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Lesson 36 NCE Book 3
We are 1. than we used to be. In the nineteenth century, a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by presenting his readers with 2.—most of them wildly improbable. Readers happily 3. that an obscure maidservant was really the hero’s mother. A long-lost brother, who 4. , was really alive all the time and wickedly plotting to bring about the hero’s downfall. And so on. Modern readers would find 5. totally unacceptable. …
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Picture this scene, a 6-year-old girl is alone on a raft, with no lifejacket, 200 yards from the shore with the winds whipping up the water. She is pointing at her cousins, and yelling out, “They are drowning!” Your eyes scan left only to see a three-year-old above the surface of the water and you realize two hands are holding her up, the hands of 14-year-old Mallory, who is struggling below the surface of the water.
Three seventeen-year-olds from Salt Lake City, Tiana Skeen, Caitlin Caldwell and Jessica Osterloh, were on the lake for fun in the sun at Bear Lake when they heard the cry for help and saw this terrifying scene. The teens witnessed the three young girls in this very dangerous situation. The teens reacted quickly and swam out to save the girls while crying out toward jet skiers and people on the beach for help. Fourteen-year-old Mallory was struggling to hold her little cousin Rylee above water. The teens rescued Rylee just in time but couldn’t find Mallory. Meanwhile, 6-year-old Sydney was floating away on the raft with no lifejacket. The girls flagged down a jet ski to get her and bring her back to the beach.
The three teen heroines (女英雄) saved the 3-year-old and the 6-year-old, but they feel Mallory is the real heroine, as she held her 3-year-old cousin above the water until the teens were able to rescue Rylee. Mallory was finally found, but she died on the way to the hospital.
Now, the teen heroines strongly remind everyone to wear a life jacket when on the water.
1.What was Mallory doing, when the accident happened?
A. She was crying out for help on a raft.
B. She was trying her best to catch a raft.
C. She was trying to help her cousin survive.
D. She was struggling above the surface of the water.