Two weeks earlier, my son, Ben, had got in touch, he’d moved to England with his mum when he was three and it had been 13 years since I’d _________ seen him. So imagine my _________ when he emailed me saying he wanted to come to visit me.
I was _________! I arrived early at Byron Bay where we were supposed to _________. The bay was _________ in sunshine, and there was a group of kayakers around 150m off the shore. Getting a little _________. I realized one kayak(皮划艇)was in _________. “Something’s not _________!” I took off my T-shirt and _________ into the water. I saw there were two instructors on board and a man lying across the middle. He was __________ violently. Linking arms with one of the instructors. I helped __________ the young man out of the water. He was unconscious and as I looked at his face, something __________ to me. Those brown eyes were very __________. “What’s his name?” I asked the instructor. “Ben,” he replied, and immediately I __________. That stranger was my son!
The instructors called for an ambulance. __________, after a brief stay in hospital, Ben was well enough to be allowed to __________ and later the family met up for dinner. We chatted about everything and then Ben __________ to me. “I just want to say thank you,” he said, “You __________ my life!”
I still can’t believe what a __________ it was. I’m just so glad I was there __________ to help my son.
1.A.also | B.often | C.even | D.last |
2.A.delight | B.relief | C.anger | D.worry |
3.A.scared | B.shocked | C.thrilled | D.ashamed |
4.A.talk | B.stay | C.meet | D.settle |
5.A.bathed | B.clean | C.deep | D.formed |
6.A.faster | B.closer | C.heavier | D.wiser |
7.A.trouble | B.advance | C.question | D.battle |
8.9.A.stared | B.sank | C.dived | D.fell |
10.A.arguing | B.fighting | C.Shouting | D.shaking |
11.A.lead | B.persuade | C.carry | D.keep |
12.A.happened | B.occurred | C.applied | D.appealed |
13.A.sharp | B.pleasant | C.attractive | D.familiar |
14.A.agreed | B.hesitated | C.doubted | D.knew |
15.A.Fortunately | B.Frankly | C.Sadly | D.Suddenly |
16.A.return | B.relax | C.speak | D.leave |
17.A.joked | B.turned | C.listened | D.pointed |
18.A.created | B.honored | C.saved | D.guided |
19.A.coincidence | B.change | C.pity | D.pain |
20.A.on board | B.in time | C.for sure | D.on purpose |