张生

昨天晚上，母亲最喜欢的小狗被一辆车撞死了，这件事让母亲非常伤心。然而，车主后面的行为却让“我”感动了。

Last night， one of our three family dogs was hit and killed by a car in front of my mothers house. The three 1. became more or less my mothers surrogate children after her human children grew up and moved out. The one that got killed had bonded with my mom far more than the others， so she felt very 2. （frightened/upset）. I loved the dog， but my true sadness mainly resulted from watching my mother have to bear another tragedy after everything she has been through in her life.

In spite of this， I had to sincerely 3. （applaud/approach） the driver of the vehicle， who felt wrong， but it was not his fault. The dog chased a 4. into the road at night. In an effort not to hit the deer with his car， he had to turn around and without seeing the dog， resulting in her death. He could have easily continued on his way， but he did something that I would never forget.

The driver 5. （gradually/carefully） wrapped our dog in a blanket to preserve her dignity， and carried her up to my mothers front door. He was obviously shaking and felt very upset. He informed my mother of what happened and she 6. （broke down/fell down） immediately. He comforted her the best a stranger could and waited in case that there was something he could do. After a long time without any response， he left his information and offered assistance in any way he could.

Yes， he is the man who hit and killed our dog 7. （finally/accidentally）， but he had many 8. （choices/chances） that were far easier than what he chose. He did the right thing and I wanted to show my gratitude to him because he has restored my faith in humanity.

Reading Check

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

Language Study

Sentence for writing

In an effort not to hit the deer with his car， he had to turn around and without seeing the dog， resulting in her death. 為了尽力不要撞上这只鹿，他不得不转弯，结果在没有看到这只狗的情况下，把狗撞死了。

【信息提取】resulting in her death为现在分词作结果状语，表示主动。

【句式仿写】昨天在这个地区爆发了一场严重的火灾，给当地人带来了很大的损失。