2023届新高考英语读后续写填词训练64救助落水老人

高考英语读后续写精品课程-Those Who Tell Stories Rule The World 新高考英语读后续写系统备考训练64 Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions Details from the reading + Your experiences = A conclusion about what is happening or will happen 【读后续写阅读填词篇】 救助落水老人 It was 7:15 a.m. on Monday, and Frank, an engineer, was on his morning run along the East River. Suddenly, something _____1____(catch) his eyes-a large 60-year-old man balancing on the four-foot-highrailing(栏杆)that guarded the path from the water. Curious and _____2_____(confuse), Frank _____3___(stop) to get closer to the scene only _____4____(find) the man took a step forward and ____5_____(drop) into the dark river below. When Frank reached the railing, the man was struggling in the water, _____6____(obvious) unable to swim. He screamed ______7____(desperate) for help as the current pulled him away from the bank. By now a crowd had gathered on land. People had called the police, but it was unclear when they'd get there. Without _____8_____(hesitate), _____9____(drop) his phone and keys on land, Frank jumped in. Just as the old man was losing ______10_____(strong), Frank _____11______(grab) hold of him. _____12______(unexpected), the strong wind forced the water to tear them apart again. Having seen what _______13_______(happen), another two joggers made a quick ____14_____(respond). They dived from where they stood into the river, and _____15_____(swim) towards the pair, __16___ were about 30 yards from the seawall. _______17______(immediate) they caught up to the old man. The three stabilized him, with one _____18_____(support) his back and the other two holding him up from either side.  _____19____, the old man was unresponsive, but not unconscious. As the men made their way towards the seawall that stretched for blocks in each direction, Frank had an awful realization: With the water _____20_____(flow) a good eight feet below the lip of the wall and no l