浙江省绍兴市柯桥区联盟学校2021-2022学年九年级上学期10月份独立作业英语试题（音频暂未更新）

It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. It had not rained in almost a month. The crops were dying. Cows had stopped giving milk. If it did not rain soon, we would lose everything. On this day, I witnessed(目睹) a wonder.

    I was making lunch when I saw my 6-year-old son, Billy, walking very slowly toward the woods. Minutes later he came running out again, toward the house. Soon after, I saw him walking toward the woods again. This went on for an hour. Finally I walked out of the house quietly and followed him.

    Billy cupped both hands in front of him as he walked, careful not to drop the water he carried. Leaves slapped his face but he kept walking into the woods. Then I saw an amazing sight. Several large deer stood in front of him. Billy walked right up to them. I saw a tiny baby deer lying on the ground. It was dying of thirst, and it lifted its head with great effort to drink the water in my boy's hands.

    When the water was gone, Billy ran back to the house. I followed him to the tap. Billy opened it and a small trickle(细流) came out. He knelt down, letting the drops slowly fill up his "cup".

    Now I understood what was going on. The week before, he tried giving water to our horses but I told him not to waste water. Now when he stood up and turned, I was there in front of him. His eyes filled with tears, “I'm not wasting,” he said. I joined him with a small pot of water from the kitchen. I let him walk to the baby deer alone while I stood at the edge of the woods. As tears rolled down my face, they were suddenly joined by other drops... and more drops... as if the sky itself was crying.

It was a hot summer afternoon, I worked in my bar as usual. The man sitting in the corner did look 1 a tourist, with a camera around his neck and a bottle of sun-scream sticking out of his bag. It seemed that he was 2 a guidebook. His sunglasses covered his eyes, 3somehow I knew he wasn't looking at the book. I knew, because he hadn't turned a page for the last ten 4.

As I brought him 5food, he said “thanks” and looked at me briefly. I tried not to stare, but I couldn't help 6the small scar (疤痕) across his left eyebrow. He did look familiar (熟悉的), but I couldn't remember where we 7. I walked back inside with my empty dish, 8my head.

Then it hit me. The car accident! The9 was the man who helped me out of my damaged car just in time. I rushed back to his table. He was gone. I 10 his plate and found his tip, along with a card:

“I am deeply 11 to you. The night of your car accident, I was on my way to rob(抢劫)  a jewelry store. Saving your life made me think about life 12 -I now live an honest life, thanks to you. God bless you! Mr. D. ”

How 13 I felt! The night of my car accident, I failed in an interview and felt hopeless. Seeing human 14 through his brave behavior brought confidence back into my life.

I unfolded the tip he left. Among the singles was a 100-dollar bill. I said a silent prayer (祈祷)   for him and 15 got back to work, smiling.