The deer in the memory

I live in the mountains of West Virginia.The curvy, winding roads and the vast woodlands often 1. ________（lead to/watch over） near misses（侥幸脱险） with the local deer. The other day I was driving my son to work when we saw a deer in the road that hadn't been so 2.________（lucky/quick）. The driver in front of me suddenly 3. ________（cut in/turned around） to avoid hitting it and I quickly followed him. I could see that the way the dead deer was lying between two blind curves where we had an accident waiting to happen.

After dropping my son off I hurried back and saw the deer was still in the road. There was a wide 4.________（river/spot） on the side of the road. I got out of my car and walked up to where the deer was. Looking both ways for cars I ran over to the body and 5. ________（checked/grabbed） its broken leg.I backed up quickly dragging it to the side of the road.“So sorry，my friend,” I said to him, knowing that the crows would soon take care of the 6. ________（remains/places）.

I was still thinking of that beautiful deer later in the day when I turned on my computer.As it came on I 7. ________（shouted/smiled）with delight to see that my most recent screen saver was a picture of a deer in a field of wild flowers staring at the sunrise. I wondered about the time I had left and 8. ________（decided/suggested） that I would live a life full of love,kindness and joy in the future.

阅读检测

Fill in each blank with only one word or select the right items given in the bracket according to the context.

语言学习

写作推荐

I backed up quickly dragging it to the side of the road. 我迅速往后退，把鹿拖到路边。

【信息提取】dragging...the road 在本句中为现在分词作伴随状语， 该动作伴随主句动作backed up 同时发生。

【句式仿写】这条狗跟着主人进了屋。