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 __1__ 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 mother£¬so I jumped out of the tractor to __2__ it while Don stayed in his seat.

Lamb and mother reunited, I turned back to the tractor only to see it move suddenly away from me.This was so __3__ because I had put the handbrake on when I jumped out.Obviously Don had somehow made the __4__ move.

My heart froze in my chest as I saw the tractor heading towards the __5__. I ran desperately but failed to __6__. It crashed through a wooden fence and disappeared.The __7__ thing I saw was Don’s face£¬looking calmly back at me.

Heart in mouth£¬I reached the fence and looked over.The tractor was __8__ against the crash barrier in the central reservation£¬having miraculously(Ææ¼£°ãµØ) crossed the __9__ road with fast-flowing traffic.I couldn’t see Don£¬but as I __10__ the tractor he jumped out onto the road£¬apparently __11__£¬and dashed back to me.

The police __12__ and the motorway ran normally again.I couldn’t quite believe my __13__ — it turned out no one got badly hurt£¬but the outcome could have been __14__ .Don was given a special __15__ that night — I didn’t want him thinking I was angry with him.

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(¡¡¡¡)3.A£®unexpected                B£®dangerous

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C£®seat                              D£®fence

(¡¡¡¡)5.A£®crowd                     B£®motorway

C£®field                             D£®hill

(¡¡¡¡)6.A£®take off                  B£®catch up

C£®hold back                         D£®get out

(¡¡¡¡)7.A£®real                      B£®best

C£®basic                             D£®last

(¡¡¡¡)8.A£®resting                   B£®running

C£®parking                           D£®turning

(¡¡¡¡)9.A£®steep                     B£®long

C£®rough                             D£®busy

(¡¡¡¡)10.A£®abandoned                B£®approached

C£®recognized                        D£®repaired

(¡¡¡¡)11.A£®unclean                  B£®uncertain

C£®unhurt                            D£®unhappy

(¡¡¡¡)12.A£®arrived                  B£®replied

C£®survived                          D£®waited

(¡¡¡¡)13.A£®ability                  B£®dream

C£®luck                              D£®idea

(¡¡¡¡)14.A£®common                   B£®confusing

C£®desirable                         D£®awful

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