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范畴:人与自我 主题:生活哲学 体裁:记叙文 难度:★★★ 建议用时:8分钟 评价:____/10
阅读下面短文,在空白处填一个适当的词或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
An old villager let other villagers carry salt to a town to sell it and buy food for the winter. One night they camped in a mountain. The old villager 1. ____(take) out some salt and threw it into the campfire to foretell the changes of weather in the mountains.
The other villagers waited for the old man's weather report: 2. ____ the salt in the fire produced crackling(噼啪声), they would have good weather; if there 3. ____(be) no sound, it then meant a storm would come at any moment.
The salt in the campfire didn't make 4. ____(some) sounds at all. The old man asked the whole team 5. ____(set) out at once after daybreak. A young man in the group, however, said that they should not set out in such a hurry because he thought foretelling the weather by 6. ____(use) salt was silly.
It was not until the next afternoon that the young man caught up on the wisdom of the old man when the weather suddenly changed, 7. ____ cold winds blowing and a snowstorm coming.
In fact, modern science could explain 8. ____(good) the way used by the old villager: whether 9. ____ not salt produces sound in a campfire depends on air humidity. When a storm is coming, the wet salt blocks 10. ____(not make) any sounds in fire because of high humidity.
Young people often look down upon the philosophy of the old. However, some belief in life is just like salt from the sea. It carries great memories of the sea.

1. took 2. if 3. was 4. any 5. to set 6. using 7. with 8. well 9. or 10. won't make

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范畴:人与社会 主题:人际交往 体裁:记叙文 难度:★★★ 建议用时:7分钟 评价:____/10
根据短文内容,用方框中所给单词或短语的正确形式填空。
be drive breathe they turn on
The back door of the ambulance was suddenly shut. The 1. ____ ran to the front, jumped into his seat and started the engine. Inside 2. ____ the worried parents, Mr and Mrs Green. The mother was holding 3. ____ baby daughter, Ellen. The little girl had some food stuck in her throat and could hardly breathe.
The driver, Mr White, 4. ____ his siren(警报器) and flashing light, and started speeding towards the nearest hospital. The cars ahead of him pulled out of the way as he drove through the busy traffic. From the back of the ambulance, the parents were asking him to hurry since Ellen had almost stopped 5. ____.
but happy straight look back light
Mr White knew he had no time to lose so he drove 6. ____ past the traffic lights. Coming towards him from his right side was a taxi. The driver who was listening to his radio didn't notice the ambulance. The 7. ____ were green, and he drove straight on into the path of the ambulance.
Mr White tried to stop his ambulance, 8. ____ it was too late. It hit the taxi. Everyone was shaken, but no one was hurt. Mr White 9. ____ to see how little Ellen was.
“Look!” cried Mrs Green. “She is breathing again!”
“It must be the crash,” said her husband 10. ____. “It knocked the food out of her throat. The accident turned out to be a blessing.”

1. driver 2. were 3. their 4. turned on 5. breathing 6. straight 7. lights 8. but 9. looked back 10. happily