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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 (出賣). He waited until he heard his father’s deep breathing next door. With his white lion at his heels，he crept (躡手躡腳地移動) downstairs，took down his father’s rifle (步槍) 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.
【小題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

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

A．other animals

B．some audience

C．Bertie’s parents

D．circus owners

【小題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

【小題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

【小題1】D
【小題2】B
【小題3】A
【小題4】C

解析試題分析：這篇文章通過講述爸爸要把獅子賣到馬戲團，博蒂向他的獅子保證過，永遠不會把它送到馬戲團，最后博蒂打算把它送回到大自然中，但是獅子還是跟隨著他不愿離開，最終博蒂不得不用槍殺了獅子。
【小題1】細節題。根據文章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，博蒂的媽媽最近非常的傷心，但是并沒有生病，是因為他們要把家里的獅子賣給一個馬戲團。故選D
【小題2】推斷題。根據文章中博蒂說的話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.人們就會去馬戲團觀看它，他就會被關起來。人們將會嘲笑它。可知，they代表的一些觀眾。故選B
【小題3】細節題。根據文章最后兩段可知，博蒂本想把獅子放回大自然，但是獅子還是跟著他，所以他舉起槍想嚇唬獅子，讓它回到大自然中。故選A
【小題4】主旨題。根據文章講述的是爸爸要把獅子賣到馬戲團，博蒂向他的獅子保證過，永遠不會把它送到馬戲團，最后博蒂打算把它送回到大自然中，但是獅子還是跟隨著他不愿離開。從中我們可以看出動物和人類之間也是存在忠誠。故選C
考點：日常生活類記敘文
點評：本文主旨推斷題較多，給文章增添了一定的難度。對于此類比較長的文章，所給的信息量比較散，要求學生仔細認真的讀懂文章，不能走馬觀花的看，要根據題目中的內容對比文章的上下，綜合作答，尤其對于推斷題，要準確理會作者的寫作情感，事情發展的邏輯關系都需要特別注意。