Question

A wealthy old lady decides to travel to Africa, taking her faithful old dog Cuddles along for company. One day, the dog starts chasing butterflies and before long, Cuddles discovers that he’s______. Wandering about, he notices a______heading in his direction with the intention of eating him for lunch. The old dog thinks, “Oh, oh! I’m in deep______now!” Noticing some bones on the ground close by, he______settles down to chew on the bones with his back to the______leopard.

Just as the leopard is about to______, the old dog exclaims loudly, “Boy, that was one delicious leopard! I______if there are any more around here?” Hearing this, the young leopard stops his attack in mid-strike, a look of______comes over him and he runs back into the trees. “Whew!”, says the leopard, “That was close! That dog nearly______me!”

Meanwhile, a monkey who had been______the whole scene from a nearby tree decides that he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for______from the leopard. So off he goes … but the old dog sees him______the leopard and figures that something must be up. The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, and explains that the dog is______and strikes a deal with the leopard.

The young leopard is angry about being______and says, “Here, monkey, jump on my back and see what’s going to happen to that______dog!”

The old dog sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his back and thinks, “What am I going to do now?” But instead of______, the dog sits down with his back to his attackers,_____he hasn’t seen them yet, and just when they get close enough to______, the old dog says: “Where’s that darn monkey? I______him off an hour ago to bring me another leopard!”

Life is not about holding all the good cards, but in______those that you hold well.

1.A. hungry    B. lost    C. tired    D. bored

2.A. hunter    B. traveler    C. leopard    D. monkey

3.A. trouble    B. sorrow    C. fear    D. regret

4.A. suddenly    B. certainly    C. excitedly    D. immediately

5.A. approaching    B. waiting    C. passing    D. wandering

6.A. move    B. leave    C. eat    D. attack

7.A. doubt    B. question    C. wonder    D. guess

8.A. confusion    B. terror    C. shock    D. anger

9.A. defeated    B. murdered    C. had    D. disturbed

10.A. reporting    B. performing    C. watching    D. judging

11.A. shelter    B. protection    C. food    D. service

12.A. looking for    B. heading after    C. staring at    D. escaping from

13.A. harmless    B. dangerous    C. stupid    D. intelligent

14.A. doubted    B. underrated    C. hurt    D. fooled

15.A. wise    B. strong    C. pitiful    D. bad

16.A. running    B. explaining    C. standing    D. trembling

17.A. realizing    B. pretending    C. wishing    D. expecting

18.A. hear    B. observe    C. touch    D. fight

19.A. dropped    B. put    C. sent    D. saw

20.A. accepting    B. keeping    C. learning    D. playing

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.D

7.C

8.B

9.C

10.C

11.B

12.B

13.A

14.D

15.D

16.A

17.B

18.A

19.C

20.D

【解析】

本文是一则寓言。本文通过讲述一只聪明的狗两次脱离险境，在遇到猴子陷害后，依然能够运用智慧，转危为安的故事。这个故事说明了这样一个道理：在生活中，人们不总是拥有一手好牌，而在于玩牌的人如何去打好这副牌。

1.考查形容词。由Wandering about可知Cuddles发现自己迷路了。hungry饥饿的，lost 迷路，tired 疲倦的， bored无聊的，所以选B。

2.考查名词。由he____4____settles down to chew on the bones with his back to the____5____leopard.可知它注意到了一只豹子正朝它的方向行进。hunter猎人， traveler 旅行者， leopard豹，monkey猴子，所以选C。

3.考查名词。由he notices a ___2___heading in his direction with the intention of eating him for lunch.可知这只狗遇到了大麻烦了。trouble麻烦，sorrow悲伤，fear 害怕， regret后悔，所以选A。

4.考查副词。它立即安定下来，背对着逐渐靠近地豹子，专心地咀嚼骨头。suddenly突然地， certainly当然，excitedly兴奋地，immediately立即，所以选D。

5.考查现在分词。它立即安定下来，背对着逐渐靠近地豹子，专心地咀嚼骨头。approaching 接近，waiting 等待， passing 经过的，wandering徘徊，所以选A。

6.考查名词。由Hearing this, the young leopard stops his attack in mid-strike,可知正当豹子准备攻击时，这只狗大喊。move移动，leave离开，eat 吃，attack攻击，所以选D。

7.考查动词。我想知道附近还有其他的豹子吗？doubt 怀疑， question 问题，wonder 想知道，guess猜测，所以选C。

8.考查名词。由he runs back into the trees.可知一种恐怖感扑面而来。confusion混乱，terror 恐怖，shock震惊， anger愤怒，所以选B

9.考查动词。那只狗差点儿吃了我。defeated打败，murdered谋杀，had吃， disturbed干扰，所以选C。

10.考查动词。在附近一棵树上看到全部场景的一只猴子决定把学到的知识充分利用，并以此和豹子做交易，用来保护自己免于受到豹子的侵袭。reporting 报告， performing 表演， watching 观看，judging判断，所以选C。

11.考查名词。在附近一棵树上看到全部场景的一只猴子决定把学到的知识充分利用，并以此和豹子做交易，用来保护自己免于受到豹子的侵袭。shelter庇护，protection 保护，food食物，service服务，所以选B。

12.考查动词短语。由The monkey soon catches up with the leopard,可知这只狗看到这个猴子追赶猎豹。looking for寻找， heading after 追赶，staring at 凝视，escaping from逃跑，所以选B。

13.考查形容词。这只猴子很快追上了猎豹，并且向它解释说，这只狗无害，并且自己想和豹子做个交易。harmless 无害的， dangerous 危险的，stupid 愚蠢的， intelligent聪明的，所以选A。

14.考查动词。这个年轻的豹子很生气被愚弄。doubted怀疑， underrated低估， hurt伤害，fooled愚弄，所以选D。

15.考查形容词。豹子说：“猴子，跳到我的背上，看我怎样收拾那只坏狗。” wise聪明的，strong 强壮的，pitiful 可怜的， bad坏的，所以选D。

16.考查动词。但是这只狗没有逃跑，而是坐下来，背对着攻击者，假装它没有看到它们。running 跑，explaining 解释，standing 站立， trembling颤抖，所以选A。

17.考查动词。但是这只狗没有逃跑，而是坐下来，背对着攻击者，假装它没有看到它们。realizing意识到， pretending 假装，wishing 愿望，expecting所以选B。

18.考查动词。在它们靠得足够近的时候，听到这只狗说：“那只该死的猴子去了哪里？一个小时之前，我把它送出去，让它给我带另外一只豹子回来。” hear听到，observe观察，touch 接触，fight打架，所以选A。

19.考查动词。在它们靠得足够近的时候，听到这只狗说：“那只该死的猴子去了哪里？一个小时之前，我把它送出去，让它给我带另外一只豹子回来。” dropped下降， put 放，sent 送， saw看到，所以选C。

20.考查动词。生活不总是拥有一手好牌，而在于玩牌的人如何去打好这副牌。accepting 接受， keeping保持，learning 学习，playing玩耍，所以选D。