It was a perfect sunny day. At first, it was quiet and__24__ happened. But later, when the boy bent down to reach one more mushroom, he was suddenly pushed to the ground. A large shadow__25___ him. He rolled over and looked ___26___ in shock as the tiger said in a deep voice. “You are my__27___. Say good-bye to this world.”____28__ his sick father, the boy knew he couldn’t die. He quickly calmed down and put a(n)___29___ into his mouth, and chewed and swallowed. Then he said, “___30__ you can kill and eat me, but ___31__ you to know that these mushrooms are___32__ poisonous(有毒的). You can eat me,___33__ you will die too. My family will__34___ me and find you. They will__35___ your stomach and eat your meat. Your fine__36___ will carpet the floor of a rich man’s house and your tiger bones will get a good __37___ in the medicine shops. My family will have enough for a year or more and I will be given a good funeral(葬礼)and long__38___.
The tiger hesitated. He saw the frightful mushrooms in the basket and__39___ his appetite(胃口). He slowly walked away. The boy saved his own life with his quick__40__ .
21. A. broke out B. woke up C. showed up D. set out
22. A. hungry B. ill C. angry D. mad
23. A. love B. medicine C. care D. doctors
24.A. anything B. everything C. nothing D. something
25.A. covered B. followed C. caught D. pushed
26.A. down B. out C. around D. up