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In the United States there was an unusual story telling of the daughter of a mechanic（技工）．One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl 36 to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose．After some time the girl __37____ the mother would not return to her eggs and she __38___ to take them home．There she carefully ___39___ the eggs in the heat of a lamp．Several days___40___ the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the ___41___ ．
Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother．___42___ , to these young geese, the girl was their mother．
As they __43____, the girl was able to ___44____ her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to ___45___ ．The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when___46___ and in her dreams．Later, she had an ___47___ : She would pilot a plane to guide them in ___48__ ．She asked her father for a plane and he assembled （组装） a small aircraft for her．
Caring about___49___ safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself．However, the birds did not ___50____ or follow him, and __51____ slept in the grass．
One day, the girl ___52___ into the plane, started it and soon left the ___53___ ．Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds ___54___ flapped（拍打） their wings and ____55__ ．She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following．
A．managed B．attempted C．happened D．supposed
A．realized B．expected C．imagined D．admitted
A．helped B．decided C．afforded D．meant
A．placed B．protected C．treated D．examined
A．ago B．out C．later D．long
A．family B．lake C．home D．world
A．But B．Also C．Thus D．Still
A．increased B．improved C．rose D．grew
A．ask B．lead C．want D．allow
A．fly B．race C．swim D．sing
A．asleep B．away C．around D．awake
A．idea B．opinion C．explanation D．excuse
A．sky B．space C．flight D．plane
A．his B．her C．their D．its
A．respect B．remember C．recognize D．receive
A．so B．instead C．hardly D．too
A．climbed B．looked C．reached D．fell
A．house B．floor C．water D．ground
A．secretly B．disappointedly C．patiently D．eagerly
looked away B．set out C．went by D．turned back