三、完形填空(共15小题;每小题2分，共30分。)

　　通读下面的短文，掌握其大意。然后从每小题的四个选择项中选出可填人相应空白处的最佳选项。

　　At a country house in India, there once lived a young elephant which was a pet to the　people.It used to come into the dining-room after dinner and asked 21 food from the visitors. One day, when a large party of visitors were 22 at the table, the elephant came round and put its trunk 23 the visitors, begging for fruit or bread. One gentleman,　24 , instead of putting any food into the trunk, took his fork and 25 the little_lephant away with a stab(戳). The animalleft him quietly and went t0 26 visitors, one after another, who treated it 27 , because they thought a gentleman should not treat an animal in such a rude way.

　　When it had finished its round of the table, it went out into the garden, 28 a large　branch off a tree, returned with it to the room again. The animal went 29 to the　gentleman who had stabbed its trunk with a fork and shook the 30 0ver his head.In a　moment he was covered with ants(蚂蚁) which came down from the branch. The ants　31 his hair, some running down his neck. Hard 32 he tried, he couldn't get rid of　the ants. All the other visitors 33 when they saw the gentleman in such a difficult　situation 34 they thought since he had been rude to the animal he should be _ 35 in　this way.

　　21.A.about B.of C.on D.for ( )

　　22.A.sitting B.smiling C.looking D.arriving ( )

　　23.A.behind B.beside C.by D.between ( )

　　24.A.however B.thus C.therefore D.yet ( )

　　25.A.brought B.took C.pulled D.sent ( )

　　26.A.other B.another C.some D.ariy ( )

　　27.A.seriously B.badly C.kindly D.easily ( )

　　28.A:fetched B.cut C.struck D.broke ( )

　　29.A.by B.straight C.away D.out ( )

　　30.A.fork B.food C.branch D.tree ( )

　　31.A.worried B.played C.moved D.filled ( )

　　32.A.as B.while C.however D.since ( )

　　33.A.cried B.shouted C.agreed D.laughed ( )

　　34.A.until B.although C.because D.unless ( )

　　35. A. kicked B. punished C. beaten D. rejected ( )