9．One day，several young people went for a picnic．They walked in the open air with（36）C．
As soon as they came to a river，they（37）B by the clear and calm water．They played with cool water excitedly．Suddenly，a lovely （38）A passed by Tom．He tried to catch it，（39）D the fish was just swimming a few feet ahead of him．He ran（40）Bit，hoping to catch it．
Gradually，Tom came to the water with waist deep．He felt （41）D，so he wanted to jump out of the water．（42）Bup and down in the water，he went farther and farther away from the bank．Just at that time，Barry saw this，he offered（43）Dhelp to Tom at once．Tom saw someone（44）Ato him，he caught the person（45）D was close to him．Unfortunately，Barry was dragged into the water．The two struggled in the water（46）C．Amy，on the bank，noticed that，and she （47）C others near the bank．
Hearing their cries，two farmers near the river took a long rope there．They threw one end of the rope to （48）Cof them in the water．Together，all the people on the bank pulled （49）Dend．
Finally，the two boys were saved!
The experience has told us（50）Bwe should do something to help others correctly．
| 36．A．sad | B．sadness | C．joy | D．joyful |
| 37．A．are attracted | B．were attracted | C．attract | D．attracted |
| 38．A．fish | B．frog | C．bird | D．insect |
| 39．A．so | B．then | C．or | D．but |
| 40．A．before | B．after | C．beside | D．back |
| 41．A．happy | B．bored | C．excited | D．nervous |
| 42．A．Laughing | B．Jumping | C．Driving | D．Playing |
| 43．A．them | B．their | C．him | D．his |
| 44．A．swimming | B．is swimming | C．be swimming | D．to swim |
| 45．A．which | B．whose | C．whom | D．who |
| 46．A．tired | B．hardly | C．hard | D．weak |
| 47．A．turned off | B．turned on | C．turned to | D．turned down |
| 48．A．all | B．neither | C．both | D．none |
| 49．A．another | B．either | C．the others | D．the other |
| 50．A．what | B．how | C．why | D．when． |
