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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Walking out of the forest, I thought to myself what if we didn’t put out the fire? I ended up asking this thought as a 21 to my friends. Without saying anything, Elias went about ten yards back to the small fire that we had 22 . It was at this point where Elias went from calm, to 23 . He shouted, “It’s on fire!”
My heart was 24 out of my chest when we got to the fire — it had enlarged into a 25 with a 15-foot diameter (直径). A pond about ten feet away, was our only 26 . My quick thinking told me to 27 into the pond and splash (泼洒) water onto the fire closest to the pond. Micah, took a bucket, and then filled it with 28 , to fight the fire that was spreading out of our 29 .
Elias and I got the fire, nearest to the water, under control. Micah, 30 , could not rest. Although he ran back and forth, it only kept 31 .It suddenly 32 to us that we could use the wet grass in the pond to 33 put out the fire. Therefore, with 34 in hand, we went into the fire, and 35 back to get more even though we were 36 Finally, our teamwork 37 , as there was only 38 left on a charred (烧焦的) battlefield. We stayed for another 30 minutes to 39 it starting again.
Our journey now came to an end and the battleground would soon become 40 and beautiful as time passed.
21. A. secret B. question C. joke D. choice
22. A. saved B. put C. lit D. collected
23. A. cautious B. delighted C. curious D. terrified
24. A. speeding B. beating C. knocking D. pushing
25. A. circle B. way C. place D. hole
26. A. excuse B. request C. option D. duty
27. A. jump B. grow C. dig D. break
28. A. sand B. power C. strength D. water
29. A. mind B. order C. reach D. sight
30. A. however B. therefore C. otherwise D. moreover
31. A. stopping B. growing C. making D. changing
32. A. turned B. referred C. occurred D. added
33. A. roughly B. repeatedly C. regularly D. thoroughly
34. A. grass B. water C. fire D. air
35. A. drove B. dashed C. escaped D. withdrew
36. A. exhausted B. amazed C. disappointed D. interested
37. A. laid off B. gave off C. paid off D. put off
38. A. flame B. smoke C. noise D. light
39. A. leave B. observe C. keep D. prevent
40. A. old B. common C. quiet D. green
★文中我不认识的词汇有：_______________________________________________
★文中我不理解的句子有：（在文中用横线划出）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Walking out of the forest, I thought to myself what if we didn’t put out the fire? I ended up asking this thought as a 21 to my friends. Without saying anything, Elias went about ten yards back to the small fire that we had 22 . It was at this point where Elias went from calm, to 23 . He shouted, “It’s on fire!”
My heart was 24 out of my chest when we got to the fire — it had enlarged into a 25 with a 15-foot diameter (直径). A pond about ten feet away, was our only 26 . My quick thinking told me to 27 into the pond and splash (泼洒) water onto the fire closest to the pond. Micah, took a bucket, and then filled it with 28 , to fight the fire that was spreading out of our 29 .
Elias and I got the fire, nearest to the water, under control. Micah, 30 , could not rest. Although he ran back and forth, it only kept 31 .It suddenly 32 to us that we could use the wet grass in the pond to 33 put out the fire. Therefore, with 34 in hand, we went into the fire, and 35 back to get more even though we were 36 Finally, our teamwork 37 , as there was only 38 left on a charred (烧焦的) battlefield. We stayed for another 30 minutes to 39 it starting again.
Our journey now came to an end and the battleground would soon become 40 and beautiful as time passed.
21. A. secret B. question C. joke D. choice
22. A. saved B. put C. lit D. collected
23. A. cautious B. delighted C. curious D. terrified
24. A. speeding B. beating C. knocking D. pushing
25. A. circle B. way C. place D. hole
26. A. excuse B. request C. option D. duty
27. A. jump B. grow C. dig D. break
28. A. sand B. power C. strength D. water
29. A. mind B. order C. reach D. sight
30. A. however B. therefore C. otherwise D. moreover
31. A. stopping B. growing C. making D. changing
32. A. turned B. referred C. occurred D. added
33. A. roughly B. repeatedly C. regularly D. thoroughly
34. A. grass B. water C. fire D. air
35. A. drove B. dashed C. escaped D. withdrew
36. A. exhausted B. amazed C. disappointed D. interested
37. A. laid off B. gave off C. paid off D. put off
38. A. flame B. smoke C. noise D. light
39. A. leave B. observe C. keep D. prevent
40. A. old B. common C. quiet D. green
★文中我不认识的词汇有：_______________________________________________
★文中我不理解的句子有：（在文中用横线划出）
