One Saturday morning a careless car driver     a lighted cigarette out of his car ten miles west of the small Canadian town of Stanton. The forest at the side of the road was     because there had been no     for many days. Within a few minutes the trees were     fire.
A truck driver saw the fire when he was on his     to Stan-ton. As soon as he reached the town he told     about it. Soon fire fighters were     westwards. When they reached the fire they saw that it was very     . It could not spread to the north because of a lake     to the south because of a wide    . But a     wind was carrying the fire towards Stanton and the fire fighters could not stop it. Then, one of the fire fighters    a message back to the town     radio.
The chief fire officer and     of people hurried to a place about a mile     of the town. There they    dynamite to blow down the trees and to clear a wide path through the forest.     the fire reached the path it began to     down because there was     left to burn. After several hours they     to put out the fire and save the town.
A. lit    B. threw    C. put    D. smoked
A. wet    B. dry    C. thick    D. heavy
A. snow    B. water   C. rain    D. wind
A. set    B. caught    C. on    D. in
A. way    B. path    C. road    D. street
A    the man    B. the police    C. the forest   D. the fire
A. hurrying   B. reaching   C. arriving    D. getting
A. big    B. small    C. large    D. little
A. and    B. or    C. but    D. even
A. road    B. farm    C. river    D. forest
A. east    B. west    C. south    D. north
A. got    B. took    C. sent    D. carried
A. with    B. from    C. on    D. by
A. many    B. most    C. hundreds    D. a hundred
A. east    B. north    C. south    D. west
A. will    use    B. use    C. would use    D. used
A. However    B. Though    C. When    D. If
A. put    B. go    C. die    D. get
A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything
A. tried B. succeeded C. managed D. decided