Bertie knew there was something in the wind．His mother had been sad in recent da

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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. He waited until he heard his father’s deep breathing next door. With his white lion at his heels, he slipped downstairs, took down his father’s hunting 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.
小题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

小题2:In the last paragraph, the boy lifted the rifle to ______.

A．kill the lion out of anger	B．show his anger towards his father
C．protect himself from the lion	D．threaten the lion back to the wild

小题3: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

答案

小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:C

解析

试题分析：这篇文章通过讲述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，最终博蒂不得不用枪***了狮子。
小题1:细节题。根据文章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，博蒂的妈妈最近非常的伤心，但是并没有生病，是因为他们要把家里的狮子卖给一个马戏团，会让博蒂会难过的。故选C。
小题2:细节题。根据文章最后两段可知，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.
博蒂本想把狮子放回大自然，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D
小题3:主旨题。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C