2016-2017学年上学期九年级英语组合训练(12)
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At a day care centre in Texas, Jessica McClure was playing outside. Jessica’s mother, who worked at the day care centre, was watching her. Suddenly Jessica__1__ and disappeared. Jessica’s mother cried and ran to her.
The well in the yard was only eight inches across, and a rock always__2__it. But children had moved the rock. When Jessica fell, she fell right into the well.
Jessica’s mother ran to a phone and called 911 for help. Men from the fire department arrived. They __3__that Jessica was about 20 feet down in the well. Then they told Jessica’a parents their__4__. “We can’t go down into the well” they said,” It’s so small. So we are going to dig a hole ___5___well. We’ll dig down about 20 feet. Then we’ll dig a tunnel(通道) across to Jessica. When we reach her, we’ll bring her through the tunnel. Then we’ll bring her up through our__6__.”
The men began to dig the hole on a Wednesday morning. Two days later, on Friday morning, they were__7__digging. And Jessica McClure was still in the well.
All over the world people waited for news of Jessica. They read about her in newspapers and watched her rescue(营救)on TV. Everyone__8__ the little girl in the well.
At 8:00 p.m. On Friday, the men finally reached Jessica and brought her up from the well. Then doctors rushed her to the hospital. Jessica was badly injured but she was still__9__.