I’ve been farming sheep on a hillside for 54 years. I use a small tractor to get about. My dog Don always sits beside me in the passenger seat.
One morning I _______ a lost lamb when I was in the top field,near where a motorway cuts through my land. The lamb had become separated from its _______ , so I jumped out of the tractor to _______ it while Don stayed in his seat.
Lamb and mother _______ , I turned back to the tractor only to see it move suddenly away from me. This was so _______ because I had put the handbrake on when I jumped out. _______ Don had somehow made the _______move.
My heart froze in my chest as I _______ the tractor heading towards the _______ .I ran desperately but failed to __________. It crashed through a wooden fence and disappeared. The __________ thing I saw was Don’s face, looking calmly back at me.
Heart in mouth, I __________ the fence and looked over. The tractor was __________against the crash barrier in the central reservation, having miraculously(奇迹般地) crossed the __________ road with fast-flowing traffic. I couldn’t see Don, but as I __________ the tractor he jumped out onto the road, apparently __________ , and dashed back to me.
The police __________ and the motorway ran normally again. I couldn't quite believe my __________ it turned out no one got badly hurt, but the outcome could have been __________ .Don was given a special __________ that night—I didn’t want him thinking I was angry with him.
1.A.dropped | B.spotted | C.carried | D.returned |
2.A.kids | B.friends | C.owner | D.mother |
3.A.ask about | B.play with | C.tend to | D.run into |
4.A.freed | B.switched | C.reunited | D.examined |
5.A.unexpected | B.dangerous | C.embarrassing | D.difficult |
6.A.Fortunately | B.Generally | C.Immediately | D.Obviously |
7.A.lamb | B.vehicle | C.seat | D.fence |
8.A.saw | B.stopped | C.remembered | D.drove |
9.A.crowd | B.motorway | C.field | D.hill |
10.A.take off | B.catch up | C.hold back | D.get out |
11.A.real | B.best | C.basic | D.last |
12.A.fixed | B.noticed | C.reached | D.closed |
13.A.resting | B.running | C.parking | D.turning |
14.A.sleep | B.long | C.rough | D.busy |
15.A.abandoned | B.approached | C.recognized | D.repaired |
16.A.unclean | B.uncertain | C.unhurt | D.unhappy |
17.A.arrived | B.replied | C.survived | D.waited |
18.A.ability | B.dream | C.luck | D.idea |
19.A.common | B.confusing | C.desirable | D.awful |
20.A.meal | B.test | C.job | D.lesson |