A large cat arrived at a farm where many mice lived. None of them dared go outside for fear of being ____by the cat.
The mice decided to hold a ____ to find a way of stopping themselves from being in____.One day,when the cat was out,mice of all ages____into the meeting room.
“Let’s build a big trap,”one mouse____.When this idea was____,another said,“What about poisoning(毒死)her?”But ____knew where to buy the poison. One young mouse,whose mother had become the cat’s food,____said,“Let’s cut her teeth,so she can do no more harm.” But the meeting did not accept his____.
At last,one mouse,____than the rest,jumped onto a table. Waving a bell,he called for____,“Be quiet!We’ll tie this bell to the cat’s tail,so we’ll always know___ she is!We’ll have____ to escape,and the slower and weaker mice will hear her coming and be able to____!”Hearing the words,everyone got____ and they congratulated him on his good idea.“We’ll tie it so tightly(紧紧地)that it will never___!”
“She’ll never be able to walk____ again!Why,the other day,she suddenly appeared right in front of me!Just imagine...”
However,the wise mouse said,“We must____who is going to tie it on her tail.” There was not a sound in the room. Nobody was___ enough to put the plan into action. The meeting ended without any decision being made.
It’s often very____to have bright ideas,but putting them into practice is a more difficult matter.
1.A. trained B.taught C.caught D.invited
2.A. party B.test C.game D.meeting
3.A. return B.danger C.fact D.need
4.A. rushed B.swam C.flew D.stepped
5.A. questioned B.explained C.suggested D.answered
6.A. supported B.discussed C.accepted D.refused
7.A. everybody B.nobody C.somebody D.anybody
8.A. angrily B.happily C.carefully D.slowly
9.A. present B.reason C.idea D.excuse
10.A. younger B.longer C.stronger D.wiser
11.A. pleasure B.silence C.help D.information
12.A. where B.what C.how D.who
13.A. experience B.power C.time D.space
14.A. shout B.watch C.stay D.hide
15.A. worried B.excited C.surprised D.tired
16.A. drop off B.turn up C.get up D.put off
17.A. gladly B.quickly C.quietly D.directly
18.A. believe B.learn C.imagine D.decide
19.A. honest B.brave C.rich D.old
20.A. easy B.difficult C.strange D.important
Tonny’s parents thought he was at school, but ________ he was in a net bar.
A. actually B. especially
C. hopefully D. exactly
My uncle knows several foreign languages, ________ English, French and Japanese.
for example B. for instance
C. such as D. that is
She understood what I was talking about, ________ it was the first time we had spoken together.
A. whether B. even if
C. as if D. Since
As you can see,the number of cars on our roads________ rising these days.
A.was keeping B.keep
C.keeps D.were keeping
Ten minutes later,a bus________ and everybody got on it.
A.came up B.added up
C.looked up D.put up