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.
(
A
)1. A. saw
B. ate
C. heard
D. caught
(
C
)2. A. sometimes
B. always
C. never
D. usually
(
B
)3. A. for
B. with
C. of
D. to
(
C
)4. A. wild
B. zoo
C. hole
D. river
(
A
)5. A. protect
B. kill
C. hurt
D. save
(
C
)6. A. serious
B. dangerous
C. nice
D. bad
(
D
)7. A. Since
B. Before
C. While
D. When
(
B
)8. A. calm
B. sad
C. honest
D. sorry
(
D
)9. A. it
B. him
C. you
D. me
(
B
)10. A. workers
B. neighbours
C. brothers
D. parents
(
B
)11. A. smiled
B. agreed
C. understood
D. ordered
(
D
)12. A. took up
B. took out
C. took off
D. took away
(
B
)13. A. if
B. because
C. before
D. though
(
A
)14. A. where
B. why
C. what
D. how
(
C
)15. A. and
B. or
C. but
D. so