五、完形填空。
Long long ago, there was a big tiger that lived in the wild near a village. He attacked everybody he 1. Some people in the village tried to catch the tiger, but they 2 returned. Because of this, the people dug a big hole in the ground and covered it 3 grass in order to catch the tiger.
One day, a man found the big tiger in the 4. The tiger said to the man, “Help me get out of this hole! I'll never forget you. If you help me, I'll 5 you when you're in the wild.” The man thought it would be 6 to have a tiger look after him. He found a stick on the ground and used it to help the tiger climb out.
7 the tiger got out of the hole, he said to the man, “Thank you for your help, but I have to kill you, because you people made the hole to catch me.” The man was very 8. He said, “Wait a minute, Mr Tiger. You can't kill 9 because I didn't make the hole. Let's ask your 10 to see who is right.”
The tiger 11. First, they went to a bear's house. The bear said to the tiger, “I think you should kill the man. People caught us and put us in the zoo. They 12 our babies too.” Next, they went to see a cow. He also thought that the tiger should kill the man 13 people killed cows for their meat. At last, they went to see a rabbit. The rabbit said, “I have to see what happened first. Mr Tiger, show me 14 you were when you saw the man.” So the tiger went back to the hole and jumped back into it. Then the rabbit said to the man, “You should run now. I know people killed many animals, 15 we should always remember who once helped us.”
The man survived.
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A
)1. A. saw B. ate C. heard D. caught
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C
)2. A. sometimes B. always C. never D. usually
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B
)3. A. for B. with C. of D. to
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C
)4. A. wild B. zoo C. hole D. river
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A
)5. A. protect B. kill C. hurt D. save
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C
)6. A. serious B. dangerous C. nice D. bad
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D
)7. A. Since B. Before C. While D. When
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A
)8. A. calm B. sad C. honest D. sorry
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D
)9. A. it B. him C. you D. me
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B
)10. A. workers B. neighbours C. brothers D. parents
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B
)11. A. smiled B. agreed C. understood D. ordered
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D
)12. A. took up B. took out C. took off D. took away
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B
)13. A. if B. because C. before D. though
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A
)14. A. where B. why C. what D. how
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C
)15. A. and B. or C. but D. so