Heaviest snow in half a century hit the south of the country.It snowed continuously for half a month,___21___the railways,highways,and runways in the airfields.Ice wrapped and paralyzed(使瘫痪)the power and communication system.Many people were___22___in railway stations,bus stations and airports,and___23___in cars,buses and trains. Governments and people did everything they could to fight the snow___24___,resulting in the good news that no one was killed from___25___and hunger.Gradually,trapped people all went back home___26___.While fighting the snow, people forgot their___27___until a moving story of a swallow couple was widely___28___on the Internet. Being hungry and cold,the swallow couple tried to fly___29___people's home to warm themselves,but every house was closed___30___.They jumped and flapped their wings to___31___the attention of the people inside the house, but failed.The wife’s body was___32___,she could not move any longer.The husband came near and wrapped his wife with his wings.He lost his___33___soon because of his opened wings.The couple died in the end. The next morning,the housemaster went to the balcony to___34___his flowers because of concern and saw a___35___swallow outside the window pane.Touching it,he found that they were two___36___together.Moved to tears,he took them in,giving them some___37___,but in vain.He found a small cardboard box,laid them in and___38___them in the back garden. In my hometown,in the countryside,a swallow family lives in the___39___of my house.I wonder if they will come back this spring___40___they did. 21. A. protecting B. maintaining C. blocking D. keeping 22. A. restricted B. stuck C. surrounded D. persuaded 23. A. even B. still C. yet D. nevertheless 24. A. disturbance B. occurrence C. incident D. disaster 25. A. cold B. disease C. poverty D. thirsty 26. A. merrily B. safely C. excitedly D. exhaustedly 27. A. family B. distant relatives C. parents D. animal friends 28. A. broadcast B. written C. spread D. identified 29. A. into B. through C. beyond D. across 30. A. tightly B. early C. secretly D. quickly 31. A. pay B. attract C. resist D. keep 32. A. injured B. lifted C. frozen D. broken 33. A. heat B. strength C. direction D. eyesight 34. A. water B. plant C. dig D. check 35. A. dead B. drunk C. lively D. lovely 36. A. touching B. embracing C. living D. lying 37. A. warmth B. food C. kindness D. fruit 38. A. left B. sheltered C. buried D. threw 39. A. roof B. basement C. window D. wall 40. A. when B. as C. unless D. if
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