The heavy rain kept them from ________ there on time.

1. A.
   get
2. B.
   to get
3. C.
   got
4. D.
   getting

将汉语翻译成英语，每空一词。

1.尽管大雨倾泻不止，但战士们却没有放弃训练。

________ the heavy rain kept ________ down, the soldiers didn’t　 up their training.

2.当今世界面临的最大问题之一是世界人口增长越来越快。

One of the greatest 　　　of the world today is that the world’s population is growing ________ and ________.

3.我们很长时间没见面了。

We haven’t ________ each other ________ a long time.

4.化学制品对环境有害。

Chemicals are ________ ________ the environment.

5.除非明天下雨,否则我将去钓鱼。

________ it　 　 tomorrow, ________ I’ll go　　 .

My friends and I had just finished lunch at a hotel when it started to rain heavily. When it became lighter, I decided to get my   1  which was parked at my office three streets away.
My friends   2  that I shouldn’t go, mainly because I was seven months pregnant (怀孕的) then. I promised that I’d be very   3 . One of them wanted to come with me but I insisted that she stayed with another friend who needed help   4  her baby.
I walked out of the hotel and started making my way to the car. At the crossing, a van stopped and a man came out with an umbrella. Before I knew what was happening, he walked right   5  me and told me he’d escort (护送) me. Although I refused, he insisted that he would.
During our walk, he kept telling me to walk slower, as the ground was   6 . When we got to the car-park, I thanked him and he went away. I did not get his name and can   7  recognize (认出) him now. Did he stop for me? I’ll never know.
So how did I pay it forward? I was at home when I noticed two Indian workers   8  in the heavy rain. They were probably on their way to the working place near my home. I went out and passed them my   9 , telling them they should take and keep it. They were surprised by my action. They were very grateful to me, probably   10  why a stranger was offering such kindness. I was so relaxed and happy that day.

Kids of the schools ________ because of the heavy rain.

1. A.
   are keeping playing outside
2. B.
   were kept from playing outside
3. C.
   were kept to play outside
4. D.
   were keeping playing outside