五、(2025·镇江市京口区期中)首字母填空。
Reading classic books can help us better understand the world. For us, it’s never too late to read them. Among many foreign classics, President Xi likes *The Old Man and the Sea*. It’s also many teenagers’
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“A man can be destroyed but never be defeated(打败),” US writer Ernest Hemingway o
2 said. And this line is the slogan for his novel *The Old Man and the Sea*.
The book is about an old
f 3 in Cuba named Santiago. He catches a huge fish after 84 days of nothing. The fish
p 4 his boat on the sea for two days and nights. Then, suddenly, the old man meets a shark. They fight to the death, but the big fish is still eaten by the shark. The old man
r 5 home with only the bones of the fish.
What impresses(使……印象深刻)me most is how Santiago fights
a 6 the shark. When fighting, the old man has many heartfelt conversations with himself. They show how he encourages himself to rise above difficulties.
Although Santiago can’t protect the fish at last, I think he tries his best to protect his pride(自尊). Faced with a long period of failure and being alone, he does not choose to give up, but to
b 7 in himself and challenge the sea.
The story shows us that even if there is not a great
s 8, our hard work is still important. Santiago’s spirit of never giving up, his love for life, and his excitement for new adventures give us hope. Like Santiago, we all
f 9 difficulties in life. If we stay brave and
h 10, we can find our meaning in life. I will remember the old man’s spirit as I go for my dream.
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