I was very fond of hunting when I was a young man. In the autumn of 1915, I was __16__ in the northwest of India. One evening, after hunting in the forest all __17__， I was returning alone to the place where I had __18__ up my tent. I was tired __19__ hungry. It was getting __20__ and darker, and I was walking slowly __21__ a narrow path. On my right was a wide river; on my left, a __22__， dark forest. All of a __23__ I saw two green eyes looking at me from among the trees. I knew it __24__ be a man-eating tiger. The tiger was getting ready to __25__ on me.
My heart __26__. What could I do? Should I jump __27__ the river and hope to save my life __28__ swimming? I looked to the __29__. In the river there was a __30__ crocodile waiting to welcome me with its mouth __31__ open. I was so  __32__ that I shut my eyes. And I thought it would be the end of my __33__. I heard branches moving __34__ the tiger roared (咆哮) and jumped. __35__ then I opened my eyes. What do you think had happened? The tiger had jumped right over me and now in the jaws (嘴) of the crocodile.

【小题12】

A．across B．over C．into D．from

Once upon a time, there lived many doves in the jungle. One day they went out in search of food. They flew long distances   41  did not get anything to eat. All of them were now completely   42.

A young dove asked the King Dove, “Your Majesty, please   43  us to take some rest.” The king replied, “Be  44 , my dear young fellow. We shall   45  get something to eat very soon.”

The young dove started flapping his wings with   46  and soon left everyone else behind. After some time, he   47  and spoke to others,  “Hey, I see lots of   48 down there.”

Hearing this, all the doves started   49  the scattered grains under a banyan tree.  50   the King Dove said, “It is too good to be true. There is something wrong. Don’t rush towards the grains. It may be a 51 .Some hunter must have laid a trap.”

But the doves were extremely hungry. The   52  of the grains was too tempting (诱惑人的). Without giving a(n)   53  to the king’s advice, they swooped down and started eating the grains. After having a big   54  , they tried to fly away only to   55  that they were caught in a net.

The King Dove said, “I told you before that it is a trick of some hunter.”

All of them felt ashamed and   56  . One of them said to the King Dove, “Oh, Your Majesty, please save us.”

So the King Dove said, “All of you must try to fly with the   57  at the same time and in the same   58, all of you.”

Just then they saw a(n)   59  show up. The King Dove said, “Now all of you, fly together.”

So all the doves flapped their wings together and flew with the net. The hunter stood dazed. He couldn’t   60  what he had just seen.

1.                A．but            B．and            C．so   D．however

2.                A．excited         B．surprised       C．tired D．embarrassed

3.                A．permit         B．leave           C．let   D．accept

4.                A．happy          B．tough          C．ashamed D．cool

5.                A．slowly          B．perhaps        C．possibly  D．surely

6.                A．surprise        B．pleasure        C．force D．anger

7.                A．turned down    B．turned back     C．held back D．held down

8.                A．persons        B．hunters         C．grains    D．plants

9.                A．rushing towards  B．looking for      C．picking up     D．dropping down

10.               A．Gladly          B．Amazedly       C．Hardly D．Suddenly

11.               A．magic          B．trick           C．dream D．mistake

12.               A．color          B．smell          C．view  D．sight

13.               A．sound          B．thought        C．idea  D．care

14.               A．meeting        B．discussion       C．meal  D．break

15.               A．appreciate      B．realize         C．understand D．concern

16.               A．pleased        B．scared         C．full   D．sick

17.               A．food           B．king           C．net   D．wing

18.               A．way           B．place          C．direction  D．circle

19.               A．hunter         B．guide          C．adult D．child

20.               A．believe         B．remember      C．tell   D．catch

One afternoon, I joined Charity Focus Folks to distribute food to homeless people. We went around a few streets in Manhattan. I was travelling back to India the next day.   16  , I took part in this activity in the afternoon. We  17  at a coffee shop with lots of   18  packed properly for distributing.
The first person we offered food cried. This was a (n)   19  moment for all of us and really   20  me. After this the food was distributed   21  with a crowd surrounding us. Our activity was over by 5:00 pm and we started back to our homes.
However, I was still feeling the need to do   22  . So I decided to buy dinner   23  myself but give it to someone more needy and   24  my dinner for the day. This was an inspiration I never had before. But somehow it  25  me.
There weren’t any beggars around for the next three or four blocks and I was   26  who I would give the food to. I found one but he   27  to take food as he needed only money. I found another person, but he went away   28   I could approach him.
But I had a feeling that   29  would come. Then I found one old lady sitting on one corner of the road. I asked her if she would like to eat something and she   30  . I purchased a large cheese pizza and cakes at a nearby supermarket and gave the entire   31  to her. The lady looked excited, opened the package and began eating at once with great   32  .
As I walked home, I felt a surge (澎湃) of   33  I had never experienced before. I didn’t feel  34  though I hadn’t eaten much the whole day. This was a unique, deep feeling, and I felt a little inspired. What I got was much more than what I   35  .

Maureen stood by the lake. Suddenly the children came running through the trees with sharp cries of ___1___. They rushed up to the ___2___, leaning over the clear water, watching the crowds of tiny fish. Some children demanded loudly to go to the boats, but ___3___ those who had been left behind at the ice-cream stall(小摊) came running up to make some announcement or other, and they all ___4___ the water and dashed back the ___5___ they had come. With growing excitement, Maureen ___6___ them.

When she ___7___ what had been running for, she stopped running. They were ___8___ things again. The toy stall was ___9___ and they were crowded around it. Behind the ___10___ a calm middle-aged woman was selling a great variety of small rubbish. She took ___11___ from the forest of small hands in exchanging for little boats, plastic dolls, yellow pencils, anything. Maureen leaned against a ___12___, looking on. The idea of ___13___ washed against her face like a strong current(流), trying to draw her in.  

Nona Parker pushed out to the edge of the group and ___14___ what she had bought on the ground so that she could see what money she had left in her white purse. Under Maureen’s ___15___ lay a boat, a mouth organ(口琴) and a brown load of bread. Maureen was so full of the ___16___ for the things like that she couldn’t bear to look at it. She turned her ___17___ sharply. Her face was against the tree. She shut her eyes and ___18___ eagerly for some money, for the price of a set toy plates. In a moment, she opened her eyes, ___19___ she didn’t turn back to the stall. It was too ___20___ to see the others buying whatever they wanted. She rubbed almost round the tree, her eyes on the ground.

1. A. fright          B. surprise       C. shout        D. excitement

2. A. space           B. hill          C. lake          D. river

3. A. what’s worse  B. all at once    C. all the time   D. more or less

4. A. left          B. polluted       C. painted     D. entered

5. A. street           B. way         C. boat          D. restaurant

6. A. ran after      B. searched for  C. glared at      D. got rid of

7. A. blamed        B. saw          C. praised      D. helped

8. A. destroying        B. stealing      C. buying      D. eating

9. A. closed         B. tall           C. dull          D. open

10. A. toy                B. stall         C. building       D. mirror

11. A. fish           B. advice         C. money       D. food

12. A. tree           B. wall         C. stall       D. car

13. A. leaving      B. running       C. sleeping           D. spending

14. A. laid           B. let            C. drew         D. tasted

15. A. feet           B. eyes         C. shoulder       D. hands

16. A. edge          B. tiredness      C. wish          D. relation

17. A. friend        B. suggestion          C. way          D. head

18. A. went          B. stood        C. prayed        D. searched

19. A. even if       B. if             C. so          D. but

20. A. painful      B. nervous       C. enjoyful     D. near-sighted