阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。
On March 3, Eric Johnson was asleep when the family’s six-year-old Australian shepherd, Bella, woke him up. Bella was acting unpredictably, giving Johnson the sense that “something just didn’t feel right.” Bella sensed danger, and alerted the family to the tornado that soon destroyed their home.
When Johnson woke up, he turned on the TV and found out that a tornado was headed toward their town of Cookeville, Tennessee. He quickly grabbed his wife and their three children and put them in the bathtub. Nearly 45 minutes later, around 2:00 am, the tornado hit and destroyed the house. Johnson was thrown into the backyard.
Johnson said, “Bella was hiding under our bed when the tornado hit our house. She was thrown into our yard and survived and was missing after that. It was hard for us knowing she had survived but we couldn’t find her. She was the piece of our family that was missing.” The furious 175 mph twister destroyed everything in its path. The Johnsons would not have survived if not for Bella.
Johnson suffered a head injury and his wife had broken ribs, but they soon set about searching for their beloved heroic dog. They left pieces of clothing around the destroyed neighborhood, hoping that Bella would recognize the scent and find her way back home. Church friend and dog tracker Sarah Romeyn also joined in.
She borrowed cameras from a local animal rescue group and set them up in areas where people reported seeing her. She also worked with other dog trackers and even sought tips from residents with the help of the Putnam County Police Department.
When leads dried up, the Johnsons and Romeyn pressed on. “I was still finding time searching in parking lots, but it was tough. Because nobody had found a body, in rescue you can’t give up until you know you don’t have a positive outcome. And I hadn’t given up,” Romeyn said.
Paragraph 1: In time, they found a glimmer of hope when Romeyn got a call from friend Karen Ritacco, who said that Bella was behind her shop._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2: Romeyn was happy to play a part in the rescue, but also credits the community for their help.___________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
为让学生走进农业，体验生活，学生会打算本周六组织英语俱乐部成员和交换生去生态园参与体验活动。请你代表学生会，根据所给信息，写一则通知，内容包括：
1.活动主要内容（观农业成果展、采摘等）；
2.集合时间、地点。
参考词汇：生态园：ecological garden
注意：1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Today was my first day back in San Francisco after camping in the Redwood Forest and visiting the wine country of Napa Valley. It 1. (definite) feels great to be back in the city again which was able to rebuild itself after the earthquake that 2. (occur) in 1906. There are a wide range of beautiful old buildings—many sitting on top of big hills, 3. (offer) great views of the city, the ocean, and the Golden Gate Bridge.
My hotel is near downtown in the Mission District, one of the 4. (old) parts of the city. Many people living here are from Mexico or Central America. Here, an art movement 5. (call) the ''Mission School'' started here. It's influenced by graffiti art and comic art.
In the afternoon, I headed 6. a local museum that showed the 7. (history) changes in California. In 1848, gold was discovered here, which started a gold rush. A large number of people across 8. globe came to seek their fortune. The museum did a good job of showing how America 9. (build) by immigrants from different countries and cultures.
This evening, I went to Chinatown, 10. I selected a Cantonese restaurant to taste good food.
That's enough for today. Tomorrow evening, I'm going to visit a Jazz bar in the Richmond District. Can't wait!
I attended my 35th high school reunion recently. It was held at the 4-H camp that I _______ next to as a child. When I got there the very first thing I _______ was the little Oak trees that I used to climb up as a boy now seemed as tall as Redwoods. _______ had that happened?
I had arrived early so I _______ to help get things set up. I _______ some chairs around the tables and then got drafted to blow up the party balloons. For some reason my aging _______ couldn’t seem to get my balloons quite as _______ as my friend’s, who was helping me out.
As I started to talk to my _______ high school friends I noticed something else too. We all looked a little _______. There was some with gray hair. And we all seemed to have a few extra ________ and a few extra wrinkles. Yet, the moment we started to talk and catch up the years melted away, our ________ souls shined through. On the outside we all seemed a little wiser and more mature, but on the ________ every single one of us was bright, beautiful, and energetic. 35 years may have ________ our bodies a bit, ________ it hadn’t had any effect whatever on our souls. Our souls are created in Love. And Love ________ ages. Love is both unfading and forever young.
