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   16   to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose．After some time the girl   17   the mother would not return to her eggs and she   18   to take them home．There she carefully   19   the eggs in the heat of a lamp．Several days   20   the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the   21   ．
Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother．  22   , to these young geese, the girl was their mother．
As they   23  , the girl was able to   24   her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to   25   ．The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when   26   and in her dreams．Later, she had an   27   : She would pilot a plane to guide them in   28   ．She asked her father for a plane and he assembled （组装） a small aircraft for her．
Caring about   29   safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself．However, the birds did not __30__ or follow him, and   31   slept in the grass．
One day, the girl   32   into the plane, started it and soon left the   33   ．Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds   34   flapped（拍打） their wings and   35   ．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