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【盐仓24秋】外研版（2024）英语九年级上册A本Module 1 Wonders of the world Unit 1 第1课时
Many years ago, a Spanish officer named Coronado he ard the story of seven great cities. "The walls of these cities are made of gold, " his friends told him. "The people eat meat from golden plates and wear 1 clothes, " they said. They called these cities the Seven Cities of Gold. Coronado believed what his friends said 2 .
Coronado thought to 3 , "The things in these cities must be worth a lot of money. " So he decided to 4 the Seven Cities of Gold. He brought some men, horses, and food, then they headed west. Coronado and his men 5 for many days. Then they saw some cities. "We found the Seven Cities of Gold!" his men shouted, 6 Coronado wasn't happy. He had a different 7 , "These can't be the Seven Cities of Gold. They're made of dirt!"
Coronado was 8 . The cities were dirty and brown. The people ate food from 9 bowls. Their clothes were also very common. Coronado saw the cities as old places. "What 10 to the cities of gold?" he thought. "Did someone 11 come and take the gold?"
That night, the people of the cities entertained(款待) Coronado and his men and served them food. They 12 Coronado to go home. "There is no gold here, " they told him. Coronado was angry. Did his friends lie(撒谎) to him?
Coronado 13 the next morning when the sun rose. He looked back 14 the city one more time. The sun sh one on the dirty houses. Coronado thought he saw a bit of gold. Were his friends right after all?"No, " he told himself. "It's just the 15 . " Then he turned away and went home.
No one likes thieves (小偷), but for most people in a town in California, they just laugh when they find that something small is lost. That's because the thief is a cat.
Jean Chu and her family adopted (收养) Dusty as their pet cat a few years ago. Not long after Dusty moved in, the family started finding new things around. One day, they would find a shoe. The next day, there would be a sock. At first, no one knew where these things came from. Soon they found that the things always showed up in the mornings. And who went out every night? That might be Dusty. However, it was difficult to catch Dusty in the act (当场). Soon workers of the TV show Must Love Cats heard about Dusty's story and they decided to make a film about Dusty. They used an infrared camera (红外摄像机). Sure enough, the camera caught Dusty in the act when he brought home a toy.
Soon the film of Dusty became popular on the Internet. The cat is a celebrity (名人) now. People come to Chu's house to get back their things every day. They have become good friends with Chu and Dusty.
An Unusual Thief | |
Problem | The family always found {#blank#}1{#/blank#} things around. |
Clue (线索) | New things showed up in the {#blank#}2{#/blank#}; Dusty went out every night. |
Inference (推论) | {#blank#}3{#/blank#} brought these things home. |
Result | A TV show made a {#blank#}4{#/blank#} about Dusty. |
The cat is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} now. | |
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