20.A.apology
B. honesty
C. hurt
D. horror
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Six-year-old Lena Fugatt liked to sit beside her grandfather while he drove
his 3,000-pound tractor around the family farm. One afternoon Ray Fugatt, 58, took Lena with him when he went to 1 a pile of brush.
He 2 gasoline on the pile and set fire to it.
The brush 3 into flames that engulfed(吞没)
him instantly . Screaming, Fugatt fell to the ground
and 4 to put out the fire. Pushing himself to
his 5 , he struggled to where Lena was on the
tractor, 30 feet away. Go
get Mema,
he whispered, using Lenas name for her grandmother. Then he fell down unconscious(失去知觉)
onto the flat field.
The 6 on Fugatts arms had come off, his chest was a 7 of deep red blisters(泡),
and his face was badly burnt. But Lena didnt 8 . Afraid to leave her grandfather alone
while she ran for 9 , she realized her only 10 was to drive the huge tractor to the
house, a half mile away. Her grandfather had 11 her to drive it alone, but now the
3.5-foot-tall girl decided to do 12 that.
She slid forward on the seat
and used her toe to 13 the red starter button. The machine moved
14 , and Lena struggled to drive it back to the
house. When the people of emergency services arrived, there were huge 15 tracks in the field, showing the girls
16 around trees, bushes and ditches.
Ray Fugatt
suffered second-and-third-degree burns 17 40 percent of his body but has made
almost complete 18 . According to the doctor, he would
not have been saved if Lena had not 19 so quickly. Lena
20 her cool, knew what had to be done, and
did it.
