四、完形填空
One sunny day in the animal kingdom, the lion, the king of the forest, was quite hungry. He wanted to kill all his assistants (助手) and eat them. He called up all of them and said, "My assistants, today I want to see whether you are loyal (忠誠的) to me. Here is a 1."
Then the lion opened his mouth and wanted the bear to tell him how it 2. The bear was 3, so he said, "It is bad."
The lion shouted, "What? 4 can you complain (抱怨) about me?" So he killed the bear.
Then the lion asked the monkey the same question. The monkey thought the only way to stay 5 was to praise (贊揚) the lion. He said, "It smells like 6."
"You are 7!" said the lion angrily. "Who doesn't know that my mouth smells bad? Why did you do this?" The lion also killed the monkey.
At last, it was the rabbit's 8. The lion talked to the rabbit. "My dear rabbit, how does my mouth smell?"
The rabbit answered, "I'm really sorry. I am sick today. I have caught a bad cold and I can smell 9. May I go back and have a rest first? If I get 10, I will come and tell you about the smell." The lion had no choice but to let the rabbit go home.
( ) 1. A. test
B. problem
C. truth
D. joke
( ) 2. A. tasted
B. felt
C. smelled
D. looked
( ) 3. A. humorous
B. creative
C. scared
D. honest
( ) 4. A. What
B. How
C. Why
D. What
( ) 5. A. alive
B. active
C. awake
D. afraid
( ) 6. A. secrets
B. animals
C. waterfalls
D. flowers
( ) 7. A. laughing
B. lying
C. relaxing
D. leaving
( ) 8. A. chance
B. power
C. trick
D. turn
( ) 9. A. anything
B. nothing
C. everything
D. something
( ) 10. A. worse
B. worst
C. better
D. best