题型:完形填空 题类:常考题 难易度:困难
江苏省常熟市2020-2021学年高二下学期英语期中考试试卷
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 mother3, I turned back to the tractor only to see it move suddenly away from me. This was so 4 because I had put the handbrake on when I jumped out. 5 Don had somehow made the6 move.
My heart froze in my chest as I saw the tractor heading towards the7. I ran desperately but failed to8. It crashed through a wooden fence and disappeared. The9 thing I saw was Don's face, looking calmly back at me.
Heart in mouth, I reached the fence and looked over. The tractor was10 against the crash barrier in the central reservation, having miraculously (奇迹般地)crossed the busy road with fast-flowing traffic. I couldn't see Don, but as I11 the tractor he jumped out onto the road, apparently12 and dashed back to me.
The police arrived and the motorway ran normally again. I couldn't quite believe my13 . It turned out no one got badly hurt, but the outcome could have been14. Don was given a special15 that night- I didn't want him thinking I was angry with him.
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