Question

Bertie knew there was something in the wind. His mother had been sad in recent days, not sick，just strangely sad. The lion had just lain down beside him，his head warm on Bertie’s feet，when Father cleared his throat and began, “You’ll soon be eight, Bertie. A boy needs a proper education. We’ve found the right place for you, a school near Salisbury in England. ”

His heart filled with a terrible fear, all Bertie could think of was his white lion. “But the lion,” he cried, “What about the lion?”

“I’m afraid there’s something else I have to tell you, ” his father said. Looking across at Bertie’s mother, he took a deep breath. Then he told Bertie he had met a circus owner from France, who was over in Africa looking for lions to buy. He would come to their farm in a few days.

“No! You can’t send him to a circus!” said Bertie. “People will come to see him. He’ll be shut up behind bars. I promised him he never would be. And they will laugh at him. He’d rather die. Any animal would! ” But as he looked across the table at them, he knew their minds were quite made up.

Bertie felt completely betrayed (出卖). He waited until he heard his father’s deep breathing next door. With his white lion at his heels，he crept (蹑手蹑脚地移动) downstairs，took down his father’s rifle (步枪) and stepped out into the night. He ran and ran till his legs could run no more. As the sun came up over the grassland, he climbed to the top of a hill and sat down, his arms round the lion’s neck. The time had come.

“Be wild now”，he whispered. “You’ve got to be wild. Don’t ever come home. All my life I’ll think of you. I promise I will. ” He buried his head in the lion’s neck. Then, Bertie climbed down the hill and walked away.

When he looked back, the lion was still sitting there watching him; but then he stood up, yawned, stretched, and sprang down after him. Bertie shouted at him, but he kept coming. He threw sticks. He threw stones. Nothing worked.

There was only one thing left to do. With tears filling his eyes and his mouth，he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired over the lion’s head.

1.Bertie’s mother was sad probably because she _____.

A．had been seriously ill recently

B．had decided to send Bertie to school

C．knew Bertie would hate to go to England

D．knew selling the lion would upset Bertie

2.The underlined word “they” in Para. 4 probably refers to _____.

A．other animals      B．some audience     C．Bertie’s parents   D．circus owners

3.In the last paragraph, the boy lifted the rifle to _____.

A．threaten the lion back to the wild           B．kill the lion out of fear

C．protect himself from the lion               D．show his anger towards his father

4.The passage intends to show that _____.

A．animal-hunting is popular in Africa

B．parents are sometimes cruel to their children

C．people and animals can be faithful to each other

D．animals usually lead a miserable life in circuses

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章通过讲述爸爸要把狮子卖到马戏团，博蒂向他的狮子保证过，永远不会把它送到马戏团，最后博蒂打算把它送回到大自然中，但是狮子还是跟随着他不愿离开，最终博蒂不得不用枪杀了狮子。

1.细节题。根据文章Then he told Bertie he had met a circus owner from France, who was over in Africa looking for lions to buy. He would come to their farm in a few days.可知，博蒂的妈妈最近非常的伤心，但是并没有生病，是因为他们要把家里的狮子卖给一个马戏团。故选D

2.推断题。根据文章中博蒂说的话People will come to see him. He’ll be shut up behind bars. I promised him he never would be. And they will laugh at him.人们就会去马戏团观看它，他就会被关起来。人们将会嘲笑它。可知，they代表的一些观众。故选B

3.细节题。根据文章最后两段可知，博蒂本想把狮子放回大自然，但是狮子还是跟着他，所以他举起枪想吓唬狮子，让它回到大自然中。故选A

4.主旨题。根据文章讲述的是爸爸要把狮子卖到马戏团，博蒂向他的狮子保证过，永远不会把它送到马戏团，最后博蒂打算把它送回到大自然中，但是狮子还是跟随着他不愿离开。从中我们可以看出动物和人类之间也是存在忠诚。故选C

考点：日常生活类记叙文

点评：本文主旨推断题较多，给文章增添了一定的难度。对于此类比较长的文章，所给的信息量比较散，要求学生仔细认真的读懂文章，不能走马观花的看，要根据题目中的内容对比文章的上下，综合作答，尤其对于推断题，要准确理会作者的写作情感，事情发展的逻辑关系都需要特别注意。