One day an out of work mime(哑剧演员) was visiting the zoo and attempted to earn some money as a street performer. As soon as he started to draw a 31)______, a zoo keeper grabbed him and dragged him into his office. The zoo keeper explained to the mime that the zoo’s most popular attraction, a gorilla, had died suddenly and the keeper feared that 32)_____ at the zoo would fall off. He offered the mime a job to 33)______ the gorilla until they could get another one. The mime 34)______.
So the next morning the mime put on the gorilla suit and entered the cage before the crowd came. He discovered that it was a35)_______ job. He could sleep if he wanted, play and 36)______ people and he drew bigger crowds than he ever had as a mime. 37)_____, eventually the crowds got tired of him and he got tired of just swinging on tails. He 38)_______ to notice that he people were paying more attention to the lion in the cage next to his. Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience, he climbed to the top of his cage, crawled across a partition(隔墙), and dangled(悬荡) from the top to the lion’s cage. Of course, this made the lion very angry, but the crowd 39)______ it.
At the end of the day, the zoo keeper came and gave the mime a 40)______ for being such an attraction. Well, this went on for some time, the mime kept 41)______ the lion, the crowds grew larger, and his salary kept going up. Then one terrible day when he was dangling over the angry lion, he slipped and fell. The mime was 42)______.
The lion gathered itself and prepared to pounce(猛扑). The mime was so scared that he began to run round and round the cage with the lion close 43)______. Finally, the mime started screaming and yelling, “Help me,help me!”, but the lion was quick and pounced. The mime soon found himself flat on his back, looking up at the angry lion and the lion said, “44)______you fool! Do you want to get us 45)_______.”

【小题2】

A．reputation B．cost C．confidence D．attendance

One day an out of work mime (哑剧演员) was visiting the zoo and attempted to earn some money as a street performer. As soon as he started to draw a   50  , a zoo keeper grabbed him and dragged him into his office. The zoo keeper explained to the mime that the zoo’s most popular attraction, a gorilla, had died suddenly and the keeper feared that   51   at the zoo would fall off.

He offered the mime a job to   52   the gorilla until they could get another one. The mime53  .

So the next morning the mime put on the gorilla suit and entered the cage before the crowd came. He discovered that it was a   54   job. He could sleep if he wanted, play and   55   people and he drew bigger crowds than he ever had as a mime.   56  , eventually the crowds got tired of him and he got tired of just swinging on tails. He   57   to notice that the people were paying more attention to the lion in the cage next to his. Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience, he climbed to the top of his cage, crawled across a partition (隔墙), and dangled (悬荡) from the top to the lion’s cage. Of course, this made the lion very angry, but the crowd   58   it.

At the end of the day the zoo keeper came and gave the mime a   59   for being such an attraction. Well, this went on for some time, the mime kept   60   the lion, the crowds grew larger, and his salary kept going up. Then one terrible day when he was dangling over the angry lion he slipped and fell. The mime was   61  .

The lion gathered itself and prepared to pounce (猛扑). The mime was so scared that he began to run round and round the cage with the lion close   62  . Finally, the mime started screaming and yelling, “Help me, help me!”, but the lion was quick and pounced. The mime soon found himself flat on his back looking up at the angry lion and the lion said, “  63   you fool! Do you want to get us both 64  ?”