Ashley Smith is a 26-year-old single mother with a daughter. She was moving into her house in Atlanta, Georgia early on the morning of March 12, when a man ___(1)___ her to her door, and put a gun（枪）to her side.

　　“I started walking to my door, and I felt really, really ___(2)___,”she said in a TV interview（采访）last week.

　　The man was Brian Nichols, 33 years old. He ___(3)___ at an Atlanta courthouse（法院）on March 11. The police were ___(4)___ him.

　　Nichols tied Smith up with a rope, but set her free after she begged him not to take her ___(5)___ again and again.“I told him ___(6)___ he hurt me, my little girl wouldn't have a mummy,”she said with tears.

　　“I just talked to him and tried to ___(7)___ believe me,”Smith said.

　　She asked Nichols ___(8)___ he chose her.“He said he thought I was an angel ___(9)___ from God, and God asked him to do so.”

　　Smith even ___(10)___ for the man before he allowed her to leave. Nichols was ___(11)___ when she made him breakfast and that the two of them watched TV, seeing ___(12)___ looking for him.“I cannot ___(13)___ that's me on the TV!”Nichols told the woman.

　　Then, Nichols asked Smith what she thought he ___(14)___ do. She said,“I think you should turn yourself in. If you don't, lots of more people are going to get ___(15)___.”

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 like a monkey, but we’ll   4     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    5    the job in the end.?

The next day Martin started to work. It wasn’t so   6    .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)   7     them, he soon got used to (习惯)his neighbor.?

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   8     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(藏)his face in his hands so as not to see the tiger coming. The next few seconds seemed like hours. Then he    9     the tiger whispering(低语)in his ear. “ Don’t be    10    , old man. I’m in the same boat as you.”  ?

1. A. told　　　　    B. paid　　　　   C. wanted　　　　    D. chosen?

2. A. sad　　　　    B. worried　　　　 C. surprised　　　　   D. glad?

3. A. before　　　　  B. since　　　　   C .after　　　　　　  D. ago?

4. A. pick　　　　   B. dress　　　　    C. bring　　　　　　  D. give?

5. A. took　　　　   B. gave　　　　    C. loved　　　　　　 D. lost?

6. A. good　　　　   B. clean　　　　    C. bad　　　　　　   D. nine?

7. A. behind　　　　  B. among　　　　  C. before　　　　    D. between?

8. A. climb　　　　   B. lift　　　　 　　C. move　　　　　　 D. jump?

9. A. saw　　　　    B. heard　　　　    C. made　　　　    D. thought?

10. A. angry　　　　  B. sad　　　　　　 C. unhappy　　　　  D. afraid