Once a tiger was in a cage. Soon a good man went by. As soon as the tiger saw the man, the tiger began to cry. “Please! Please!” the tiger called. “Please, let me out.” “No,” said the good man. “If I do, you will eat me.” “I will not eat you,” the tiger said. “Please let me out.”

The good man believed the tiger. He opened the door of the cage. The tiger jumped out. “How silly you are,” the tiger laughed. “Now I am going to eat you.” “Wait!” the man cried. “You ought not to eat me. Let us ask others what they think.” “You may ask three others.” the tiger said.

The good man asked a tree. The tree said, “I give shade (樹蔭). And yet I am cut down. Let the tiger eat you.”

Next, the good man asked a bird. The bird said, “I hurt no one. Yet people hunt and kill me. Let the tiger eat you.”

The last one that the good man asked was a road. The road said, “I don’t care if the tiger eats you. People could not get along too well without me. Yet all day and all night people step on me without even a ‘thank you’.”

The tiger was ready to eat the good man. Just then a dog came by. “What is happening?” asked the dog. The man told the dog the whole story.

“I don’t understand,” said the dog. “The tiger wants to eat you because you put him in a cage?”

“No, no,” said the man. “Some other men put him in a cage.”

“Oh,” the dog said. “He is going to eat you because you do not have a cage.”

“Silly dog!” the tiger cried. “Don’t you understand? I was in the cage. This man let me out.”

“Oh, I see,” the dog said. “When the man was in the cage, you let him out.”

“I was in the cage!” the tiger cried. “In this way!” with that, he jumped back into the cage.

At once, the dog closed the door of the cage. “Oh,” the dog laughed. “At last I understand!”

The good man and the dog walked off. The tiger looked sad in the cage. If he waited long enough, perhaps another good man would come by.

46. When the tiger saw the man, he began to cry, because _____________.

　 A. he wanted the man to help him out of the cage　　

B. he wanted to eat the man

　 C. he wanted to eat the dog　　　　　　　　　　　

D. he wanted to eat the bird

47. After the tiger jumped out of the cage, he wanted _____________.

　 A. to thank the man　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. to eat the man　 　

　 C. to ask the others　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. to run away

48. The tree ____________ with the tiger because _______ to the tree.

　 A. agreed; humans were kind　　 　　　 B. agreed; humans were not kind

　 C. disagreed; humans were kind　 　　　　　　 D. disagreed; humans were not kind

49. The bird let the tiger eat the man because __________.

　 A. people helped birds　　　　 　　　　　　　　 B. it liked tigers　

C. it liked the man　　　　　 　　　　　　　　 D. people hunted and killed him

50. What happened to the tiger at last?

　 A. The dog agreed that the tiger could eat the good man.

B. The tiger jumped back into the cage and was closed in the cage again.

C. The tiger ate the good man and the dog.　　　

D. The tiger made friends with the good man and the dog.

　　　

A doctor was once teaching a class of medical students at a famous hospital in Edinburg. An injured man was brought in, and the doctor turned to one of his students and asked him, “What’s wrong with this man?”

“I don’t know, Sir,” the student answered. “Shall I examine him and find out?”

“There’s no need to examine him,” said the doctor. “You should know without asking questions. He has hurt his right knee. Didn’t you notice the way he walked? He hurt it by burning it in the fire. You see his trousers leg is burnt away at the knee. This is Monday morning. Yesterday was fine, but on Saturday the roads were wet and muddy. The man’s trousers are muddy all over. The man fell down on Saturday night.”

The doctor then turned to the man and said, “You had your pay on Saturday and went to a public house and drank too much. You got muddy and wet on the way home. Because you had drunk too much, you fell on the fire and burnt your knee. Is that right?”

“Yes, sir,” said the man.

46. The medical students were having a lesson _____.

A. at the library  B. in a classroom   C. at a well-known hospital   D. in a medical school

47. The man hurt his knee _____.

A. on Monday   B. on Sunday night  C. on Saturday night   D. yesterday 

48. How did the doctor know that the man burnt his knee?

A. From the way he walked   B. By seeing his trousers leg is burnt away at the knee  C. By seeing the man’s trousers are muddy all over   D. Both A and B

49. Which is the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A. The man fell down and got muddy on Saturday night.

B. He got drunk after he had his pay.

C. The doctor knew the accident without ezaming the man.

D. The man hurt his left knee by burning it in the fire.

50. From the passage we know that ___ is very important for medical students.

A. watching and thinking                 B. taking good care of others  

C. learning from others                   D. teaching