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题组层级快练(十六) Ⅰ.完形填空 Some years ago on a hot summer day in South Florida, a boy decided to swim in the lake behind his house. ___1___, he ran out of the back door, leaving shoes behind on the way. He ___2___ into the water, not realizing that as he swam toward the middle of the lake, an alligator(短吻鳄) was swimming toward the ___3___. His mother in the house saw the two as they got ___4___ together. With fear, she ran toward the water, yelling to her son as ___5___ as she could. The little boy became ___6___ after hearing her voice, and made a(n)___7___ to swim to his mother. It was too late. Just as he reached her, ___8___ the alligator reached him. From the dock, the mother grabbed her little boy by the arms ___9___ the alligator snatched his legs. That began a(n) ___10___ tug-of-war(拔河) between the two. The alligator was much ___11___ than the mother, but the mother had much faith to ___12___ the battle. A farmer happened to drive by, heard her screams and ___13___ to shoot the alligator at last. ___14___ the timely treatment, the little boy survived. His legs were extremely scarred by the attack of the animal and on his ___15___ were deep scratches where his mother’s fingernails dug into his flesh. The boy interviewed by a reporter lifted his arms to show him his scars, saying with ___16___: “I have them because my mom wouldn’t let me go.” | 
