As many of the stories in this book are about man-eating tigers, it is perhaps (1) to explain why those animals (2) man-eating tendencies. A man-eating tiger is a tiger that has been compelled, through stress of circumstances beyond its (3) to adopt a diet alien to it. The stress of circumstances is, in nine cases out of ten, wounds, and in the tenth case old age. The wound that has caused (4) tiger to take up man-eating might be the result of a carelessly fired (5) and failure to follow up and (6) the wounded animal, or be the result Of the tiger having lost its temper when killing a porcupine. Human beings are not the natural prey of tigers, and it is only when tigers have been (7) through wounds or old age that, in order to live, they are compelled to a diet of human flesh. They can no longer make a (8) of animal in (9) A tiger uses its teeth and claws when killing. When, therefore, a tiger is suffering (10) <
A. a conflict
B. a bout
C. a contest
D. an encounter
As many of the stories in this book are about man-eating tigers, it is perhaps (1) to explain why those animals (2) man-eating tendencies. A man-eating tiger is a tiger that has been compelled, through stress of circumstances beyond its (3) to adopt a diet alien to it. The stress of circumstances is, in nine cases out of ten, wounds, and in the tenth case old age. The wound that has caused (4) tiger to take up man-eating might be the result of a carelessly fired (5) and failure to follow up and (6) the wounded animal, or be the result Of the tiger having lost its temper when killing a porcupine. Human beings are not the natural prey of tigers, and it is only when tigers have been (7) through wounds or old age that, in order to live, they are compelled to a diet of human flesh. They can no longer make a (8) of animal in (9) A tiger uses its teeth and claws when killing. When, therefore, a tiger is suffering (10) <
A. broken down
B. unfitted
C. disarmed
D. incapacitated
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