owed him my life
55 he saved my sister’s.
| 小题1: | | A．picking | B．warming | C．catching | D．setting |
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| 小题2: | | A．bitterly | B．hardly | C．gently | D．perfectly |
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| 小题3: | | A．challenged | B．witnessed | C．enjoyed | D．hated |
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| 小题4: | | A．ceremony | B．tradition | C．victory | D．laughter |
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| 小题5: | | A．windy | B．bright | C．dark | D．cloudy |
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| 小题6: | | A．quiet | B．quality | C．impression | D．significance |
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| 小题7: | A．rely on | B．focus on | C．insist on | D．put on |
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| 小题8: | | A．let out | B．held on | C．participated in | D．took place |
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| 小题9: | | A．close to | B．out of | C．into | D．towards |
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| 小题10: | | A．able | B．frightened | C．content | D．proud |
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| 小题11: | | A．evaluate | B．worry | C．scream | D．escape |
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| 小题12: | | A．Accidentally | B．Normally | C．Generally | D．Somehow |
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| 小题13: | | A．sped up | B．rose up | C．broke down | D．wore out |
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| 小题14: | | A．moment | B．contest | C．comment | D．technique |
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| 小题15: | | A．advancing | B．breathing | C．concluding | D．dreaming |
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| 小题16: | | A．that | B．none | C．neither | D．it |
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| 小题17: | | A．hit | B．recognized | C．missed | D．acknowledged |
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| 小题19: | | A．actions | B．emotions | C．attitudes | D．thoughts |
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| 小题20: | | A．if | B．because | C．as if | D．so that |
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