The deer in the memory

I live in the mountains of West Virginia.The curvy, winding roads and the vast woodlands often 1. ________（lead to/watch over） near misses（僥幸脫險） with the local deer. The other day I was driving my son to work when we saw a deer in the road that hadn't been so 2.________（lucky/quick）. The driver in front of me suddenly 3. ________（cut in/turned around） to avoid hitting it and I quickly followed him. I could see that the way the dead deer was lying between two blind curves where we had an accident waiting to happen.

After dropping my son off I hurried back and saw the deer was still in the road. There was a wide 4.________（river/spot） on the side of the road. I got out of my car and walked up to where the deer was. Looking both ways for cars I ran over to the body and 5. ________（checked/grabbed） its broken leg.I backed up quickly dragging it to the side of the road.“So sorry，my friend,” I said to him, knowing that the crows would soon take care of the 6. ________（remains/places）.

I was still thinking of that beautiful deer later in the day when I turned on my computer.As it came on I 7. ________（shouted/smiled）with delight to see that my most recent screen saver was a picture of a deer in a field of wild flowers staring at the sunrise. I wondered about the time I had left and 8. ________（decided/suggested） that I would live a life full of love,kindness and joy in the future.

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

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I backed up quickly dragging it to the side of the road. 我迅速往后退，把鹿拖到路邊。

【信息提取】dragging...the road 在本句中為現(xiàn)在分詞作伴隨狀語， 該動作伴隨主句動作backed up 同時發(fā)生。

【句式仿寫】這條狗跟著主人進(jìn)了屋。