Once a great lion was sleeping in a forest (森林). A little mouse happened to come and ran over his face. The lion woke up and caught the little mouse very angrily. He was going to eat her. “Oh, dear kind lion!” said the little mouse. “Please forgive (原谅) me. I didn't mean to do you any harm (伤害). Let me go, I shall pay back your kindness and help you.”
“Ha, ha, ha,” laughed the lion, “How can a little thing like you help a great lion? But I’m not hungry now, you can go.” “Thank you very much, kind lion! I hope I shall be able to help you some day.” said the little mouse.
Some time after this, the lion was caught in a trap. Just then the little mouse came along and heard “help” from the lion. She began to look for the lion and found him, she ran down to the lion, and said, “You were very kind to me once. Now I'll save your life and repay you the kindness which you showed me the other day.” Soon she cut the ropes (绳子) of the trap with her sharp teeth, and the lion was happy to be free again.
“Thank you, little mouse!” said the lion, and then they walked away happily.
【小题1】What was the lion doing before he caught the mouse?

Once(曾经) there lived a lion in the big mountain．He was very big and strong．He often ate the other animals．Every day he went out to look for food．The small animals in the mountain were all afraid of him．Near the mountain there were four bulls(公牛)．They are friends, and they often worked and played together．The tiger tried（尝试） many times to catch（捕捉）them, but he could not do so．Every time he came near, the four bulls stood together to fight(战斗力) him．So he could do nothing to them．

One day, the four bulls had a quarrel(争吵)．After that each of them went his own way．When the lion saw this,  he was happy．He caught one bull and ate him up（吃光）．Then he caught another．One by one (一个接一个地)he caught all the four bulls and ate them up．

1.How many bulls were there in the story?  _______

2.Why were the animals afraid of the lion?  Because the lion ______.

3.Why didn’t the lion eat the bulls at first?

4.The four bulls went their own way because______.

5.The lion ________at last (最终).

完形填空（15分）

Some people think that all wild animals are dangerous. But in fact, very few of them will   1   a man if he leaves them alone. If you meet a lion or an elephant, I guess you will   2 ; but even a lion will avoid(躲避)a man if it is not very   3 . Lions and tigers only kill and eat men when they have grown too old and too weak to catch their usual   4  , such as deer and  5   small animals. If you see a wild elephant, perhaps you will be  　6  . However, elephants usually run away at once if you don’t attack them. Some animals get very frightened if they only smell a man, some stand and look at him for a moment   7  they run away, some take no notice at all but walk away  8  in another direction. Wild animals only attack   9  when they are afraid that people want to harm(伤害) their   10 , or when the hunters shoot at them and make them angry.

1.                A．bite           B．attack          C．protect   D．hide

2.                A．come nearer     B．break down      C．stay alive  D．run away

3.                A．thirsty          B．excited         C．tired D．hungry

4.                A．food           B．fish            C．things    D．drinks

5.                A．others         B．other          C．another  D．any

6.                A．excited         B．pleased         C．frightened D．angry

7.                A．before         B．after           C．as soon as D．while

8.                A．luckily          B．noisily          C．quietly   D．loudly

9.                A．dogs           B．people         C．children  D．other

10.               A．neighbours      B．friends         C．young babies   D．parents