题目内容
— I promise Shirley ________ get a new iPad on her birthday.
— Will it be a big surprise to her ?
A. will B. would C. should D. shall
D
It was several years since Adolf Hitler came into power in Germany. And now his army was marching into some parts of Europe. He must be in the prime(顶峰) of his career.
One day Hitler went to an exhibition where the works of school children were on show. He seemed to have great interest in the exhibits—inventions as well as carvings, drawings. After having walked around the hall and examined everything, he said he was ready to meet the young artists. And soon a group of children came into the room to salute(向-----敬礼) him.
“Well, well. You did very good work.” nodded Hitler in satisfaction. “I promise on my honor I’d satisfy you with whatever you want. What’d you wish to be if I were your father?”
“A sailor sailing the sea” one of the boys answered.
“Good. I’ll have you join my navy and some day you will rule the oceans.”(海洋)
“Ask for anything? What’d you wish to be if I were your father?” he asked a second boy.
“A painter as great as Rembruant.”
“Good. You are to be sent to the Fine Art School and surely you will make an even greater painter.”
When Hitler caught sight of a sad-looking boy be frowned(皱眉), then quickly forced a smile, “There my boy, in spite of my point of view towards the Jews(犹太人), I’d do you a favor and your dream will come true. What’d you wish to be if I were your father?”
The boy looked straight at the man.
“An orphan(the child who has no parents).” he murmured.(嘟哝)
【小题1】 Hitler promised to satisfy(满足) the children with whatever they want because .
A.he wanted all the children to live a happy life | B.he wanted to make a good impression on the children |
C.he liked paintings very much | D.he liked all the children |
A.the boy was recognized to be a Jew | B.the boy didn’t come to the front to salute him |
C.the boy didn’t want to ask for anything | D.the boy was sad-looking |
A.the boy’s parents had died | B.the boy had no brothers or sisters |
C.the boy hated Hitler very much | D.the boy wanted himself to be an orphan |
A.Hitler wanted to be the father of the children. | B.The boy was both clever and courageous(勇敢的). |
C.Rembruant was a great painter. | D.Hitler did not like Jews. |
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 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 |
A.some audience | B.other animals | C.Bertie's parents | D.circus owners |
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 |
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 |