An ancient bus stopped by a dry river bed and a party of famous actors and 【小题1】 got off. 【小题2】 in dark glasses and old clothes, they 【小题3】 special precautions so that no one should recognize them. But as they soon discovered, disguises can sometimes be too perfect. …‘It couldn’t be 【小题4】, Gloria,’ Brinksley Meers agreed.

Snow 【小题5】 thick on the ground. The woman knew that the 【小题6】 village was miles away. When it grew dark, she turned a suitcase 【小题7】 a bed and put the children inside it, 【小题8】 them with all the clothes she could find. During the night, it got 【小题9】 cold. The woman kept as near as she could to the children and even tried to get into the case 【小题10】, but it was too small.

I had heard of the killers that helped whalers catch huge whales. When I worked at a whaling station, I 【小题1】 it many times. One afternoon, I heard a loud noise coming from the bay. We ran down to the shore 【小题2】 time to see an enormous animal throwing itself out of the water. George, one of the whalers, told me that it was Old Tom, the killer, who was telling us there's a whale. Another whaler 【小题3】 out to 【小题4】 a whale hunt. We immediately headed out into the bay, with Old Tom 【小题5】 us the way. Using a telescope we saw that several killers【小题6】 there were throwing themselves on top of the whale's blow­hole to stop it 【小题7】 while others were stopping it diving or 【小题8】 out to sea. Then the man in the bow of the boat aimed at the whale and killed it. These killers 【小题9】 harmed or attacked people. Once when we were in the bay, the sea was 【小题10】 , for which James was carried away by waves. Worse still, there was a shark. Fortunately, Old Tom rescued James.

As the twins looked around them in disappointment, their father appeared. At the sight of the mess and the kids’ gloomy faces, he immediately realized what they were up to. “Need any help?” 【小题1】 (爸爸微笑地看着双胞胎，温柔地问), who felt discouraged at being found screwing things up. Jeff 【小题2】(结巴地说出) their failed plan, 【小题3】(他羞红了脸). “That’s a great idea. May I join you?” At this the twins cheered up and rolled up their sleeves to clean the stove before they learned to fry the bread following their father’s instructions. Soon came the delicious smell of French toast and chicken porridge, at which the twins felt a great sense of achievement. With everything settled, father left the kitchen, 【小题4】(承诺道) to keep their secret.

The twins carried the breakfast upstairs and woke their mother up. Sitting up in confusion, mother was greeted with the kids’ smiling eyes and happy giggles. Before she could realize what was going on, the twins presented the breakfast tray, 【小题5】(大声喊道), “Happy Mother’s Day!” 【小题6】(惊讶地盯着精心准备的食物，妈妈饱含深情地说), “Thank you, darling. That’s the biggest surprise I’ve ever had!” It was then that father entered, 【小题7】(回应) mother “That must be the best breakfast ever!” Mother bit into a piece of toast, nodding her head approvingly with great satisfaction. Exchanging glances, father and the twins beamed brightly with pleasure.