Once upon a time, there was a big lion who lived in a zoo. One day, he was very hungry. When Bill, the keeper, gave him his dinner, he ate it up quickly. Quite by mistake he ate up the keeper, too.When it was time for lunch, Bill did not show up. So the other keepers sat down to eat, still wondering why young Bill was not there.
Suddenly there came a loud sound from the Lion House. They went to see what was the matter. There they found the big lion lying on the ground looking very big and fat and not at all happy. The keepers looked at one another and all of them said at once, “Of course! The big lion has swallowed (吞下)poor Bill. They got a bottle of brown medicine. Then they put the big lion to sleep for the operation. They cut up the front of his belly(肚子).Out jumped Bill, looking quite all right.
They sewed(缝) the big lion up. When the lion woke up, he felt well again.
1.Why did the lion swallow Bill?
A. Because he was too hungry. B. By mistake.
C. Because Bill made him wait too long D. Because he was very angry.
2.When did the others find Bill’s absence(不见了)？
A. As soon as he was swallowed. B. At lunch time
C. At supper time D. After the lion took his medicine
3.Who found the accident？
A. The visitors B. A man C. A woman D. Bill’s companions.（同事）
4.How did the people help Bill out ?
A. They made the lion take some medicine B. They killed the lion
C. They cut up the front of his belly D. Both A and C.
5.When Bill was out, he ________.
A. was found dead B. was badly injured(受伤) C. was found half dead D. was all right
Ashley Smith is a 26-year-old single mother with a daughter. She was moving into her house in Atlanta, Georgia early on the morning of March 12, when a man _____ her to her door, and put a gun(枪) to her side. “I started walking to my door, and I felt really, really _______ ,”she said in a TV interview last week. The man was Brian Nichols, 33 years old. He _______at an Atlanta courthouse on March 11.The police were __________him. Nichols tied Smith up with tape, but set her free after she begged him not to take her ______ again and again. “I told him ______ he hurt me, my little girl wouldn’t have a mummy,” she said with tears. “I just talked to him and tried to ______ believe me,” Smith said. She asked Nichols ________ he chose her. “He said he thought I was an angel ______ from God, and God asked him to do so.” Smith even ______ for the man before he allowed her to leave. Nichols was _____ when she made him breakfast and that the two of them watched TV, seeing ________ looking for him. “I cannot _______that’s me on the TV!” Nichols told the woman. Then, Nichols asked Smith what she thought he ________ do. She said, “I think you should turn yourself in. If you don’t, lots more people are going to get _______.” Finally, he let her go. Then she called the police.
1.A. took B. followed C. found D. noticed
2.A. sad B. angry C. frightened D. amazed
3.A. slept B. lost a car C. caught a thief D. killed three people
4.A. waiting for B. thinking of C. looking at D. searching for
5.A. money B. life C. daughter D. clothes
6.A. if B. unless C. that D. when
7.A. make him B. help him C. ask him to D. tell him to
8.A. how B. why C. when D. where
9.A. sent B. taken C. given D. come
10.A. cooked dinner B. made tea C. made cakes D. cooked breakfast
11.A. surprised B. excited C. afraid D. unhappy
12.A. his family B. his friends C. the pllice D. the little girl
13.A. understand B. believe C. say D. expect
14.A. might B. could C. should D. was able to
15.A. tired B. hurt C. caught D. worried
All the drivers drive carefully to prevent the traffic accident .
A. happen B. to happen
C. from being happened D. from happening
There too much work to do next Sunday.
A. seems to have B. seems C. seems as if D. seems to be
She was so angry at _____ he was doing _____she walked out without a word.
A. what, that B. that, what
C. that, that D. what, what
He ate________ this morning, so he was ________ full.
A. too much; too much B. much too; much too
C. too much; much too D. much too; too much
