Unit 10 By the time I got outside, the bus had already left

课时3-4  Reading and Writing

一.完形填空

There was a small village by seashore in America. Every summer lots of people came here to spend their holidays. But a few of them came here only to end their __１__.

Two months ago right here a young woman jumped into the sea in the darkness of the night. When she was taken up from the sea, nothing could make her come to life. From then on, the people in the village began to pay more attention to __2__of the visitors. If someone looked unhappy or __3__, they would watch him or her all day long with __4__. They would never let the same thing happen again.

A week later came several visitors. Among them there was a young woman of twenty-five years old. One day she looked __ 5 __ from others. She went out __ 6 __at night. She was found just by a villager.

The villager made no noise and followed her. When the young woman__ 7 __to the seashore, the villager rushed at her and tried hard to pull her back. "Let me go. Don't __ 8 __ me!" said the young woman. "You should treasure your life," said the villager.