6.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.He waited until he heard his father's deep breathing next door. With his white lion at his heels,he crept downstairs in his pyjamas,took down his father's rifle from the rack 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 clambered 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.
56.Bertie's mother was sad probably because sheC.
A.had been seriously ill recently
B.had decided to send Bertie to school
C.knew selling the lion would upset Bertie
D.knew Bertie would hate to go to England
57.The underlined word"they"in Para.4probably refers toA.
A.some audience B.other animals
C.Bertie's parents D.circus owners
58.In the last paragraph,the boy lifted the rifle toB.
A.kill the lion out of fear
B.threaten the lion back to the wild
C.protect himself from the lion
D.show his anger towards his father
59.The passage intends to show thatD.
A.animal-hunting is popular in Africa
B.parents are sometimes cruel to their children
C.animals usually lead a miserable life in circuses
D.people and animals can be faithful to each other.
分析 本文叙述了Bertie由于长大了父母想让他去上学,因为他养着一头狮子,父母想把它卖给马戏团,可是他不愿意,于是他趁家人不注意,晚上带着枪,把狮子带到了山上想让狮子回归自然,可是狮子对它的主人恋恋不舍,他只好举枪威胁它.
解答 56.C.推理判断题.根据文章第一段A boy needs aproper education.We've found the right place for you,a school near Salisburyin England.母亲可能认为把狮子卖了Bertie会伤心,故选C.
57.A.词义猜测题.根据文章第三段People will cometo see him.He'll be shut up behind bars.I promised him he never would be这里指来看狮子的观众,故选A.
58.B.推理判断题.根据倒数第三段"Be wildnow,"he whispered."You've got to be wild.Don't ever come home.Allmy life I'll think of you.I promise I will.可以推测出他想将狮子放回大自然,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B.
59.D.主旨大意题.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D.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.