2 . On a Sunday morning, Tim Abernathy walked off the dance floor at the Barn Dance and sat down in a chair to rest with his wife, Rachel. Then something felt wrong. His _________ got tight, then tighter. He grabbed Rachel’s hand, then _________ to the floor.
“His eyes had _________ back,” said Rachel. “His lips were getting darker.” The band stopped playing. People started yelling, but nobody _________ to act.
Someone _________ did. It was Johnny “Digger” Tucker. He swiped (挥动) his fingers through Tim’s mouth, thinking he could be choking. He started beating on Tim’s chest and began mouth-to-mouth. More _________ . More mouth-to-mouth. Then finally, Tim _________ a breath. The paramedics (护理人员) came, and Johnny quietly left.
“If Johnny hadn’t been there, I would be _________ my husband now, “said Rachel. Folks say Johnny Tucker is the type of man you’d call at 2 a. m. Maybe it’s because he knows more than most how _________ life is. Every day, he faces __________ .
Johnny is a gravedigger. He has dug the final resting places for about 20, 000people, each grave __________ a half feet deep in __________, frozen ground. “I treat everybody as if it were my family I’m burying,” he said. He is so respected that funeral directors arrange their schedules around his __________ .
So maybe it’s not __________ that Johnny often finds himself in a position to lend a hand. That night Johnny and his wife were __________ when the band played an old song. They turned around for one more slow dance. Minutes later, the gravedigger saved a life.
1. A.fingers | B.muscle | C.stomach | D.throat |
2. A.crashed | B.landed | C.jumped | D.settled |
3. A.rubbed | B.narrowed | C.dropped | D.rolled |
4. A.backed off | B.stepped forward | C.moved on | D.set out |
5. A.gradually | B.instantly | C.finally | D.clearly |
6. A.yelling | B.pounding | C.pushing | D.weighing |
7. A.held | B.heard | C.felt | D.drew |
8. A.abandoning | B.joining | C.burying | D.hiding |
9. A.easy | B.precious | C.extraordinary | D.simple |
10. A.death | B.danger | C.sadness | D.fortune |
11. A.covering | B.controlling | C.crossing | D.measuring |
12. A.hard | B.vast | C.protected | D.ruined |
13. A.popularity | B.generosity | C.availability | D.responsibility |
14. A.common | B.surprising | C.reasonable | D.disappointing |
15. A.dancing | B.walking | C.leaving | D.talking |