题目内容：

A wealthy old lady decides to travel to Africa, taking her faithful (忠诚的) old dog Cuddles along for company. One day, the dog starts chasing butterflies and before long, Cuddles discovers that he’s _______. Wandering about, he notices a ______heading in his direction with the intention of eating him for lunch. The old dog thinks, “Oh, oh! I’m in deep________now!” Noticing some bones on the ground close by, he________settles down to chew on the bones with his back to the________leopard.

Just as the leopard is about to________, the old dog exclaims loudly, “Boy, that was one delicious leopard! I________if there are any more around here?” Hearing this, the young leopard stops his attack in mid-strike, a look of________comes over him and he runs back into the trees. “Whew!”, says the leopard, “That was close! That dog nearly________me!”

Meanwhile, a monkey who had been________the whole scene from a nearby tree decides that he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for________from the leopard. So off he goes … but the old dog sees him________the leopard and figures that something must be up. The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, and explains that the dog is________and strikes a deal with the leopard.

The young leopard is angry about being________and says, “Here, monkey, jump on my back and see what’s going to happen to that________dog!”

The old dog sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his back and thinks, “What am I going to do now?” But instead of________, the dog sits down with his back to his attackers,________he hasn’t seen them yet, and just when they get close enough to________, the old dog says: “Where’s that darn monkey? I_______ him off an hour ago to bring me another leopard!”

Life is not about holding all the good cards, but in________those that you hold well.

1.A. hungry    B. lost    C. tired    D. bored

2.A. hunter    B. traveler    C. leopard    D. monkey

3.A. trouble    B. sorrow    C. fear    D. regret

4.A. suddenly    B. certainly    C. excitedly    D. immediately

5.A. approaching    B. waiting    C. passing    D. wandering

6.A. move    B. leave    C. eat    D. attack

7.A. doubt    B. question    C. wonder    D. guess

8.A. confusion    B. terror    C. shock    D. anger

9.A. defeated    B. murdered    C. had    D. disturbed

10.A. reporting    B. performing    C. watching    D. judging

11.A. shelter    B. protection    C. food    D. service

12.A. looking for    B. heading after    C. staring at    D. escaping from

13.A. harmless    B. dangerous    C. stupid    D. intelligent

14.A. doubted    B. underrated    C. hurt    D. fooled

15.A. wise    B. strong    C. pitiful    D. bad

16.A. running    B. explaining    C. standing    D. trembling

17.A. realizing    B. pretending    C. wishing    D. expecting

18.A. hear    B. observe    C. touch    D. fight

19.A. dropped    B. put    C. sent    D. saw

20.A. accepting    B. keeping    C. learning    D. playing