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It was around 3: on Sunday when Talavera saw the children fall into the water from her room’s window. “Before I even ____1____ it, I was out there on the middle of the pond, ____2____ two kids out,” Talavera, 23, said at a news conference on Monday.
“____3____ was really outside except me,” she added. All Talavera could think during the ____4____ was “Save the kids”. But as she ____5____ the third child, the ice gave way beneath her and Talavera, too, ____6____ herself in the 15-foot-deep pond. She tried to pull herself out, ____7____ the ice was too slick (光滑), so she tried hard to stay afloat as she struggled to hold the unconscious girl’s head above the ____8____. She ____9____ managed to get back onto the surface and pull the 6-year-old to ______10______.
As the girl began to breathe on her own, the fire-rescue team arrived and took her to the ______11______. As of Monday afternoon, she is in ______12______ but steady condition in the intensive care unit at Denver Health Medical Center, authorities said, adding that doctors expect her to ______13______.
“The fact that we had her witness these kids fall in there and her ______14______ in putting her life ______15______ for the kids to make sure that they could make it another day is ______16______,” Deputy Blaine Moulton said. Moulton added that the incident should be a reminder to parents to ______17______ their children on ice safety.
______18______ Talnvera’s bravery at the news conference mews conference moved firefighter Corey Sutton, who has four sons, to ______19______. “What she did was amazing,” he said. “We were back at the fire station talking about how ______20______ and gosh, I hope if this happened to one of my boys, that somebody like her was close by.”
1．A．realized    B．remembered    C．answered    D．caught
2．A．ordering    B．pulling    C．pushing    D．forcing
3．A．Everybody    B．Somebody    C．Anybody    D．Nobody
4．A．diving    B．struggle    C．wonder    D．incident
5．A．reached for    B．stepped forward    C．went over    D．turned down
6．A．saw    B．found    C．demanded    D．measured
7．A．and    B．while    C．but    D．despite
8．A．surface    B．pond    C．house    D．room
9．A．occasionally    B．eventually    C．previously    D．obviously
10．A．comfort    B．fortune    C．life    D．safety
11．A．pond    B．town    C．hospital    D．conference
12．A．negotiable    B．balanced    C．dramatic    D．serious
13．A．survive    B．treat    C．walk    D．run
14．A．favorable    B．quick    C．negative    D．violent
timeout was reached15．A．under pressure    B．under control    C．at risk    D．at peace
16．A．puzzling    B．frustrating    C．amazing    D．interesting
17．A．benefit    B．educate    C．ban    D．scold
18．A．Checking    B．Consulting    C．Recognizing    D．Guessing
19．A．sorrow    B．joy    C．smiles    D．tears
20．A．brave    B．happy    C．lucky    D．grateful
The word “happy” would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by hardship. The circular motion (循环运动) between happiness and ____21____ is the one I’ve been dealing with lately.
A year ago, I developed troubling symptoms(症状) in my left ____22____. My husband sent me ____23____ to a specialist who said I had already suffered some everlasting loss of vision and would, without ____24____, go blind in that eye within months. And I ur
gently ____25____ to begin painful eye injections. Almost blind? Painful eye injections? I was ____26____. What if the ____27____ medicine didn’t work? What if my right eye developed the same condition? I ____28____ thought that, amazingly, the medicine was only three years old; before that, patients just went blind.
Over that long week, I ____29____ myself to casually _____30_____ sadness, to cry and acknowledge my fears about my very fragile body. I _____31_____ to be near anybody but my husband. Fortunately, I _____32_____ pretty quickly, within the week. During this _____33_____ time, I posted my _____34_____ in my blog and receives great care and support from friends online, which filled my heart with _____35_____ and encourages me to receive the eye injections. Besides, the doctor _____36_____ the efficacy(功效) of the medicine. In the end, I bravely received the eye injections and they were very successful. I was lucky enough to see the world again with my healthy eye.
Finally, I gained a _____37_____ insight: being your happiest self isn’t equal to a lifetime of _____38_____ skies, and we are bound to _____39_____ storms of life. Knowing this can help us face difficulties optimistically and _____40_____ the change of life.
21．A．loneliness    B．tiredness    C．sadness    D．greatness
22．A．eye    B．arm    C．leg    D．ear
23．A．suddenly    B．carelessly    C．secretly    D．immediately
24．A．luck    B．treatment    C．apology    D．discussion
25．A．needed    B．expected    C．managed    D．congratulated
26．A．in relief    B．in anger    C．in peace    D．in panic
27．A．new    B．traditional    C．strong    D．folk
28．A．rarely    B．frequently    C．occasionally    D．mistakenly
29．A．forbade    B．encourages    C．forced    D．permitted
30．A．lay down    B．hold back    C．fall into    D．meet with
31．A．desired    B．promised    C．refused    D．attempted
32．A．gave in    B．cheered up    C．gave up    D．broken down
33．A．terrible    B．sweet    C．spare    D．precious

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