Bravery in the eye of the storm

河北樂亭第一中學(xué) 胡金瑩

A tornado was approaching and we had to go into emergency tornado procedures. I was helping to gather items for a project 1. ________ it happened. When the sirens （警報(bào)器） occurred I 2. ________ （immediately/gradually） ran as fast as I could back to the classroom.

Never did I imagine needing to put our tornado drills to use.I asked my students to line up against the wall and crouch down（蹲下）with their knees touching the ground, hands on the backs of their heads.Their hearts were 3. ________（jumping/beating） so fast that they couldn't catch their breath. They looked up at me with 4. ________（frightened/hopeless）eyes as they asked if their families and friends were going to be okay. Never did I imagine other teachers and I had to try our best to comfort our students, 5. ________（convince/inform） them of their safety, and promise them everything would be all right. However, we truly didn't know what the 6. ________（loss/outcome） would be.

In the disaster, I was surprised and happy at how my students handled themselves. In the midst of a very scary, emotional, and dangerous situation, my students handled themselves with the 7. ________（rude/positive） attitudes. Never in my life have I seen my students 8. ________directions so precisely, and without hesitation. Even though some tears were shed, my students were 9. ________（brave/wise） because they trusted that they were able to be calm enough. They were brave beyond their ages, so I feel grateful forever.

Tomorrow will bring a new set of challenges and I hope they can still 10. ________（make out/deal with） them excellently.

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Fill in each blank with only one word or select the right items given in the bracket according to the context.

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I asked my students to line up against the wall and crouch down with their knees touching the ground, hands on the backs of their heads. 我讓我的學(xué)生們排好隊(duì)蹲在墻根下，雙膝著地，用手抱住后腦。

【信息提取】“with + 賓語(yǔ)+賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)”構(gòu)成with的復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu),在句中表狀態(tài)或說(shuō)明背景情況,常作伴隨、方式、原因、條件等狀語(yǔ)。 它的具體結(jié)構(gòu)如下：（1） with＋賓語(yǔ)＋名詞；（2）with +賓語(yǔ)+ 介詞短語(yǔ)；（3）with + 賓語(yǔ)+ 形容詞 （強(qiáng)調(diào)名詞的特性或狀態(tài)）；（4） with + 賓語(yǔ)+副詞；（5） with + 賓語(yǔ)+ -ed 分詞 （強(qiáng)調(diào)名詞是-ed分詞動(dòng)作的承受者或動(dòng)作已經(jīng)發(fā)生）；（6）with + 賓語(yǔ)+ -ing分詞 （強(qiáng)調(diào)名詞是-ing分詞的動(dòng)作的發(fā)出者或某動(dòng)作、狀態(tài)正在進(jìn)行）；（7） with + 賓語(yǔ)+ to do（不定式動(dòng)作尚未發(fā)生）。

The woman doctor in Wuhan died when fighting against the novel coronavirus with her son yet a baby. 武漢女醫(yī)生在抗擊新冠肺炎時(shí)去世，她的兒子還是一個(gè)嬰兒。

The boy saw off his best friend with tears in his eyes. 男孩含著眼淚為他最好的朋友送行。

In the hot summer, many people prefer to sleep with the windows open. 在炎熱的夏天，很多人愿意開著窗戶睡覺。

The man who lied to his wife sat in the room with his head down. 這個(gè)對(duì)妻子說(shuō)謊的男人低著頭坐在屋里。

With so many people caring about him, the patient recovered soon. 因?yàn)橛泻芏嗳岁P(guān)心他，所以這個(gè)病人很快就恢復(fù)了。

We decided not to go to the cinema with so many things to do. 因?yàn)橛泻芏嗍虑橐?，所以我們決定不去電影院了。

【句式仿寫】來(lái)自全國(guó)各地的人們馳援武漢，我們一定會(huì)擊敗病魔。