阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
In a forest, many fishes and frogs lived in a pond. Among them lived two beautiful fishes named Shara and Bettty. They were bigger than the other fishes in the pond. They were very beautiful and smart. In the same pond lived a frog Ekka with his wife. They were good friends. They all lived a ________ life.
But one day, two ________ , returning from the river in the forest after fishing, came across the pond. It was late in the evening and as usual all the fishes and frogs were playing ________. They jumped high into the air.
Seeing the beautiful scene they were amazed and stopped. “How beautiful they look!” said one man. “Yes. And so many of them, too,”_______ the other. “The pond does not look very deep,” said the first man. “Let’s catch some of them.” “It is already very late and we have a long way to go. Let’s come back tomorrow,” suggested the other man.
Hearing this, Ekka turned to the others in the pond and said, “Didn’t you hear what the two men said? We must leave this pond ________ a safer place.”
“Just ________ two men said they would come back to catch us tomorrow, you want us to leave our home? For all we know, they might not come back,” said Shara. “Even if they come back to catch us, I know a thousand tricks to get away.” “And even if your thousand ways fail, I know ______ hundred ways,” said Bettty. “We will not let two men scare us away from our home.” All the others in the pond agreed with them.
“Well! I know only one trick,” said Ekka. “To leave the place before ________ comes.” Ekka and his wife left the pond in search of a safer place. All the fishes and frogs ________ at them as they left.
The next day the two men returned to the pond with a thick net. They ________ them all and put all the fishes and frogs into a big basket and took them away.
1. | A．boring | B．peaceful | C．terrible | D．hard |
2. | A．fishermen | B．firemen | C．hosts | D．pilots |
3. | A．carefully | B．quietly | C．happily | D．sadly |
4. | A．repeated | B．asked | C．promised | D．replied |
5. 6. 7. | A．another | B．other | C．others | D．the other |
8. | A．safety | B．fire | C．danger | D．victory |
9. | A．laughed | B．admired | C．praised | D．cheered |
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