It's about 250 miles from the hills of west central Iowa to Ehlers' home in Minnesota. During the long trip home, following a weekend of hunting, Ehlers __1__ about the small dog he had seen __2__ alongside the road. He had __3__ to coax (哄) the dog to him but, frightened, it had __4__.
Back home, Ehlers was troubled by that __5__ dog. So, four days later, he called his friend Greg, and the two drove __6__. After a long and careful __7__， Greg saw, across a field, the dog moving __8__ away. Ehlers eventually succeeded in coaxing the animal to him. Nervousness and fear were replaced with __9__. It just started licking (舔) Ehlers' face.
A local farmer told them the dog sounded like one __10__ as lost in the local paper. The ad had a __11__ number for a town in southern Michigan. Ehlers __12__ the number of Jeff and Lisa to tell them he had __13__ their dog.
Jeff had __14__ in Iowa before Thanksgiving with his dog, Rosie, but the gun shots had scared the dog off. Jeff searched __15__ for Rosie in the next four days.
Ehlers returned to Minnesota, and then drove 100 miles to Minneapolis to put Rosie on a flight to Michigan. “It's good to know there's still someone out there who __16__ enough to go to that kind of __17__，” says Lisa of Ehlers' rescue __18__.
“I figured whoever lost the dog was probably just as __19__ to it as I am to my dogs，” says Ehlers. “If it had been my dog, I'd hope that somebody would be __20__ to go that extra mile.”
1．A. read B．forgot C．thought D．heard
2．A. fighting B．trembling C．eating D．sleeping
3．A. tried B．agreed C．promised D．regretted
4．A. calmed down B．stood up C．rolled over D．run off
5．A. injured B．stolen C．lost D．rescued
6．A. home B．past C．back D．on
7．A. preparation B．explanation C．test D．search
8．A. cautiously B．casually C．skillfully D．angrily
9．A. surprise B．joy C．hesitation D．anxiety
10．A. predicted B．advertised C．believed D．recorded
11．A. house B．phone C．street D．car
12．A. called B．copied C. counted D．remembered
13．A. fed B．adopted C．found D．cured
14．A. hunted B．skied C．lived D．worked
15．A. on purpose B．on time C．in turn D．in vain
16．A. cares B．sees C．suffers D．learns
17．A. place B．trouble C．waste D．extreme
18．A. service B．plan C．effort D．team
19．A. equal B．allergic C．grateful D．close
20．A.suitable B．proud C．wise D．willing
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