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Passage1
Brothers Cole and Blake Meyer, aged 10 and 8, were on their bikes to go fishing in June when they saw something _____1____(shock) down the road from their northern Iowa home.
There were a lot of dead baby turtles, ___2______(kill) by cars on the main road between two wetlands, Ventura Marsh (沼泽) and Clear Lake. The two boys felt sad for them, so they climbed off their bikes and began helping other small turtles that were slowly crossing to the other side of the road. They picked up one in each hand and ____3____(take) them across, then went back for some more.
The boys kept up ____4_____(they) task of saving turtles for the rest of the summer. They ____5_____(safe) watched for turtles from a nearby bike path and crossed the road themselves only when there was no traffic. But sometimes they would hold up their arms ____6____(stop) a car if there were turtles on the move.
In some days they could see as many as 40 or 50 turtles sunning themselves in the middle of the road. There were times they went out at 8:30 in the morning and came back at 6. ____7_____(reduce) turtle deaths, they even put up several ____8____(sign) saying “Careful! Turtle Crossing!” to warn the ____9____(pass) cars along the road.
“We do it because they’re ____10_____(live) things—we don’t want to see them run over and killed,” the boys said.
Their mother was proud of what they were doing and was out there several times with water and snacks to show her support. Biologist Grummer said, “It’s heartwarming that they were using their summer break to help nature and protect turtles. These boys give me hope for the next generation.”
答案:1. shocking 2. killed 3. took 4. their 5. safely 6. to stop 7. To reduce 8.signs 9. passing 10. living
Passage2
A family had had a cat for years. Then one day, the children finally managed _____1_____(persuade) their parents to get them a dog as well. So a little Labrador (拉布拉多犬) arrived.
The dog was so cute that everyone wanted