It was one of the hottest days of the dry season．We had not seen   1   for almost a month．The crops were dying．If it didn’t rain soon，we would lose everything．

At noon，when I was   2   making lunch，I saw my five-year-old son，Billy，  3   towards the woods．Minutes later，he ran back and then   4   walked towards the woods．This action--walking carefully to the woods and running back to the house，went on for nearly an hour．

Finally I couldn’t take it any longer and decided to follow him．As I entered the woods，I saw the most  5   sight．Two large deer appeared in front of him，and a little deer   6   on the ground，clearly suffering from heat exhaustion（中暑）, was lifting its head to lap（舔）up the water cupped in my son’s hands．

When the water was gone，Billy ran back to the house．I  7  him back to a water tap．Billy turned it on and knelt（跪）there，letting the drops slowly fill up the “cup” formed by his hands．   8   he stood up, I was there in front of him．His eyes just filled with tears．“I’m not wasting  9  ，Mum．”he said．“No，Billy, I am   10   of you!”

All I can say is the rain that came later that day saved our farm，Just as one little boy saved a dying deer．

1．A．the sunshine          B．the sky            C．the rainbow        D．rain

2．A．in the fields             B．outside             C．in the kitchen         D．in the living room

3．A．walking             B．coming            C．climbing           D．escaping

4．A．just then            B．once again        C．after all          D．at first

5．A．scary               B．beautiful           C．amazing           D．terrible

6．A．lying               B．jumping            C．running          D．sleeping

7．A．walked              B．talked to          C．shouted at        D．followed

8．A．Because             B．When             C．If               D．Though

9．A．water              B．time              C．money           D．food

10．A．sure              B．tired              C．proud             D．afraid