It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We hadn’t seen rain for almost a month.. The crops(庄稼) were dying. The rivers were drying. If we didn’t see some _41__soon, we would lose everything. It was on this day that I learned the true lesson of _42__and saw the only miracle ( 奇迹 )I had seen with my own eyes.

I was in the _43__making lunch when I saw my 6-year –old son, Billy, walking toward the woods. He disappeared into the woods, but minutes later, he came running out again_44_the house.

 I went back to make sandwiches, think about the task he had done. Moments later ,however, he was once again walking toward the woods .This ___45_ for an hour—walked carefully to the woods and ran back to the house.

 Finally I couldn’t wait any longer and I walked out of the house and followed him_46__.Then I saw the most _47__ thing. Several big deer stood in front of him. Billy walked right up to him. And I saw a baby deer_48_ on the ground, clearly suffering from dehydration( 遭受脱水)and the heat. It lifted its_49__with great effort to lap up （舔）the water cupped in my beautiful boy’s hands.

 When the water was gone, Billy jumped back and ran back to the house. I __50_ him back to a spigot (龙头  ) that we had shut off the water to. Billy opened it all the way up and very little __51_ came out .He knelt( 跪下 )there ,letting the water slowly fill up his ___52__. When he stood up and began to run back, I was there in front of him. His little eyes __53_with tears.

 “I’m not _54__”, he was crying.

 As the tears from my eyes began to hit the ground, they were suddenly __55__by other drops … more drops … and more

 All I could say is that the rain that came that day saved our farm… just like the actions of one little boy saved the deer.

41.  A. crops         B. rivers   C. money      D. rain   

42.  A. giving        B. sharing   C. receiving   D. sending

43.  A. dining room   B. bedroom   C. kitchen   D study     

44.  A. toward      B. to         C. for        D. from

45.  A. happened    B. went on    C. held       D. took      

46.  A. happily      B. angrily    C. quietly     D. quickly

47.  A. surprising   B. annoying   C. wonderful   D. strange  

48.  A. sleeping    B. sitting      C. dying       D. lying

49.  A. head       B. feet        C. back       D. nose           

50.  A. walked     B. followed    C. ran       D. jumped    

51.  A. water      B. drops      C. rain         D. food.         

52.  A. mouth      B. hands    C. pocket      D. bag       

53.  A. filled      B. full       C. went        D. dealt   

54.  A .playing.   B. joking     C. wasting       D. drinking  

55.  A. joined     B. taken      C. brought       D. made