On one June afternoon£¬Gene and his brother Rouco were   21   Gene's yard. It had grown brown and was almost in   22   in the heat, and the situation needed changing. The new grass was already there, but the job was   23   . Suddenly, Gene wasn't feeling good. He went inside to rest and   24    the couch. Seeing this, his wife, Melissa, called 911 immediately.

   25   he was staring down death, Gene had one thing in his mind: the lawn. If the grass wasn't put down that day, it would   26   . “While he was having his heart attack, almost in and out of    27   , he kept begging me to put it down because he didn't want it to go   28   ,” Melissa recalled.

Soon the medical workers arrived and took Gene and Melissa to the hospital, leaving Rouco behind to   29   the situation. Within an hour, he had   30   to remove the old grass. He was about to lay the new ones when seven men---the same ones who had   31   his brother---walked off the emergency vehicle. It turned out that Gene had told them how  32__    he'd wanted to get the grass down, so they returned to help.

Fortunately, Gene had a successful operation. He's now fully recovered,   33   his beautiful lawn at home. The couple are still amazed that those men went   34   their job duties. "These men   35   Gene from death, and then came back to save his grass. That's just so awesome.”

21. A. tending          B. exploring            C. designing            D. observing

22. A. control              B. innovation           C. chaos                D. condition

23. A. difficult                B. special              C. regular              D. new

24. A. faded away           B. fell off             C. calmed down      D. rolled over

25. A. As if                B. In case              C. Now that         D. Even though

26. A. slide                B. die              C. rest             D. mix

27. A. consciousness        B. celebrity            C. experiment           D. experience

28. A. diverse              B. decent               C. different            D. waste

29. A. handle               B. explain          C. outline              D. examine

30. A. decided              B. managed          C. pretended            D. emerged

31. A. counted              B. recovered            C. treated              D. connected

32. A. quickly              B. finally              C. badly                D. easily

33. A. sharing              B. trying               C. missing          D. enjoying

34. A. within               B. beneath          C. beyond           D. outside

35. A. pushed               B. dragged          C. blocked          D. pulled