1.A.ended up B.grew up C.pulled out D.set out
2.A.explored B.described C.noticed D.counted
3.A.Why B.How C.When D.Where
4.A.happened B.promised C.agreed D.volunteered
5.A.placed B.designed C.decorated D.fixed
6.A.bone B.heart C.lungs D.muscle
7.A.large B.flat C.empty D.full
8.A.generous B.new C.old D.honest
9.A.simple B.nervous C.mild D.different
10.A.fees B.pounds C.jobs D.aids
11.A.young B.healthy C.active D.beautiful
12.A.contrary B.surface C.spot D.inside
13.A.weakened B.aged C.strengthened D.enriched
14.A.or B.and C.but D.for
15.A.never B.always C.seldom D.often
When I commute (通勤) into London, there are certainly plenty of people conversing on their mobile phones—discussing and sharing personal details with a friend. 1. In fact, they don't even acknowledge the person who is actually sitting beside them.
Many of us spend part of each day surrounded by strangers, whether on our daily commute, or sitting in a park or a cafe. 2. However, new evidence has shown that gathering the courage to strike up a conversation might be good for our health.
Behavioural scientists Nicholas Epley and Juliana Schroeder looked at this silent relationship and whether solitude (独处) is a more positive experience than interacting with strangers. 3. Their research suggested that when we make an initial conversation, ''we consistently underestimate how much a new person likes us. '' It seems we carry a negative voice in our head telling us all the things that could go wrong and why someone wouldn't want to converse with us.
4. It found that ''every participant in our experiment who actually tried to talk to a stranger found the person sitting next to them was happy to chat.'' The conclusion is that connecting with strangers is surprisingly pleasant. It has a positive impact on our wellbeing. It's true that talking can make you feel happier and happiness can lead to better mental health.
It's good to talk. So maybe, if you're a loner, it's time to come out of your shell and make some small talk with a stranger. 5.
A.The experiment proved to be successful.
B.It could be the beginning of a new friendship.
C.But most of them remain just that—strangers.
D.They talk as though the person is sitting next to them.
E.Talking to strangers can change the communication skills and habits.
F.Their research involved an experiment with a group of Chicago commuters.
G.They found that many people feel uncomfortable and frightened talking to others.
The COVID-19 pandemic has spread far and wide. Because of this, countries around the world have carried out containment measures to help stop the virus in its tracks. As more and more people stay inside to stay safe, the outside world seems to have become much quieter. In fact, scientists have seen this change in their research, too.
Seismologists—scientists who study earthquakes—have heard a lot less seismic (地震的) noise recently. Seismic noise is made from vibrations (震动) in the ground that are caused by things like ocean waves and human activity, such as construction work and traffic.
Thomas Lecocq, a scientist at the Royal Observatory of Belgium, located in Brussels, was the first to notice this phenomenon. According to Lecocq, the amount of seismic noise in Brussels has been reduced by about 30 to 50 percent since mid-March. Interestingly enough, this is around the same time Belgium started its containment measures.
Because of this reduction in background noise, scientists like Lecocq have been able to pick up on smaller earthquakes that some seismic stations—like the one in Brussels—wouldn’t have been able to before.
This phenomenon isn’t unique to Brussels, though. Once Lecocq shared his findings online, seismologists from all over the world echoed similar findings. Celeste Labedz, a graduate student at the California Institute of Technology, mentioned in a tweet that Los Angeles also experienced less background noise. “The drop is seriously wild,” she wrote. Researchers from the UK, France and New Zealand also noted a decrease in background noise since containment measures were put in place.
These global efforts to contain the COVID-19 virus have helped to shed light on seismic activity that may have gone unnoticed. It also shows that people are listening to health officials and following lockdown guidelines.
1.What did seismologists find out recently?
A.More smaller earthquakes are likely to happen.
B.Less seismic activity has been detected recently.
C.Reduced seismic vibration makes Earth quieter.
D.Seismic noise is caused by vibrations underground.
2.What can we learn from the text?
A.More seismic noise is being picked up.
B.More data on smaller earthquakes is being collected.
C.Scientists will shift their focus to smaller earthquakes.
D.Future big earthquakes can be more accurately predicted.
3.What does the underlined word “echoed” in paragraph 5 mean?
A.Questioned. B.Demanded.
C.Explored. D.Repeated.
4.What can we conclude from the last two paragraphs?
A.The drop in seismic noise is unique to Europe.
B.Seismic noise is mainly caused by human activity.
C.Many seismologists wanted tighter restrictions for their research.
D.The phenomenon proved that people are practicing social distancing.
