题目

If the firms failed to make enough money , they would        .        A．close down      B．call off    C．turn down       D．set off 答案：A 解析: 略A . fire B. except C. stuck D. dangerous E . besidesThere was once an owl who lived in a forest with her baby owlet（猫头鹰之子）. Owl was kind to everyone 【1】 the Snake who lived near her nest. Owl's friends had told her that all snakes were evil and 【2】. So, she was cruel to Snake and chased him any whenever he came near. One night , Owl woke up to great panic（恐慌）in the forest. A blanket of smoke lay over the trees and all the animals were frightened. There was a 【3】!Together, the animals began to run. But as Owl was about to leave, she realized Owlet was 【4】 in a hole inside their tree. The hole was so small that Owl couldn’t reach him. Owl screamed at the top of her voice and began to cry.