题目内容
lion
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Besides electricity, a lion fears water the most and a rainstorm with thunder and lightning brings both. For that reason I always have a written 1 that frees me from 2 when it’s raining.
For two days it was raining without stopping. By the third night, it wasn’t raining at all. I gave the sign to the announcer, and the band began playing my music.
The animals went through their tricks, but they were far from being 3 about the wetness.
And so we came to the head-in-mouth 4 . When I pulled Leo’s mouth open, raising his face and nose to the 5 , I noticed that the muscles of his jaws were tense. Then, as I put my head in, a rain began pouring down. I felt Leo become 6 all over.
My head was in now. I counted to ten and then gave him the tap on jaw 7 to let me go. But this time 8 happened.
I 9 again on his jaw. Leo's mouth was like a steel trap(夹子). I heard 10 men trying to get Leo’s 11. But already, with my face 12 in the back of his mouth, I was finding it 13 to breathe. I knew what had happened: with the rain beating on his face, Leo had 14 me. I heard the gunfire again...
I awoke with an oxygen mask (氧气罩) 15 my face, and a doctor was working over me. “You’re lucky,”said the doctor,“as soon as you went faint (晕倒), the lion 16 you. For nearly three minutes you had no heart-beat !”
By then it had stopped raining. I called Leo back and 17 his jaw.“Don't be a fool!”the doctor said, 18 I put my head in and counted to ten. Then I gave Leo the tap on jaw, and he obeyed immediately.
Yet, when I tried the trick again the next time, Leo 19 . I believed he was unwilling to 20 me a second time. I never did the trick again.
1. A. suggestion B. notice C. agreement D. decision
2. A. performing B. trying C. acting D. training
3. A. happy B. sad C. sorry D. anxious
4. A. joke B. trick C. play D. attempt
5. A. sky B. earth C. cage D. ceiling
6. A. angry B. excited C. tense D. frightened
7. A. mark B. sign C. order D. information
8. A. something B. it C. everything D. nothing
9. A. hit B. beat C. pulled D. tapped
10. A. shouts B. cheers C. gunfire D. drum
11. A. silence B. control C. attention D. death
12. A. buried B. hidden C. put D. sunk
13. A. easy B. hard C. possible D. necessary
14. A. forgotten B. caught C. bitten D. killed
15.A. in B. above C. below D. over
16.A. kept B. dropped C. fell D. bit
17. A. opened B. tapped C. struck D. examined
18.A. and B. so C. but D. or
19. A. obeyed B. refused C. agreed D. regretted
20. A. hurt B. kill C. damage D. fool
&nb &sp; 14. A. forgotten B. caught C. bitten D. killed
Two friends visited the zoo together. The zoo was very large and it was 1 to go everywhere. They had to decide where and which animal to visit as their time was 2 . So both of them agreed not to 3 after choosing a 4 at every fork (岔路口).
A road sign at the first fork 5 one way to the lion quarters and the other to the tiger hill. They decided on the 6 after a 7 discussion because lions were “the king of the grassland”. The second showed a division (路口) going separately to the panda and peacock. They 8 panda as it was the nation’s treasure and went its way. Thus they made choices all along the way and each choice meant 9 what they couldn’t help regretting. But they had to make it, and 10 , for it brooked (容忍) no delay. If they hesitated (犹豫不决) they would miss 11 . Only 12 decision could offer more chances for sightseeing and 13 possible regret.
Life is 14 like this—choices often occur that one has to make, for example, between two 15 jobs, two fascinating wooers (追求者). To get one you 16 give up the other—you can get half of it. If you 17 weighing the pros and cons and calculating gains and losses, you will most likely 18 empty-handedness. Don’t be sad about it. 19 you have got half of the desirable things in life—something that is 20 to come by.
1. A. easy B. eager C. impossible D. possible
2. A. enough B. limited C. tight D. plentiful
3. A. retrace B. come C. go D. go back
4. A. main road B. branch C. crossing D. highway
5. A. showed B. pointed C. intended D. made
6. A. former B. later C. last D. the third
7. A. brief B. long C. no D. heated
8. A. hoped B. wanted C. favored D. got
9. A. getting B. taking C. grasping D. giving up
10. A. slowly B. immediately C. timely D. easily
11. A. less B. more C. most D. least
12. A. high B. slow C. short D. rapid
13. A. increase B. rid C. reduce D. raise
14. A. just exactly B. more or less C. hardly D. most
15. A. unwanted B. rejected C. enjoyable D. desirable
16. A. wish B. want C. must D. have to
17. A. spend time B. kill time C. have a hard time D. hope for
18. A. start with B. get up C. succeed in D. end up in
19. A. By no means B. Not in the least C. At most D. At least
20. A. stupid B. delighted C. hard D. supported
One day, Raul was miles away from the small ranch（牧场）house in a large valley. 36 seemed to be all right, yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy. The wind had picked up, and angry, dark clouds 37 across the sky. He could smell the rain coming. And it did. 38 , the lightning flashed through the clouds, nearly 39 Raul. The thunder（雷声）was so loud that he buried his 40 in his hands and rubbed his eyes. Then he heard it. Hoofbeats（蹄声）. He 41 . There before him stood a tall, white 42 . An old man stared down at him from its back.
“Wh-wh-who are y-y-you?” asked Raul. “My name is Gray Cloud,” the old man answered 43 . “Come with me.”
Raul followed on his horse. A 44 feeling came over him. All 45 them the rain was pouring down, 46 not a drop fell on them. They seemed to be 47 back toward Raul’s home. Raul lost track of time. Then all at once he found 48 at the ranch gate. The old man turned his horse, 49 his hand, and smiled. Lightning flashed again. The old man and his horse were 50 .
Raul’s father ran out across the yard to 51 him. “We have been 52 about you. Are you okay? Hurry. Let’s get in out of the 53 .”
“Wait”, said Raul. “Have you ever heard of an old man called Gray Cloud?”
“Can’t say I…wait. I 54 my great-grandfather used to tell stories about a man called Gray Cloud. He died a long time ago. They say he was 55 by lightning during a terrible thunderstorm. Why do you ask?”
36．A．Something B．Everything C．Anything D．Nothing
37．A．dropped B．fell C．rolled D．covered
38．A． Suddenly B．Strongly C．Quickly D．Hardly
39．A．beating B．blinding C．burning D．touching
40．A．nose B．hair C．neck D．head
41．A．looked up B．woke up C．lay down D．sat down
42．A．tiger B．horse C．lion D．elephant
43．A．lazily B．angrily C．coldly D．slowly
44．A．natural B．common C．strange D．bad
45．A．around B．beside C．through D．above
46．A．yet B．for C．so D．or
47．A．walking B．leading C．heading D．returning
48．A．them B．themselves C．him D．himself
49．A．shook B．waved C．held D．took
50．A．gone B．left C．followed D．lost
51．A．see B．meet C．beat D．ask
52．A．waited B．thought C．worried D．excited
53．A．yard B．wind C．grass D．rain
54．A．believe B．consider C．doubt D．forget
55．A．defeated B．caught C．damaged D．struck
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