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Although in 1947 we were still very new to the atomic (原子的) age, we knew about mushroom
clouds. A huge crack (裂缝) spread across the library wall upstairs, sending teachers and _
1_ screaming
down the hall.
Had a new world war started? Palefaced, our young science teacher quickly
2 us for a fire drill.
We huddled (卷缩) in little groups on the beach side of the school grounds and
3 the spreading cloud
darken the bright spring sky.
Rumors flew every which way,
4 two hours would pass before we got the full story. One rumor we
heard was that the Texas City Monsanto Chemical plant had
5 ; children whose parents
6 there
began to cry.
I
7 -that was where my father was working that day.
The school bell called us back inside, and we were dismissed (解散) to
8 our way home the best
way we could. I'd walked a quarter of the threemile trip to my home
9 a car horn frightened me to
10 . My Uncle Barney
11 alongside me in his old Ford. The instant I saw him, I knew my father
12 . Otherwise, Papa would have
13 for me himself.
As if in slow motion from a great distance, Uncle Barney motioned for me to
14 . Numb with grief,
I crawled into the back
15 . I barely took notice of the man sitting there, and didn't recognize him until
he
16 me. When Papa put his strong arms around me, I forgot for a moment that Cherokees aren't
supposed to
17 .
Many of my fellow students lost their
18 in the explosion. Tragedy would one day come to our
19 , as it inevitably (不可避免地) comes to all, but one day Texas City blew up, it miraculously (奇
迹般地) passed us by. Because he lost his keys on that April morning, as he explained, my father lived
for
20 32 years-we were to have a second lifetime forever.
( )1. A. headmaster
( )2. A. organized
( )3. A. heard
( )4. A. when
( )5. A. blown up
( )6. A. lived
( )7. A. smiled
( )8. A. make
( )9. A. when
( )10. A. decision
( )11. A. pulled up
( )12. A. was there
( )13. A. gone
( )14. A. get off
( )15. A. seat
( )16. A. looked at
( )17. A. cry
( )18. A. teachers
( )19. A. class
( )20. A. other |
B. students
B. ordered
B. smelled
B. as
B. been closed
B. worked
B. frightened
B. feel
B. while
B. attention
B. pulled out
B. was here
B. come
B. get over
B. chair
B. helped
B. laugh
B. relatives
B. family
B. others |
C. workers
C. made
C. watched
C. as if
C. been opened
C. studied
C. froze
C. push
C. as
C. feeling
C. pulled in
C. was gone
C. left
C. get through
C. stool
C. reached for
C. excite
C. friends
C. school
C. another |
D. books
D. asked
D. felt
D. although
D. been on fire
D. visited
D. worried
D. find
D. for
D. expression
D. pulled off
D. was alone
D. stopped
D. get in
D. bag
D. called on
D. shout
D. parents
D. house
D. the other |