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A large cat arrived at a farm where many mice lived. None of them dared go outside for fear of being
1 by the cat.
The mice decided to hold a
2 to find a way of stopping themselves from being in
3 . One day,
when the cat was out, mice of all ages
4 into the meeting room.
" Let's build a big trap," one mouse
5 . When this idea was
6 , another said, "What about
poisoning(毒死) her?" But
7 knew where to buy the poison. One young mouse, whose mother had
become the cat's food,
8 said, "Let's cut her teeth, so she can do no more harm." But the meeting did
not accept his
9 .
At last, one mouse,
10 than the rest, jumped onto a table. Waving a bell, he called for
11 , "Be
quiet! We'll tie this bell to the cat's tail, so we'll always know
12 she is! We'll have
13 to escape,
and the slower and weaker mice will hear her coming and be able to
14 !" Hearing the words, everyone
got
15 and they congratulated him on his good idea.
"We'll tie it so tightly that it will never
16 !"
"She'll never be able to walk
17 again! Why, the other day, she suddenly appeared right in front
of me! Just imagine…
However, the wise mouse said, "We must
18 who is going to tie it on her tail." There was not a
sound in the room. Nobody was
19 enough to put the plan into action. The meeting ended without
any decision being made.
It's often very
20 to have bright ideas, but putting them into practice is a more difficult matter.
( )1. A. trained ( )2. A. party ( )3. A. return ( )4. A. rushed ( )5. A. questioned ( )6. A. supported ( )7. A. everybody ( )8. A. angrily ( )9. A. present ( )10. A. younger ( )11. A. pleasure ( )12. A. where ( )13. A. experience ( )14. A. shout ( )15. A. worried ( )16. A. drop off ( )17. A. gladly ( )18. A. believe ( )19. A. honest ( )20. A. easy |
B. taught B. test B. danger B. swam B. explained B. discussed B. nobody B. happily B. reason B. longer B. silence B. what B. power B. watch B. excited B. turn up B. quickly B. learn B. brave B. difficult |
C. caught C. game C. fact C. flew C. suggested C. accepted C. somebody C. carefully C. idea C. stronger C. help C. how C. time C. stay C. surprised C. get up C. quietly C. imagine C. rich C. strange |
D. invited D. meeting D. need D. stepped D. answered D. refused D. anybody D. slowly D. excuse D. wiser D. information D. who D. space D. hide D. tired D. put off D. directly D. decide D. old D. important |