Task 2

（2020·浙江7月高考）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? ? ?2? ? ， so I jumped out of the tractor to? ? ?3? ? it while Don stayed in his seat.

Lamb and mother? ? 4? ? ， I turned back to the tractor only to see it move suddenly away from me. This was so? ? 5? ? because I had put the handbrake on when I jumped out.? ? ?6? ? Don had somehow made the? ? 7? ? move.

My heart froze in my chest as I? ? 8? ? the tractor heading towards the? ? 9? ? . I ran desperately but failed to? ? 10? ? . It crashed through a wooden fence and disappeared. The? ? 11? ? thing I saw was Don？__________s face， looking calmly back at me.

Heart in mouth， I? ? 12? ? the fence and looked over. The tractor was? ? 13? ? against the crash barrier in the central reservation， having miraculously（奇跡般地） crossed the? ? 14? ? road with fast？__________flowing traffic. I couldn？__________t see Don， but as I? ? 15? ? the tractor he jumped out onto the road， apparently? ? ?16? ? ， and dashed back to me.

The police? ? ?17? ? and the motorway ran normally again. I couldn？__________t quite believe my? ? ?18? ? it turned out no one got badly hurt， but the outcome could have been? ? 19? ? . Don was given a special? ? ?20? ? 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