Choose one suitable word (A, B, C or D) to complete the following passage. (2.0 points)
After two weeks of worry, a farmer in the north of England was very happy yesterday. James Hunt, a farmer who (1)………………. sheep, lost his dog, Peter, when they were out (2)……………… together a fortnight ago.
'Peter was running (3)…………… of me,' he said, 'and disappeared over the top of the hill. I whistled and called (4)…………….. he didn't come. He's young, so I thought perhaps he'd gone back to the farmhouse (5) ………………..his own. But he wasn't there. Over the next few days I (6)……………………. as much time looking for him as I could. I was afraid that I would never see him (7)…………………….. Then a neighbour said she had heard an animal crying while she was out walking near the (8)…………………. of the cliff. I rushed out and found Peter on a shelf of rock halfway down. He was thin and (9)……………….., but he had no (10)……………. injuries. He was really lucky. And I was, too.'