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．a(chǎn)nimal-hunting is popular in Africa
B．parents are sometimes cruel to their children
C．a(chǎn)nimals usually lead a miserable life in circuses
D．people and animals can be faithful to each other．
分析 本文敘述了Bertie由于長(zhǎng)大了父母想讓他去上學(xué)，因?yàn)樗B(yǎng)著一頭獅子，父母想把它賣給馬戲團(tuán)，可是他不愿意，于是他趁家人不注意，晚上帶著槍，把獅子帶到了山上想讓獅子回歸自然，可是獅子對(duì)它的主人戀戀不舍，他只好舉槍威脅它．
解答 56．C．推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章第一段A boy needs aproper education．We've found the right place for you，a school near Salisburyin England．母親可能認(rèn)為把獅子賣了Bertie會(huì)傷心，故選C．
57．A．詞義猜測(cè)題．根據(jù)文章第三段People will cometo see him．He'll be shut up behind bars．I promised him he never would be這里指來(lái)看獅子的觀眾，故選A．
58．B．推理判斷題．根據(jù)倒數(shù)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．可以推測(cè)出他想將獅子放回大自然，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B．
59．D．主旨大意題．根據(jù)文章講述的是爸爸要把獅子賣到馬戲團(tuán)，博蒂向他的獅子保證過(guò)，永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)把它送到馬戲團(tuán)，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(kāi)．從中我們可以看出動(dòng)物和人類之間也是存在忠誠(chéng)；故選D．
點(diǎn)評(píng) 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí)，要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
