One day an out of work mimic(滑稽演員) is visiting the zoo and attempts to earn some money as a street performer. As soon as he starts to draw the crowd，a zoo keeper grabs him and drags him into his office. The zoo keeper explains to the mimic that the zoo's most popular attraction，a gorilla(大猩猩)，has died suddenly and the keeper fears that attendance at the zoo will fall off. He offers the mimic a job to dress up as the gorilla until they can get another one. The mimic accepts.
So the next morning the mimic puts on the gorilla suit and enters the cage before the crowd comes. He discovers that it's a great job. He can sleep all he wants，play and make fun of people and he draws bigger crowds than he ever did as a mimic. However，eventually the crowds tire of him and he tires of just swinging on wires. He begins to notice that the people are paying more attention to the lion in the cage next to his. Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience，he climbs to the top of his cage，crawls across a partition(隔離物)，and dangles from the top to the lion's cage. Of course，this makes the lion very angry，but the crowd loves it.
At the end of the day the zoo keeper comes and gives the mimic a raise for being such a good attraction. Well，this goes on for some time－the mimic keeps taunting the lion，the crowds grow larger，and his salary keeps going up. Then one terrible day when he is dangling over the angry lion he slips and falls. The mimic is terrified.
The lion gathers itself and prepares to attack. The mimic is so scared that he begins to run round and round the cage with the lion close behind. Finally，the mimic starts screaming and yelling，“Help me，help me！”But the lion is quick and attacks. The mimic soon finds himself flat on his back looking up at the angry lion and the lion says，“Shut up，you idiot！Do you want to get us both fired？”
【小題1】The mimic visits the zoo to________.

A．take care of the dying gorillaB．beg some money from the zoo keeper
C．a(chǎn)sk for a job thereD．perform and earn some money there
【小題2】The zoo keeper offers the mimic a job to act as the gorilla because________.
A．it is more expensive to hire a real gorilla
B．the real gorilla died but the keeper does not want to lose its visitors
C．he likes the mimic's performance
D．he wants to help the mimic who is out of work
【小題3】What does the mimic feel about the new job at first?
A．He likes it because he has enough freedom in the job.
B．He likes it but he prefers to working as a mimic.
C．He doesn't like it for people do not respect him.
D．He doesn't like it because he gets little pay.
【小題4】The mimic climbs to the lion's cage because________.
A．he finds it more interesting to climb the cage
B．he wants to play with the lion
C．he wants to attract the attention of his audience
D．he has never seen a lion before
【小題5】What does the passage mainly tell us?
A．The mimic and his jobB．The mimic and his success
C．The actor and the mimicD．The mimic and his animals


【小題1】D
【小題2】B
【小題3】A
【小題4】C
【小題5】A

解析試題分析：本文敘述了一位滑稽演員和他的工作的經(jīng)歷。一位失業(yè)的滑稽演員在動物園扮演大猩猩來賺錢。為了引起觀眾的注意，他爬到獅子的籠子上，結(jié)果不小心掉到了籠子里。當(dāng)他正在害怕被獅子吃掉時，獅子說話了。原來獅子也是人假扮的。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段的One day an out of work mimic(滑稽演員) is visiting the zoo and attempts to earn some money as a street performer. 可知這個滑稽演員去動物園的目的是像表演節(jié)目來掙錢。故選D。
【小題2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段的The zoo keeper explains to the mimic that the zoo's most popular attraction，a gorilla(大猩猩)，has died suddenly and the keeper fears that attendance at the zoo will fall off. 可知最受歡迎的大猩猩已經(jīng)死了，動物園的飼養(yǎng)員擔(dān)心動物園的人數(shù)下降，因此讓滑稽演員來扮演大猩猩。故選B。
【小題3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段的He discovers that it's a great job.He can sleep all he wants，play and make fun of people and he draws bigger crowds than he ever did as a mimic. 可知滑稽演員覺得他可以自由自在，因此認(rèn)為這份工作有趣。故選A。
【小題4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段的Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience，he climbs to the top of his cage，crawls across a partition可推測他爬到獅子的籠子上是想引起觀眾的注意。故選C。
【小題5】主旨大意題。根據(jù)全文都是圍繞著這個滑稽演員在動物園工作的經(jīng)歷，可概括出本文主要敘述了滑稽演員和他的工作。故選A。
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