Day 13
Passage 1
Once upon a time, there was a poor fisherman who always dreamed of becoming rich. He wished to become a millionaire, and____1___did his wife. He had heard from some old men before that several ships __2_____ (load) with diamonds and gold___3____ (sink) in the nearby seashore. Because of this, for a long time he kept searching that whole area___4____ this treasure. One day, while he was sitting on the boat daydreaming, he suddenly felt that the fishing rod ___5____ (weigh) down by a heavy object. He ___6____ (excite) pulled hard at it, and___7____ he saw made him exclaim, “Wow! A big, shiny gold chain!” He pulled hard at the gold chain to get it into the boat, but ___8____ seemed to be no end to it. His boat started to get over-loaded and the sea water filled his boat. However, he had begun dreaming of a big house, a big piece of land and buying horses and ___9____ (ox). He kept pulling in the chain but the boat kept ____19___ (sink). The boat was finally submerged and he struggled to stay afloat. Unfortunately his feet were entangled in the gold chain and he drowned.
Passage 2
Jane Foster was out shopping when some wedding photos in the window of an antique shop ___1____ (catch) her eyes. It took her quite a while____2___ she realized that she was looking at her mom’s long-lost old wedding photos.
But how did they go ____3___ (miss), to begin with? Along with many other___4____ (belonging), the photos had been auctioned (拍卖) off in 2003 after her family missed a payment for the storage facility where they were kept. You can only imagine how upset Jane must ___5____ (be) at the time. She was searching for them for 14 years before she __6_____ (accident) found them.
She was flooded with ___7____ (relieve), but the owner of the store had another surprise for her. The photos weren’t the only items he had purchased from that auction. He remembered that he had also bought a wedding dress from 1948, and ___8____ turned out that this was Jane’s mother’s dress!
Unfortunately, the woman passed away in 2013 and was therefore ___9____ (able) to be reunited with her prized possessions. But her daughter is thrilled with the treasured finding, considering it ___10____ a sign that her mom is still around and watching over her!
答案
Passage 1
1. so 2. loaded 3. had sunk 4. for 5. was being weighed
6. excitedly 7. what 8. there 9. oxen 10. sinking
Passage 2
1. caught 2. before 3. missing 4. belongings 5. have been
6. accidentally 7. relief 8. it 9. unable 10. as
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