One terribly cold day, a snowstorm hit our area. Needing firewood, I quickly set out with my best friend, Bruce, to look for a tree to cut down. Cutting down a tree in a snowstorm can be dangerous. (1) So to have a friend who could warn me of dangerso was important.
When I chose a big 23-meter-tall tree and prepared to cut it down, Bruce suddenly warned me, “Don’t cut down that tree! It’s too close to the power line!” I wasn’t sure about it. So I decided to disregard his warning. I couldn’t wait to finish the job and go back home. I began cutting down the tree. (2) When the tree fell, there was no longer any doubt whether my friend was right.
The tree caught the power line, bringing it to the ground. I considered cutting the tree off the line. After all, electricity can’t travel through wood. As I reached out my finger to touch the tree, pain ran up my arm and through my head. I had been shocked!
After I returned home and told my mother what happened, she quickly called the power company. Workers from the power company soon arrived. One of them asked if I had touched the tree, and when I told him I had, his face turned pale. “You should have been killed,” he said. It was my boots that saved my life.
(3)Within two hours, the workers removed the tree. Soon the snowstorm calmed down——but not my mother. Even though she was glad that I wasn’t hurt, my mother was still serious with me. After all（毕竟）, I shouldn’t have brushed off my friend’s warning.
【小题1】将①处改成同义句。
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【小题2】将②处翻译成汉语。
【小题3】将③处用It takes sb. some time to do sth. 句型改为同义句。
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How can we help the people who are not as l___1.____ as us? There are lots of things we can do.

A snowstorm hit much of south china one January. And the disaster caused a great l____2.____. Many houses were destroyed and thousands of people became h__3.____. The government did a lot for them. And so did many charities. Millions of people, both young and o___4.___, donated money and clothes to charities.

In fact, we can also do lots of things in our everyday l___5._____. For example, we can help a b___6.____ people cross the road. It won’t cost anything. I have a cousin she often helps the d___7.__ children to dance to gestures (手势). Both the children and she h__8.____ enjoy it. I think she is doing a great j__9._____. She says she gets a lot from others, and she can pay back by helping those who need help.

She is right. Everybody can do something for others. And if you feel you’re needed b___10.____ others, you will feel happy.