题目内容：

I had just gone to bed after a very hard day when the phone rang. It was a strange farmer. I had never met him before although I had often heard people talk about him. He sounded quite nervous and he had been talking for a minute or so before I understood anything. Even then all I could make out was that someone called Milly had had a very bad accident. I really didn’t know who she was but I had to go.

It had been snowing heavily that day and I didn’t know the way. I had been driving for at least an hour when I finally found his place. He was standing there, waiting for me. It seemed that Milly had died. “She meant more to me than anyone even my own wife!” he said. I could see that he had been crying. I thought something terrible had taken place, a possible scandal(丑闻). I was even more surprised when he told me he had put her in the barn(厩). “I couldn’t leave her in the cold!” he said. Milly had clearly been a secret lover of his. I was about to tell him he could not expect me to cover anything up when he opened the barn door. He lifted his candle and I saw a dark figure on the ground.

“She was such a good cow! I wouldn’t let anyone except a doctor touch her!” he said and cried again.

60. The farmer wished that the writer might         .

A. look into the matter             B. bring Milly back to life

   C. free him from a scandal          D. keep the whole thing a secret

61. The underlined phrase in the first paragraph means “       ”.

   A. expect                               B. understand

   C. see clearly                            D. hear clearly

62. Before he arrived at the farmer’s house, the writer expected to see Milly lying         .

   A. on the ground of a barn          B. on the floor of a room

   C. in bed in a room                D. in bed in a barn

63. What do we know about Milly for the story?

A. She had met with an accident.         B. She had caused a scandal.

   C. She was seriously ill.            D. She was hidden somewhere.

64. The person who told the story is probably a        .

A. farmer                        B. policeman

   C. country doctor                D. newspaper re5-6porter