4. A. happy　　　 B. sad　　　 C. sorry　　　　 D. anxious

答案: A　 指导：狮子也不喜欢潮湿。

3. A. making　　　 B. playing　 C. enjoying　　　 D. practicing

答案: B　 指导：开始奏乐。

2. A. performing　 B trying　　 C. acting　　　　 D. training

答案: A　 指导：狮子怕雨，故此下雨天可以不表演。

　　 I awoke with an oxygen mask　 　15　 my face,and a doctor　 was working over me. "You're lucky, "said the doctor, "as soon as you went faint,the lion 　16 　you. For nearly three minutes you had no hearbeat!'

　　 By then it had stopped raining. I called Leo back and　 　17　 his jaw. "Don't be a fool!"the doctor said, but I put my head in and counted to ten. Then I gave Leo the tap on the jaw and he obeyed immediately.

Yet, when I tried the trick again the next time, Leo　 　18　 . I believed he was unwilling to 　19 　me a second time, I 　20　 did the trick a gain.

1. A. suggestion　 B. notice　　 C. agreement　　 D. decision

答案: C　 指导：agreement书面协议；suggesuon为“建议”；notice为“布告，通知”；decision为“决定”。

20. A. couple　 B. sum　　　　 C. system　　 D. succession

答案: D　 指导：D项中succession"连续”，a succession of一系列，一连串；A项中couple"一对，一双”，acouple of几个，一些；B项中sum"总数(和)”，多指钱数，金额，a sum of money一笔钱；C项中system"系统”，asystem of一套方法(方式)。

Cloze 4

　　　 Besides electricity,a lion fears water the most and a rain storm with thunder and lightening that 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 began 　3 　my music.

　　 The animal went through their tricks, but they were far from being 　4　 about the wetness.

　　 And so we came to the head-in-mouth 　　5 　. When I pulled Leo's mouth open, raising his face and nose to the 　6　 , 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 be- came 　7　 all over.

　　 My bead was in now, I counted to ten and then gave him the tap-on-jaw　 8　 to let me go. But this time nothing happened.

19. A. lighted　 B. lightened　 C. lighting　 D. lightning

答案: A　 指导：火炬应是被点燃。light作动词表示“点燃”。

18. A. at 　　　B. with　　　 C. on　　　　 D. from

答案: B　 指导：startwith指“由……开始”。

17. A. fighting B. comparing　 C. competing D. composing

答案: C　 指导：表示竞争的国家，而不是战斗的国家。fighting战斗的；comparing比较的；composmg组成的，构成的，都不符合题意。

16. A. offersB. gives　　 C. awards　　　　 D. provides

答案: D　 指导：provide提供；offer(主动)给予；give送给；award授予。

15. A. in　　　 B. by　　 C. for　　　　　 D. at

答案: A　 指导：inturn表示轮流。其余的选项都不能与turn构成正确搭配。