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A traveler was walking across a desert (沙漠) alone, planning to do it in one month. More than twenty days passed, and the journey had been going on _______. “Soon I’ll be able to walk out of this desert,” he thought gladly.
But the desert was never friendly _______ travelers. In a short time, there came a strong sandstorm. He hurriedly _______ his head with the clothes, prostrate (卧倒的) on the sand. After about ten minutes, the sandstorm _______. He shook the clothes and stood up. At that moment, he found himself in a hopeless situation—the backpack with food and water was swept away by the _______.
As we know, it seems _______ to leave the desert without food and water. _______, he had a pear left. He held it in his hands tightly. “Not too bad, at least I have a pear. I _______ I can walk out of the desert.”
Days and nights went by quickly, but the desert still looked endless. Besides, hunger, thirst and fear of _______ were always around him like ghosts. ________, each time he was close to losing hope, he forced himself to stare at the pear that he had been ________. “Not too bad, at least I have a pear.”
A small pear became the ________ for his survival (生存). Three days later, ________ he saw a village not far away, he laughed with excitement. He felt completely relaxed—the “pear” brought him back to ________.
To keep hope is the best weapon (武器) for victory, so never tell you “________ left” because only if you try to search, you can always find a “pear” to pull you out of trouble.
1.A.well | B.badly | C.terribly | D.heavily |
2.3.A.filled | B.beat | C.played | D.covered |
4.A.stopped | B.hid | C.began | D.continued |
5.A.snow | B.sandstorm | C.desert | D.smoke |
6.A.right | B.impossible | C.safe | D.important |
7.A.Sadly | B.Easily | C.Carefully | D.Luckily |
8.A.wonder | B.believe | C.remember | D.advise |
9.A.death | B.pain | C.illness | D.sand |
10.11.A.smelling | B.keeping | C.eating | D.imagining |
12.A.hope | B.rule | C.question | D.plan |
13.A.so that | B.even if | C.as long as | D.as soon as |
14.A.danger | B.thirst | C.life | D.mind |
15.A.anything | B.nothing | C.something | D.everything |