One day a stranger came to the nearest village and asked where he could find wild pigs. Somebody told him, and he went off. He had no 36 with him, and the village people 37 what he was going to 38 with the pigs.
When he came back a few months later and said that he had 39 all the pigs, the villagers were still more surprised, but some of them agreed to go with him 40 he asked for help in bringing the pigs out. They wanted to see whether he was telling 41 .
They soon discovered 42 he was. All the pigs were inside the enclosure(围栏) which had a fence round it and a 43 in one of its sides.
“44 did you do it?” they asked the stranger.
“ well, it was quite easy really,” he answered. “ I began by 45 some Indian corn. 46, they would not touch it, but after a few weeks, some of the younger pigs 47 to run out of the bushes, take some of the corn quickly, and then run back. Soon all the pigs were eating the corn I 48 out there. Then I began to build a fence round the corn. At first it was very 49, but little by little I built it higher and higher without 50 the pigs away. When I saw that they were 51 me to bring the corn each day 52 going and searching for their own food 53 they had done in the past, I can 54 one day while they were all eating inside the enclosure. I can catch any animal in the world in the same way if I can get it into the habit of 55 me for its food.
【小题1】A．moneyB．foodC．toolsD．guns【小题2】A．understoodB．surprisedC．wonderedD．knew【小题3】A．sayB．doC．treatD．fight【小题4】A．boughtB．foundC．seenD．caught【小题5】A．andB．soC．thenD．when【小题6】A．a storyB．the truthC．a jokeD．a bad word【小题7】A．thatB．whatC．whoD．how【小题8】A．gunB．holeC．gateD．window【小题9】A．HowB．WhyC．WhenD．Where【小题10】A．lookingB．growingC．getting inD．putting out【小题11】A．After allB．At firstC．By and byD．Above all【小题12】A．beganB．riskedC．triedD．decided【小题13】A．had takenB．had lainC．had laidD．had lied【小题14】A．lowB．slowC．shabbyD．small【小题15】A．drivingB．frighteningC．sendingD．shooting【小题16】A．looking atB．interesting inC．searching forD．waiting for【小题17】A．besidesB．exceptC．instead ofD．because of【小题18】A．asB．thoughC．sinceD．it【小题19】A．shoot itB．shoot themC．shut themD．shut it【小题20】A．satisfying withB．living onC．depending onD．asking forD
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(答案→)D
解析：
【小题1】D 联系上下文，打野猪要带枪，故本题选D。
【小题2】C
【小题3】B 这两小题可以连起来看。根据句意“村民们很奇怪他用猪要干什么”，故这两题选C，B。
【小题4】D 根据句意“抓到了所有的野猪”，得出本题选D。
【小题5】D 本题考察连词，根据句意“当他寻求帮助的时候”得出本题选D。
【小题6】B 根据句意“他们想去看看他说的是不是真的”得出本题选B。
【小题7】A 本题考察宾语从句，此处不必用疑问代词，故本题选A。
【小题8】C 根据句意“栅栏上有门”得出本题选C。
【小题9】A 根据句意“你是怎么做到的”得出本题选A。
【小题10】D 根据句意“…撒了些玉米”得出本题选D。
【小题11】B 联系上下文，“起初”猪不吃玉米，故本题选B。
【小题12】A 根据句意“几周后，一些小猪开始跑出来，快速地带走一些玉米”得出本题选A。
【小题13】C 根据句意“我放的玉米”得出本题选C。
【小题14】A 联系上下文，后面有“higher and higher”，所以开始应是低一些，故本题选A。
【小题15】B 根据句意“没有把猪吓跑”得出本题选B。
【小题16】D
【小题17】C
【小题18】A 这三个题可以连起来看。根据句意“每天等我带玉米来，而不是像以前一样去自己找食物。”得出这三个题分别选D，C，A。
【小题19】D 根据句意应该是“关上门”，故本题选D。
【小题20】C 根据句意“使它们习惯于依赖我提供的食物”得出本题选C。
就整篇短文而言，不是很难，只要把短文大意理解清楚就能很好地把题做出来。每一道小题的四个选项也容易区分。所以本题难度一般。