Question

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

 

Answer 1

答案：C;A;A;B;A;C;B;D;D;C;C;A;B;A;D;B;A;C;B;A
提示：

1. 首先通读一遍全文，联系下文可知选C。written agreement书面协议。 2. perform表演。 3. but表示转折关系，所以这里应该选择A，高兴。 4. 从上文The animals went through their tricks可知。 5. 朝天上。 6. 联系I noticed that the muscles of his jaws were tense.可知。 7. 表示，标志。 8. 什么都没有发生，表示狮子没有反应。 9. 联系上句，选择tap. 10. 联系本段结尾处I heard the gunfire again...可知。 11.吸引Leo的注意力。 12. buried表示埋藏在。 13. 我发现呼吸很困难。 14. Leo忘记了我。 15. 罩在我的脸上。 16. 最合适的选项是B。 17. 打开。 18. 表示转折，没有听取医生的警告。 19. 应是拒绝了。 20. 它不愿意再一次伤害我。