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小题1:后半夜来了一场暴风雨，大雨倾盆而下。我们躲进了自己搭起来的避雨棚，让木筏顺流而下。
There was a big storm after midnight and the rain _____ ______. We stayed inside the _____ we had built and let the _____ sail down the river.
小题2:作家的生活经历常常和他们所创造的角色的生活经历相似。马克吐温也不例外。
Often the lives of writers_______ the lives of the characters they ______. Mark Twain is _____ _______.
小题3:欧洲是狂欢节的发源地，在那里，狂欢节过后会有40天不食肉的日子。这期间，人们准备迎接基督教的节日——复活节。
In Europe, ______ it began, _______ was followed by forty days without meat, as people ______ ______ the Christian festival of Easter.
小题4:那时，他们把自己的脸涂成白色，模仿并取笑他们的主人。
They ______ their faces white, imitating their masters and _____ ______ _____ them.
小题5:但就是这种失败感，使他决心在新的生活中取得成功。
But it was this _____ _______ ______ that made him determined to ______in his new life.