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(馬戲團(tuán)) 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.
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 selling the lion would upset Bertie
D．knew Bertie would hate to go to England
小題2:The underlined word "they" in Para.4 probably refers to ______.
A．some audience B．other animalsC．Bertie's parentsD．circus owners
小題3:In the last paragraph, the boy lifted the rifle to ______．
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
小題4:The passage intends to show that ______.
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

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:D

試題分析：本文敘述了Bertie由于長大了父母想讓他去上學(xué)，因為他養(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，可是獅子對它的主人戀戀不舍，他只好舉槍威脅它。
小題1:推理判斷題。根據(jù)A boy needs a proper education. We've found the right place for you, a school near Salisbury in England.母親可能認(rèn)為把獅子賣了Bertie會傷心，故選C。
小題2:詞義猜測題。根據(jù)People will come to see him. He'll be shut up behind bars. I promised him he never would be這里指來看獅子的觀眾，故選A。
小題3:推理判斷題。根據(jù)"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.可以推測出他想威脅獅子回到野外，故選B。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)人和動物可以忠實于對方，故選D。
點評：詞義猜測題體現(xiàn)了應(yīng)用英語的重要能力，也是高考閱讀理解中必考的題型。它不但需要準(zhǔn)確無誤地理解上下文，而且要有較大的泛讀量，掌握或認(rèn)識較多的課外詞匯�？忌鷳�(yīng)學(xué)會通過構(gòu)詞、定義、同位、對比、因果、常識、同義、反義及上下文線索等確定詞義。
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小題15:
A．pleasureB．deathC．shockD．wake
小題16:
A．cameB．recoveredC．learnedD．turned
小題17:
A．tyreB．chairC．carD．leg
小題18:
A．repairB．removeC．throwD．check
小題19:
A．otherB．newC．second-handD．spare
小題20:
A．journeyB．voyageC．passageD．umbrella

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

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Mr. Jones had always wanted to make a trip into the middle of Africa to shoot wild animals. 36 first he had no enough money, and then he was married. His wife had not wanted him to 37 her. At last his wife   38 to the trip if he allowed her to go, too.
“But it will be very uncomfortable,” Mr. Jones   39 her. “ It will be very hot and we shall live in a tent, and it   40 be dangerous. ”“I don’t care.” said his wife. “I want to go with you.” So they bought a big tent, camp beds, a refrigerator (電冰箱)which did not need   41 and many other things which would make the trip comfortable, and went off to the__42 of Africa.
The first morning, 43 Mr. Jones took his gun and left the tent, he  44 his wife a bell and explained to her, “If you fell in 45 and you need me ,  46 this bell and I’ll come at once.”
After a few minutes, he heard the bell and returned   47  to the tent. “What’s the matter?” he asked.“   48  ” said his wife, “I was only   49  the bell.” Mr. Jones went off, but after a quarter of an hour, the bell rang   50  .
Mr. Jones hurried back to the tent, but his wife said, “I’m   51 . I was cleaning our tent, and I knocked the bell over by mistake.” Mr. Jones returned to his  __52 , but soon he heard the   53 once more. This time, when he got back to his   54 , the tent was burning and Mrs. Jones was lying on the ground, with  55 running from a big cut on her shoulder. “That’s better!” said Mrs. Jones. “This time the bell had been used correctly!”
小題1:
A．AndB．ButC．ForD．So
小題2:
A．leaveB．missC．marryD．care
小題3:
A．a(chǎn)llowedB．permittedC．satisfiedD．a(chǎn)greed
小題4:
A．toldB．a(chǎn)dvisedC．persuadedD．warned
小題5:
A．mayB．oughtC．can’tD．shall
小題6:
A．moneyB．electricity C．forceD．power
小題7:
A．southB．middleC．eastD．west
小題8:
A．whileB．untilC．beforeD．a(chǎn)fter
小題9:
A．gaveB．sentC．lentD．bought
小題10:
A．hurryB．surpriseC．safetyD．danger
小題11:
A．hitB．knockC．beatD．ring
小題12:
A．a(chǎn)gainB．backC．quicklyD．home
小題13:
A．SomethingB．NothingC．NoD．None
小題14:
A．ringingB．tryingC．usingD．testing
小題15:
A．a(chǎn)gainB．onceC．a(chǎn)crossD．a(chǎn)way
小題16:
A．happyB．sorryC．tiredD．a(chǎn)ll right
小題17:
A．wifeB．tentC．tripD．hunting
小題18:
A．cryB．shotC．bellD．shout
小題19:
A．gardenB．houseC．campD．office
小題20:
A．waterB．tearsC．bloodD．sweat

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