Our water supply has been ______ because they are repairing one of the main pipes.

I was        in the middle of my call because I had no more coins to put in the box.

He was in hospital for 6 months. He felt as if he was ______ from the outside world.

A snake handler who cheated death after being badly bitten by a snake is now teaching Australians how to   36  in the case．Neville-Burns has been bitten twelve times during his long work with snakes, and uses all his   37   to give lectures to people at risk of meeting a snake  38  .

Australia is home to most of the world's most deadly snakes．So Neville  39  the people how to deal with such close unexpected meetings．．He sets up an enclosed area, and one by one, brings out four snakes so people can know the   40  of each snake．First out of the bag is a Red Black Snake．He  41  put his finger on it．That's  42  the entire forefinger on his right hand was  43  after he was bitten．But that wasn't his  44  experience．-When he was 18? a Brown Snake he had been holding by the tail  45  and bit him in the face．He was rushed to  46  and he was saved from death．

He says a Cobra Snake is perhaps very  47 but not the most venomous（有毒的）． A black Manba Snake, one of the most   48  , is the longest venomous snake in the world．A Brown Snake is the final  49 at Neville's show．It is one of the most common snakes in Australia, and is the second most venomous in the world．Several times during the  50  it bits the bag; which Neville  51  in front of it．

Neville's advice is to stay   52  if a snake is nearby, as most will only   53  if they feel threatened．He tells people to be  54  but not to pick one 'up by the tail．He then does exactly that as part of his show．He also says he   55  believes in the old saying "once bitten, twice shy"．

1..．A．survive     B．move                 C．train            D．meet

2..A．money        B．condition             C．experience       D．time

3..．A．luckily  B．unexpectedly            C．attentively     D．finally

4..．A．asks       B．persuades             C．teaches         D．permits

5..．A．skills   B．characteristics  C．weight                  D．length

6..．A．needn't    B．shouldn't             C．daren't          D．wouldn't

7..．A．how        B．whether               C．when             D．because

8..．A．cut off    B．got down              C．put away         D．handed out

9..．A．best       B．greatest      C．worst                    D．happiest

10..．A．turned     B．smelt         C．woke                    D．fled

11..．A．office     B．hospital             C．school           D．house

12..．A．safe       B．puzzled              C．gentle           D．dangerous

13..．A．deadly     B．friendly      C．careful                 D．ashamed

14..．A．visitor    B．guest                C．listener         D．cook

15..．A．report     B．show                 C．conversation     D．week

16..．A．owns       B．carries              C．waves           D．needs

17..．A．noisy      B．excited       C．warm                    D．still

18..．A．disappear    B．attack             C．flee            D．play

19..．A．brave       B．kind         C．distant                 D．good

20..A．usually      B．always               C．never            D．sometimes

Pay your gas bill as soon as possible, or the gas will be ______.