There was an eight-year-old boy named Peter. He lived in a village ______ to the sea. The villagers built a sea wall to ______ the sea water from running into the village. But unluckily, the village was in great ______ in the past.
That day, Peter was walking
______ the sea wall when it started to rain. Suddenly, he found a hole (洞) in the wall. The sea water was running fast
______ it. Then, he got to know it was a
______ problem—it meant the village would be destroyed (毁灭) soon! He shouted loudly for help without thinking, but no answer
______. He thought he must do something else then, so he started to run to the village.
At that time, it was getting dark and the
______ became heavy. Although Peter was
______ all over and felt cold and hungry, he still ran on and on. In the rain, he fell down over and over again. Many times when he thought about
______, he would remember his father’s words, “Lots of strong men worked hard to build the wall to keep the village safe. The sea wall is really important to all the
______.” Finally, when Peter ran into his village, he was so
______. Luckily, after he told the thing, the sea wall was repaired (修理) right away.
“You are a real hero. You saved the village
______.” They praised (称赞) Peter. From then on, all the villagers would
______ to call him “Peter the Guard” every time they met him. And Peter would laugh proudly.
Not all heroes
______ in the movie. In fact, some of them are just in our everyday life.
1.A.behind | B.between | C.close | D.far |
2.3.A.darkness | B.danger | C.change | D.need |
4.A.straight | B.to | C.on | D.along |
5.A.across | B.through | C.over | D.by |
6.A.difficult | B.different | C.big | D.small |
7.8.A.snow | B.cloud | C.wind | D.rain |
9.10.A.getting up | B.standing up | C.giving in | D.giving up |
11.A.children | B.women | C.villagers | D.men |
12.A.excited | B.surprised | C.tired | D.interested |
13.A.noisily | B.bravely | C.carelessly | D.clearly |
14.15.