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Six days of spring rain had created a wild river ____(run) by Nancy Brown’s farm．As she tried to drive her cows to higher ground, she ______(slip) and hit her head on a fallen tree trunk．Nancy was badly hurt and could only walk with great ____(difficult）．The water _____(rise)．Nancy’s pace got slower and slower．Finally, all she could do was to throw her arm around Lizzie’s neck and try to hang on．About 20 minutes later, Lizzie managed to ____ (succeed) pull herself and Nancy out of the water and onto a bit of high land．
It took rescuers another two hours to discover Nancy．____ helicopter lowered a doctor, ______attached Nancy to a life-support lift．They raised her into the helicopter and took her to the school gym, _____the Red Cross had set up an emergency shelter．
When the flood subsided two days later, Nancy immediately went back to the highland．Lizzie was gone. ______was one of the 19 cows that Nancy lost．“I owe my life ____her,” said Nancy sobbingly．

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The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. For thousands of years, the festival _____(mark) by eating zong zi and racing dragon boats in honour of Qu Yuan, who is said to have committed suicide(自杀) by drowning himself.
Qu was a minister of the State of Chu _______(situate) in the present day Hunan and Hubei provinces, during the Warring States Period (战国时期)．He was upright, loyal and highly respected._______, he was dismissed from office. ____ (realize) that the country was in the hands of evil officials, Qu leapt into River Miluo on the fifth day of the fifth month. Nearby fishermen rushed over to save him but were ______(able) to recover his body.
The people of Chu _______mourned Qu's death threw rice into the river to feed his ghost _______year on the day of his death. But one year, the spirit of Qu appeared and told the mourners that a huge reptile (爬行动物)in the river had stolen the rice. The spirit then advised ________to wrap the rice and bind it ______throwing it into the river.
During the Duanwu Festival, zong zi is eaten to symbolize (象征,表示) the rice offerings to Qu. And the dragon boat races symbolize _______many attempts to rescue and recover Qu's body.

Breakfast has long been regarded as the most important meal of the day, vital for getting the body going and preventing overeating later on. Cto popular belief, the study found the first meal of the day had little impact snacking or portion sizes later in the day.
The researcher added:“The (信念) that breakfast is the ‘most important meal of the day’ is so widespread many people are surprised to learn that there is a lack of scientific evidence
(表明）whether or how breakfast may directly cause changes in our health.is certainly true that people who regularly eat breakfast tend to be slimmer and healthier but these (个人）also typically follow most other recommendations for a healthy lifestyle, so have more bdiets and take more physical exercise.”
In another studypthis month, researchers at Birmingham dvolunteers into three groups. One skipped breakfast, others always ate it and a third continued with current diet. Four months later, no one in any group lost much weight.

Travelling by subway can be quite an adventure, especially during rush hours. You have to fight your ______ into the carriage, and that’s not the end. You also have to protect yourself from big backpacks and fight for space with twho sit and stretch their legs.
To deal with this problem, New York City has (启动) a campaign making people take off their backpacks on the subway. The movement is also (针对) at male riders who like spreading their legs to take up two, or even three seats.
Some people say that the campaign l(限制) everyone’s freedom. Male travelers even feel it is unfair, saying that women who cross their legs also take up too much space. ______ the campaign has been supported by people who are concerned about(个人的)behavior in public spaces.
In fact, all countries have written or unwritten (规则) that travelers are expected to follow. For example, eating and drinking on the subway are banned in many cities, iWashington DC in the US and Brussels in Belgium.
So _____ time you take public transportation, avoid bad behavior.

Will matter if you don't take your breakfast? Recently a test (give) in the United States. Those tests included people of different from 12 to 83. During the experiment, these people were given all kinds of breakfasts, and sometimes they got breakfast at all. Special tests were set up to see well their bodies worked and when they ate certain kind of breakfast. The results show that if a person eats a proper breakfast, he or she will work with better effect if he or she has no breakfast. This fact appears to be (especial) true if a person works his brains. For example, if a student eats fruit, eggs, bread and milk before going to school, he will learn more quickly and listen with (much) attention in class.