Besides electricity, a lion fears water the most and a rainstorm with thunder an

Besideselectricity, a lion fears water the most and a rainstorm with thunder andlightning brings both. For that reason I always have a written 1 thatfrees me from 2 when it’s raining.

    For two days it was rainingwithout stopping. By the third night, it wasn’t raining at all. I gave the signto the announcer, and the band began playing my music.

    The animals went throughtheir tricks, but they were far from being 3 about the wetness.

    And so we came to thehead-in-mouth 4 . When I pulled Leo’s mouth open, raising his face andnose to the 5 , 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 become 6 allover.

    My head was in now. Icounted to ten and then gave him the tap on jaw 7 to let me go. But thistime 8 happened.

    I 9 again on hisjaw. Leo's mouth was like a steel trap(夹子). I heard 10 mentrying to get Leo’s 11. But already, with my face 12 in the backof his mouth, I was finding it 13 to breathe. I knew what had happened:with the rain beating on his face, Leo had 14 me. I heard the gunfireagain...

    I awoke with an oxygen mask(氧气罩) 15 my face, and a doctor wasworking over me. “You’re lucky,”said the doctor,“as soon as you went faint (晕倒), the lion 16 you. For nearlythree minutes you had no heart-beat !”

    By then it had stoppedraining. I called Leo back and 17 his jaw.“Don't be a fool!”the doctorsaid, 18 I put my head in and counted to ten. Then I gave Leo the tap onjaw, and he obeyed immediately.

    Yet, when I tried the trickagain the next time, Leo 19 . I believed he was unwilling to 20 mea second time. I never did the trick again.

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

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

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

    4. A. joke   B.trick  C.play  D.attempt

    5. A. sky   B.earth C.cage D.ceiling

    6. A. angry    B.excited  C.tense D.frightened

    7. A. mark B.sign  C.order    D.information

8. A. something     B. it  C.everything D.nothing

    9. A. hit B.beat  C.pulled    D.tapped

    10. A. shouts     B. cheers   C.gunfire  D.drum

    11. A. silence B.control C.attention    D.death

    12. A. buried  B.hidden   C.put   D.sunk

    13. A. easy    B.hard  C.possible D.necessary

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sp;  14. A. forgotten  B. caught   C.bitten    D.killed

    15.A. in B.above    C.below   D.over

    16.A. kept B.dropped C.fell    D.bit

    17. A. opened B.tapped   C.struck   D.examined

    18.A. and B.so C.but   D.or

    19. A. obeyed B.refused  C.agreed   D.regretted

20.A. hurt B.kill    C.damage D.fool

试题答案

答案：C;A;A;B;A;C;B;D;D;C;C;A;B;A;D;B;A;C;B;A