Laura lived in a small village near the sea. One day she decided to go for a swim in the sea. She knew that the sea near the ____1____ has a strong tide (浪) , but she was a good swimmer, so she wasn’t __2______. Laura left her friends lying on the sands and ran into the sea. She swam quite far from the beach and waved（揮舞） to her friends in the distance. After a short while she decided to swim ____3___. She tried her best, but she couldn’t get any closer to the beach . The tide kept___4___her back. She waved her arms in the air to let her friends know that she was____5____, but they just waved back, for they didn’t know what she___6_____. After a long time, Laura became very ______7___ and she couldn’t swim any more. Her legs ____8____and she lost hope. Suddenly, her foot touched ____9____! All the time she had been swimming in a place where the water wasn’t deep! When at last she went back to the beach, one of her friends asked, “ Did you ___10____your swim?”“Yes, it was lovely.” She answered. She never told them what really happened.
【小題1】 A town        B city         C village          D country
【小題2】A lonely       B surprised     C interested        D afraid
【小題3】 A up          B back        C down           D on
【小題4】A pulling      B pushing      C throwing        D putting
【小題5】A in trouble     B happy       C out of trouble     D in the water
【小題6】A found       B meant        C said             D saw
【小題7】A hungry      B sleepy       C thirsty           D tired
【小題8】A came up     B were broken  C went down       D moved on
【小題9】A a tide       B the sand      C a fish           D one of her friends
【小題10】A enjoy       B remember    C drop            D forget


【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】B
【小題4】B
【小題5】A
【小題6】B
【小題7】D
【小題8】C
【小題9】B
【小題10】A

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