1. (2018高二上·腾冲期中) 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

    The sky was getting dark as we walked through the forest. My two friends and I felt hot and 1. We were heading for a small village in northern India. The villagers were 2 us, but we were already four hours late.

    As the last of the daylight 3, we began to feel very 4 and afraid. We tried to find our way to the village, but it was 5 to tell which path we should follow in the darkness. All around us, strange creatures made 6 noises as they woke up and began to hunt for food. We hoped they wouldn't want to eat us!

    Then George, who was in front, 7 suddenly. He ran towards us rapidly, pointing at a large, dark shape moving through the trees. We could 8 the black stripes (条纹) and shining yellow eyes of the most dangerous animal in the 9. We stared at the tiger, too 10 to move.

    After a few seconds that felt like hours, there was the sound of branches (树枝) breaking, and the tiger jumped at us, roaring (咆哮) loudly. We 11, because we were sure it would kill us.

    12, though, the tiger stopped — and then I noticed that it had six legs, two of them 13!

    The "tiger" stood up, and a young man 14 the striped skin covering his head and shoulders. "Hello!" he said, smiling broadly. "I'm Abi, from the village. When you didn't 15, we were worried, so I came to 16 you," he explained. "It's traditional for us to 17 the tiger skin to greet new guests ... and I couldn't help playing a trick on you! I hope you don't 18."

    Recovering from the 19, we began to laugh. We followed Abi to his village, where the villagers gave us a warm 20.