题目内容
Poor Martin lost his work and was trying to find a job. One day he read in the newspaper that a man was _21_ to work in a zoo. He was very _22_ and went to the boss of the zoo to ask for the job. The boss told him that their monkey had just died and it would be two months _23_ they could get another one, so they wanted him to take the monkey’s place.
As soon as he heard this, Martin got angry and shouted, “You want me to take the place of a monkey! Take this place yourself. You look more like a monkey than I do.” “Don’t expect it like that,” said the boss, “I know you don’t look like a monkey, but we’ll _24_ you up.” Martin thought about it for a while. Though he didn’t like the idea, he had to make a living after all. So he __25_ the job in the end.
The next day Martin started to work. It wasn’t _26_ . The only thing he didn’t like was the tiger in the cage next to him. But, as there were strong bars(铁栏杆) _27 them, he soon got used to his neighbour.
One afternoon he climbed up to the top of the bars. Suddenly he missed his footing and fell not on his own side of the bars, but into the tiger’s cage. That great animal was asleep at the time, but the noise of Martin’s fall woke him up. Martin had to _ 28_ the bars again quickly to get back into his own cage. He tried to get up, but he had hurt his feet so badly that he couldn’t move. He hid his face in his hands so as not to see the tiger coming. The next few seconds seemed like hours. Then he _29 the tiger whispered in his ear, “Don’t be __30_ , old man, I’m in the same boat as you.”
21. A. told B. paid C. wanted D. chosen
22. A. sad B. worried C. surprised D. happy
23. A. before B. since C. after D. ago
24. A. pick B. dress C. bring D. give
25. A. took B. gave C. loved D. lost
26. A. good B. clean C. bad D. nice
27. A. behind B. among C. before D. between
28. A. climb B. lift C. move D. jump
29. A. saw B. heard C. made D. thought
30. A. angry B. sad C. unhappy D. afraid
21—25 CDABA 26—30 CDABD
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