Once a tiger was in a cage(...Once a tiger was in a cage(笼). 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 t

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【答案】【小题1】A
【小题2】B
【小题3】B
【小题4】D
【答案解析】试题分析：这篇短文讲述了一位好人好心把一只老虎放了出来，老虎非要吃掉那个人，后来来了条非常聪明的狗救了那个人，狗靠自己的聪明才智又把老虎骗进了笼子里的寓言故事。
【小题1】根据Once a tiger was in a cage(笼). 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.”可知老虎想叫这个人把它从笼子里放出来，故选A。
【小题2】根据“the tiger laughed. “Now I am going to eat you.”放出它来之后，他就想吃掉这个人。故选B。
【小题3】根据The tree said, “I give shade (树荫). And yet I am cut down. Let the tiger eat you.”得知树同意老虎吃掉那个人，故选B。
【小题4】根据The bird said, “I hurt no one. Yet people hunt and kill me. Let the tiger eat you.”。故选D。
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