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Ten-year-old Cara Turner loves the giant saltwater pond on her grandparents’ farm. When her grandfather Tom Turner bought the land 15 years earlier, he stocked the pond with fishes._____ in winter, Tom _____ regularly visit the 5.5-acre pond to feed the fishes. One afternoon, _____ the sun melted toward the horizon, Tom _____ to head home from the pond. _____, he was unable to put one foot in front of the other and then ____ backward into the pond’s deep water. When he didn’t _____immediately, Cara jumped in. It was too deep to touch the _____. With one hand, Cara grabbed the bank. With the other, she _____ for her grandfather.

Tom had _____ a stroke（中风）the year before. Now Cara wondered if he had _____again. She grabbed her grandfather’s head, pulled his face out of the water and then pulled him up onto the solid ground. The winter sun almost disappeared, and they were both shaking _____ the coldness. Cara knew she would have to get Tom to _____first, a quarter mile away. But sixty feet from the car, Tom fell. From there, he crawled(爬), _____ himself under a gate, to the car. Caro helped him into the passenger’s side and then got into the driver’s seat. “I used to sit on my dad’s lap and watch him_____,” said Cara. Although she felt _____, she pushed on the gas and drove toward the nearest hospital _____her grandmother Esca was to meet them.

Tom spent six days _____ in the hospital from a stroke. Since the accident, he has _____going to the pond alone. “If Cara hadn’t helped, she might not have a grandpa _____,” said Esca.

1.A. Even B. If C. Thus D. But

2.A. should B. could C. might D. would

3.A. because B. though C. as D. since

4.A. turned over B. turned back C. turned up D. turned out

5.A. Once in a while B. As a result C. By all means D. All of a sudden

6.A. fell B. jumped C. rolled D. dived

7.A. hurt B. surface C. wake D. sink

8.A. bottom B. bank C. water D. pond

9.A. waited B. cared C. reached D. looked

10.A. felt B. seen C. stood D. suffered

11.A. that B. one C. everything D. something

12.A. from B. to C. of D. through

13.A. the farm B. the gate C. the car D. the house

14.A. devoting B. rushing C. carrying D. dragging

15.A. drive B. sing C. dance D. play

16.A. relaxed B. nervous C. satisfied D. embarrassed

17.A. when B. which C. where D. that

18.A. recovering B. treating C. struggling D. experiencing

19.A. continued B. agreed C. managed D. stopped

20.A. after all B. any more C. at least D. any better

Answer 1