Poor Martin lost his work and
was trying to find a job. One day he read in the newspaper that a man was 1 to work in a zoo. He was very 2 and went to the boss who told him that their
monkey had just died and it would be two months 3 they could get another one, so they wanted
him to take the monkey’s place.?
As soon as he heard this,
Martin got angry and shouted， “You want me to take the
place of a monkey! Take this place yourself. You look more like a monkey than I
do.” “Don’t expect it like that,” said the boss, “I know you don’t like a
monkey, but we’ll 4 you up.” Martin thought about it for a while. Though he didn’t like
the idea, he had to make a living after all. So he 5 the job in the end.?
The next day Martin started to
work. It wasn’t so 6 .The only thing he didn’t
like was the tiger in the cage next to him. But , as there were strong bars(铁栏杆) 7
them, he soon got used
to (习惯)his neighbor.?
One afternoon he climbed up to
the top of the bars. Suddenly he missed his footing and fell not on his own
side of the bars, but into the tiger’s cage. That great animal was asleep at
the time, but the noise of Martin’s fall woke him up. Martin had to 8 the bars again quickly to get back into his own cage. He
tried to get up, but he had hurt his feet so badly that he couldn’t move. He
hid(藏)his face in his hands so as
not to see the tiger coming. The next few seconds seemed like hours. Then he 9 the tiger whispering(低语)in
his ear. “ Don’t be 10 , old man. I’m in the same boat as you.” ?
1. A. told
B. paid C.
wanted
D. chosen?
2. A. sad
B. worried C. surprised D.
glad?
3. A. before B.
since C
.after
D. ago?
4. A. pick B.
dress
C. bring
D. give?
5. A. took B.
gave
C. loved
D. lost?
6. A. good B.
clean
C. bad
D. nine?
7. A. behind B.
among C. before
D. between?
8. A. climb B.
lift C. move
D. jump?
9. A. saw
B. heard
C. made
D. thought?
10. A. angry B. sad
C. unhappy D. afraid
