初中英語閱讀題:斗牛士

　　A bull wrestler was visiting his friend in a small town, and one night they stayed a little too long at the pub. Not wanting to drive, they decided to walk home. As they were crossing a farmer's field, a bull charged them. The wrestler grabbed the bull by the horns, and they went down in a snarling heap. Finally the bull jumped up and ran away. "Wow," said the friend, "that was quite a tussle. "

　　"Yeah," the wrestler replied, "and if I hadn't had that last drink, I would have gotten that guy off his bicycle.擾

　　Notes:

　　(1) bull wrestler斗牛士，也作bullfighter.

　　(2) charge v.襲擊

　　(3) grab v.抓，握

　　(4) snarl v.纏結(jié)，糾結(jié)

　　(5) heap n.堆

　　(6) tussle n.扭打，扭斗

　　Exercises:

　　根據(jù)短文填空：

　　① A bull wrestler was visiting his friend _____a small town.

　　② One night they stayed a little too long _____ the pub.

　　③ _____ wanting to drive, they decided to walk home.

　　④ As they were crossing a farmer's field, a bull _____them.

　　⑤ The wrestler grabbed the bull _____the horns.

　　⑥ They _____in a snarling heap

　　⑦ That was _____I a tussle.

　　⑧ If I _____ had that last drink. I would have gotten that guy his bicycle.

　　91.斗牛士

　　一個斗牛士在一個小鎮(zhèn)拜訪他的朋友。一天夜里他們在酒館里呆的時間稍長了一點(diǎn)。他們不想搭車，就決定步行回家。他們在穿過一片農(nóng)田時，一頭牛向他們沖過來。斗牛士抓住了牛的兩只角，他們扭打在一起。最后牛跳起來跑走了。

　　“哇，”他朋友說，“好一場搏斗哇。”

　　“哦，”斗牛士回答說，“要不是我多喝了一杯，我非把那家伙從自行車上拽下來不可。”

　　練習(xí)參考答案：

　　① in ② at ③ Not ④ charged ⑤ by ⑥ went down ⑦ quite ⑧ hadn't

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