阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中选出最佳选项。
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 (马戏团) owner from
France, who was now inAfrica 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 in a cage. I promised him he never would be. And they will laugh at him. He'd rather die if he loses his
pride!" But as Bertie looked across the table at them, he knew their minds
were quite made up.
Bertie felt completely
hurt. He waited until he heard his father's deep breathing next door. With his
white lion, he walked downstairs quietly in his pajamas, took down his father's
gun from the case 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 put his head down 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 the lion
stood up, yawned, ran 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 gun 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 selling the lion would upset Bertie
D . knew Bertie would hate to go to England
(2)
The underlined word "they" in Para. 4probably refers to __________.
A . some people who watch the show
B . other animals
C . Bertie's parents
D . circus owners
(3)
In the last paragraph, the boy lifted the gun to __________.
A . kill the lion
B . scare the lion back to the wild
C . protect himself from the lion
D . show his anger towards his the lion
(4)
The best title of the passage could be __________.
A . The Sad Mom
B . Go to school
C . For Your Pride
D . You are my love
答案: C
A
B
C