25.Laila could hardly move, as though cement had solidified in every one of her joints. There was a conversation going on, and Laila knew that she was at one end of it, but she felt removed from it, as though she were merely eavesdropping. As Tariq t
23.APRIL 1992Three years passed. In that time, Tariq’s father had a series of strokes. They left him with a clumsy left hand and a slight slur to his speech. When he was agitated, which happened frequently, the slurring got worse.Tariq outgrew his le
21.The driver pulled his taxi over to let pass another long convoy of Soviet jeeps and armored vehicles. Tariq leaned across the front seat, over the driver, and yelled, “Pajalusta! Pajalusta!”A jeep honked and Tariq whistled back, beaming and waving
19.I need to speak to your parents, dokhtar jan,” he said when Laila opened the door. He was a stocky man, with a sharp, weather-roughened face. He wore a potato-colored coat, and a brown wool pakol on his head.“Can I tell them who’s here?”Then
17.The gun was red, the trigger guard bright green. Behind the gun loomed Khadim’s grinning face. Khadim was eleven, like Tariq. He was thick, tall, and had a severe underbite. His father was a butcher in Deh-Mazang, and, from time to time, Khadim wa
假定你是李华,上周日你校举办了5公里越野赛跑活动。请你为校英文报写一篇报道,内容包括:1. 参加人员;2. 跑步路线:从校门口到南山脚下;3. 活动反响。注意:1. 写作词数应为80左右;2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。参考范文Possible version one:A Cross-Country Running RaceLast Sunday, our school held a 5km cross-country running race, which attracted man