the cold weather of the last weeks has had a surprising result．forty thousand ru ssian rednecked ducks have 1 in britain where the weather，just below freezing，is like spring to them．
the russian rednecked ducks manage perfectly well at temperatures down to thirty degrees 2 zero．they wouldn't think of 3 home at minus forty．but，as the cold gets cloder，if it does，they make a quick 4 to take off together all with a single thought 5 ：“go somewhere 6 ”．
last tuesday the small 7 near my house was invaded by about three hundred russian rednecked ducks，a noisy lot，though i must say they were no troublesome．our local birds were at first quite 8 by these 9 from far away，and there were some obvious language difficulties too．
at nine o'clock i went down 10 to the edge of the lake，with a little bread and milk 11 our own birds．i saw them standing about．
12 the foreigners to eat up everything．but my worry proved 13 ；the rednecked birds didn't like the bread at all．many of them 14 a mouthful，and threw up．in fact they pushed and fought to get away from the food， 15 own birds looked at them 16 ．
my wife had 17 me down the path with a hopeless cake she had made on monday evening．she had forgotten to turn off the electricity in time，and the cake got 18 ．now that，funnily enough，the russian birds 19 ，though our birds wouldn't touch it．we realized then the visitors were used to 20 bread probably，and my wife agreed to make some for them．
1．ａ．reached ｂ．got ｃ．arrived ｄ．left
2．ａ．below ｂ．under ｃ．over ｄ．above
3．ａ．staying ｂ．leaving ｃ．getting ｄ．making
4．ａ．conclusion ｂ．plan ｃ．advice ｄ．decision
5．ａ．by heart ｂ．in mind ｃ．in heart ｄ．on mind
6．ａ．hotter ｂ．colder ｃ．warmer ｄ．cooler
7．ａ．lake ｂ．village ｃ．town ｄ．hill
8．ａ．pleased ｂ．delighted ｃ．moved ｄ．upset
9．ａ．strangers ｂ．passengers ｃ．enemies ｄ．pioneers
10．ａ．as ever ｂ．as usual ｃ．as often ｄ．as before
11．ａ．from ｂ．on ｃ．for ｄ．to
12．ａ．expecting ｂ．expected ｃ．watch ｄ．watching
13．ａ．untrue ｂ．true ｃ．unnecessary ｄ．necessary
14．ａ．tried ｂ．ate ｃ．had ｄ．managed
15．ａ．your ｂ．our ｃ．their ｄ．his
16．ａ．in sadness ｂ．in a line ｃ．in excite ｄ．in surprise
17．ａ．followed ｂ．walked ｃ．made ｄ．advised
18．ａ．burnt ｂ．burned up ｃ．burning ｄ．burned down
19．ａ．sucked ｂ．drank ｃ．loved ｄ．hated
20．ａ．white ｂ．black ｃ．green ｄ．red | 
