语法填空(六) 跳绳俱乐部+Boone学校的阅读项目
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
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Liu Xiao is a member of the skipping rope(跳绳) club at Shangjie Experimental Primary School in Zhengzhou, Henan. The club 1. (set) up last year and it trains students to skip rope 2. exciting and difficult ways. There are different 3. (trick). For example, two students skip together with two ropes. But the most challenging trick is 4. one Liu Xiao did—skipping through 20 ropes while skipping with 5. (she) own rope as well.
Every Thursday, students practise for one hour. 6. six months of hard work, they have become very good at skipping. It all starts with teamwork when turning the rope, according to one student. “The secret 7. (be) that 40 students have to turn 20 ropes and make it like one rope in the ropes' middle. So jumpers can jump over it,” said Yang Xin, 14, in charge of the rope turning.
What 8. (jump) need is courage. At first, Shi Yijie, 14, was often caught in the ropes. She sometimes hesitated(犹豫) and missed the right moment to jump. But now she can do it well. “Just run towards the ropes, jump 9. and run away,” she said. Also, she practises a lot in her free time to improve her coordination(协调性).
Students all enjoy the challenging sport. “It not only helps us exercise, but it also 10. (teach) us teamwork and team spirit. I have become more confident because of it,” said Liu Xiao.
B
Have you ever wanted to talk to the author(作者) after reading a book they wrote? At Boone Middle School in Florida, US, students get the chance to chat with the author they love.
All eighth-graders can talk with the author S.L. Rottman, who has 11. (publish) about 10 books. Before the talk, they read the author's book Hero (1997) in class.
The book is about a boy 12. (name) Sean, 15, who was sentenced to work on a horse farm. The book's ending is not clear. Will Sean just do 13. he has to do, or will he make some changes? With no sequel(续篇), students wondered what happens to Sean and asked Rottman about it. The answer they received 14. (be) that “it's good for you guys to create your own ending.”
Caitlynne Sheppard is happy with the answer. “Even 15. she gave us an ending in the book and told us her alternative(供选择的) ending, it still made us try 16. (imagine) what might happen,” Sheppard told Ames Tribune.
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In fact, the video talk is just part of the school's annual 17. (read) project. It started last November. Students not 18. had to finish reading the book Hero, but also needed to interview “heroes” around them and make presentations(展示). For example, Emily Cain interviewed a police officer. “Nobody notices 19. police officers might not be able to go home that day, or that they have to put their 20. (life) on the line to serve other people,” she said.
参考答案
A 1.was set 2.in 3.tricks 4.the 5.her 6.After
7.is 8.jumpers 9.up 10.teaches
B 11.published 12.named 13.what 14.was 15.though 16.to imagine 17.reading 18.only 19.that 20.life/lives
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