Question

One winter afternoon, a bear met a fox. The fox was carrying a fish. “    nice fish!” said the bear. “How did you catch it on    a cold winter day?” The fox didn’t want the bear to know the truth, so he said, “Go to the pool and cut a hole in the ice. Put your long tail in the pool. Then wait for the fish to bite. If you sit with your tail in the pool for a long time, you will catch a lot of fish. When you think you have caught enough fish,    your tail. Give a quick, strong pull.” “Thank you!” said the bear. “That    a funny way to catch fish, I’ll try.”

At the pool, the bear cut a hole in the ice. He    his tail in the waterhole. Then he waited for the fish. The water grew    . The bear’s tail grew colder, too. Finally he thought he had caught enough fish    supper. He tried to stand up and pull out his tail. The poor bear couldn’t stand up. The water in the pool    into ice. The bear gave a    pull. But only part of his tail came out. The long part was frozen in the ice.

All this happened long ago. But from that winter day, all bears have had very short    .

1.A. HowB. WhatC. How aD. What a

2.A. soB. suchC. veryD. quite

3.A. get outB. push outC. take outD. pull out

4.A. looksB. looks likeC. sounds likeD. sounds

5.A. putB. getC. tookD. brought

6.A. more colderB. much coldC. colder and colderD. very colder

7.A. inB. forC. haveD. eat

8.A. becomeB. changedC. gotD. turn

9.A. quicklyB. stronglyC. hardD. hardly

10.A. headsB. handsC. feetD. tails

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.B

9.C

10.D

【解析】

试题解析：本文大意：一天，熊见到一只狐狸拿着一条鱼，问他怎么在冬天捉到鱼的，狐狸不想告诉他，就告诉他把尾巴放在水窟窿里，认为捉到足够的鱼了，就用力快拉。熊照做了，拉尾巴时却只有一小段出来，大部分被冻在冰里了，从此，所有的熊只有短尾巴。

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