"I have to get the cow's baby to the house or it will freeze to death，"Li Ming said to himself．He tried to lift it，but it was too （31）　　

Li Ming looked around the little barn（牲口棚）．He saw nothing he could use to （32）　　 the baby．Then he made a decision．He quickly took off his coat，placed it on the ground beside the baby，and gently slid（滑动）the baby on it．

As （33）　　as he could，Li Ming pulled the baby out of the barn and made his way back to the （34）　　．Li Ming took the quilt（被子）off his bed and rubbed the baby dry．It lay on his （35）　　，unable to lift his head．He pull his wet，snowy coat under the baby and covered the little animal with his quilt．

After putting one more pieces of wood on the fire，Li Ming pulled on his coat．It was still wet from the ground，（36）　　 it was better than nothing．He took a big bottle and made his way back to the barn．He wanted to get some milk．

At first his fingers were too cold，but finally the warmth of the cow's body warmed （37）　

enough，so he could milk．He started back to the house．

Li Ming was just beginning to spoon milk into the baby's mouth when Father and Mother came into the house．

"How did you get the baby in here？''Father asked（38）　　 the little animal．

Li Ming explained how he had （39）　　 the baby on his coat．，Do you think he'll make it？"

"He'll （40）　　 Father told Li Ming，'"thanks to you．"

31．A．heavy	B．light	C．weak
32．A．serve	B．lift	C．feed
33．A．quietly	B．slowly	C．carefully
34．A．school	B．hospital	C．house
35．A．quilt	B．coat	C．jacket
36．A．but	B．so	C．and
37．A．it	B．them	C．her
38．A．examining	B．hitting	C．pulling
39．A．dried	B．pulled	C．checked
40．A．die	B．see	C．live