完形填空。
It was on a winter morning, near Oxford, Maryland, that I set the breakfast table beside the huge
window, which_1_the Tred Avon River.The snow decorated the shore in white.For a moment I stood
quietly against the bookcase, appreciating what the night's snow had_2  .  3  I leaned forward and
peered(盯着看) close to the frosted window."It really is!" I cried out loud."There is a goose out there!
" I_4_to the bookcase and pulled out a pair ofbinoculars(望远镜).Into their sights came the  5_of a
large   Canada goose, very still, its wings folded tight to its sides, its_6_frozen to the ice.Then from the
dark sides, I saw a line of swans.They crossed 7  the west of the broad river, moving_8_to the east.
As I_9_, the leader swung to the right, and then the white_10_of birds become a white circle.It floated
from the top of the sky downward.At last, as easy as feathers coming to earth, the circle_11  the ice.
The swans_12_the frozen goose! Amazingly, thosebills(啄) began to work on_13  .The long necks
were lifted and curved down,_14_. It went on for a long time.At last, the goose was free and_15_its
bigwebbed(有蹼的) feet slowly.The goose_16  its wings as far as they would go.The swans took
off and_17  on their eastward journey, in perfect formation, to their secret destination._18_them, rising
with incredible speed and joy, the goose moved into the sky.I watched them_19  they disappeared over
the tips of the farthest trees.Only then did I realize that tears were running down my cheeks.This is a true
story.I do not try to interpret it here.I just often  20  it in the bad moments, and tell myself, "If so for birds, why not for man?"

(     )1. A. undertook         (     )2. A. destroyed         (     )3. A. Finally           (     )4. A. rushed             (     )5. A. figure             (     )6. A. head               (     )7. A. along             (     )8. A. steadily           (     )9. A. watched           (     )10. A. block             (     )11. A. skated on         (     )12. A. threatened       (     )13. A. the ice           (     )14. A. one after another (     )15. A. washing           (     )16. A. enlarged         (     )17. A. started           (     )18. A. Behind           (     )19. A. after             (     )20. A. write about

B. overlooked   B. covered       B. Unwillingly   B. returne       B. shadow       B. body         B. from         B. wildly       B. expecte       B. mass         B. landed on     B. attacked     B. their feather B. side by side B. protecting   B. spread       B. carried       B. In front of   B. althoug       B. keep up

C. witnessed     C. painted       C. Disappointedly C. advanced       C. cry           C. feet           C. around         C. highly         C. predicted     C. dot           C. fell down to   C. surrounded     C. the river     C. now and then   C. moving         C. lifted         C. repeated       C. Along with     C. unless         C. think of

D. passed         D. hidden         D. Suddenly       D. reached         D. baby           D. beak           D. in             D. closely         D. feared         D. line           D. broke into     D. killed         D. the shore       D. again and again D. warming         D. threw           D. stopped         D. Including       D. until           D. tell from

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