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Unit 4 Earthquakes
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It
was
a
hot
summer
day
and
I
was
longing
to
go
swimming
at
the
local
pool.__1__
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I
was
in
the
back
seat
of
the
car
as
my
parents
__2__
to
a
friend's
house.
They
were
going to __3__ a hand to a church work camp repairing her roof and porch. As an
eightyearold
boy
I
knew
that
there
wouldn't
be
much
for
me
to
do
and
I
was
__
4__.I
ended up sitting in the yard
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__5__.
The
work
camp
was
mostly
made
up
of
__6__
who
had
given
up
part
of
their
summer
vacation to help others. They were managed by the pastor(
牧师
)and a few skilled
carpenters who also worked free of charge. Most of that afternoon, I __7__ in the
shade while they sweated in the __8__. They cut boards and hammered them in place.
They
__9__
rotten
tiles
(
瓦片
)
and
nailed
in
new
ones.
They
cleared
off
the
old
paint
and __10__ with the new. They did it all __11__. They shared stories and smiles.
They shared jokes and __12__.
Finally our friend asked me to help her pay them with the two things she could
__13__
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sweet
tea
and
smiles.
I
carefully
carried
the
__14__
to
the
workers
who
downed
the tea with joy. By the end of the day the three gallons of tea were __15__. The
workers were out of nails
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paint
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and lumber(
木材
)__16__ the job was done. There
was one thing left, however. It was the one thing that you would never run out of.
It was the one thing that you couldn't give away __17__ having even more of it. It
was Love. It lightened our __18__ and smiles. I went home with a heart __19__ of
it and was happier than any day at the __20__ could have made me.
【语篇导读?/p>
本文是一篇记叙文?/p>
主要讲述了作者与父母一起去工作营的所见?/p>
所感?/p>
1
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A.Therefore
B
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Moreover
C
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Besides
D
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Instead
解析?/p>
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D
。文章开头提到一个炎热的夏天,作者非常想去游泳。第二句话告诉我们,
作者与父母一起去朋友家。前后句表示逻辑上的转折关系,因此用
instead“相反,而”?/p>
2
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A.walked
B
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hiked
C
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drove
D
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ran
解析?/p>
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C
。由“I was in the back seat of the car”可知,作者的父母开车去?/p>
友家?/p>
3
?/p>
A.lend
B
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take
C
?/p>
borrow
D
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bring
解析?/p>
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A
。固定词?/p>
lend a hand to sb.
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lend sb.a hand
表示“帮助某人做事”?/p>