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Clark lost nearly all possessions to the Tubbs Fire.The seventh-grader remembers Oct.9 1 :He woke up to a scene in chaos around 1:30 am.Seizing some of his things,he and his family 2 onto the crowded roads,full of other people 3 home.“There were just cars everywhere,people driving on the wrong side of the road, 4 starting on lawns(草坪),” Clark says.“We were all just really 5 for what could happen.” 6 ,his family made it to safety,but their home was completely destroyed.
Considering the trauma(创伤) their students had just 7 ,teachers in Northwest Prep knew they couldn’t ask the students to 8 back to study directly and they wanted to do something to help.Alyssa,Clark’s math teacher,had the 9 of an oral history project when she took her kids to a museum,looking at a(n) 10 about earthquakes that 11 California in 1906 and 1989.Inspired by that way of recording history,Alyssa arranged for her students to use their smartphones to 12 stories from the fire and its 13 on the people in the community.Then on the first day back,all 75 students gathered and 14 about the fire’s powerful effect on their lives.Alyssa 15 it will go beyond storytelling and provide a “sense of 16 ” to both the students and their 17 .
As Clark returned,he sometimes found it hard to talk about the fire,but it’s also been really 18 to do so.Early this month,Clark’s family and neighbors returned to their old 19 to put decorations on one of the few trees left standing after the fire.“We’re not 20 very much anymore.We’re looking for some good holidays,” he says.
1.A.clearly B.seriously C.easily D.secretly
2.A.tried out B.landed C.headed out D.got
3.A.hurrying B.walking C.returning D.leaving
4.A.rescues B.fires C.interviews D.quarrels
5.A.excited B.scared C.cautious D.curious
6.A.Eventually B.Suddenly C.Actually D.Hopefully
7.A.learned B.remembered C.experienced D.received
8.A.hold B.fall C.go D.run
9.A.arrangement B.promise C.message D.idea
10.A.exhibit B.story C.picture D.book
11.A.shaped B.witnessed C.sank D.struck
12.A.search B.create C.tell D.record
13.A.comment B.trend C.effect D.condition
14.A.read B.spoke C.thought D.wrote
15.A.hopes B.argues C.begs D.recommends
16.A.loving B.healing C.understanding D.improving
17.A.teachers B.interviewees C.parents D.reporters
18.A.helpful B.awful C.proud D.grateful
19.A.museum B.park C.school D.neighborhood
20.A.imaging B.fighting C.struggling D.disappointed
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