________ in his study, he didn’t know that all the others had left．

A.
Burying
B.
Buried
C.
Buried himself
D.
He buried

One day, Raul was miles away from the small ranch（牧场） house in a large valley. 36

seemed to be all right, yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy. The wind had picked up, and angry, dark clouds 37 across the sky. He could smell the rain coming. And it did. 38 ,the lightning flashed through the clouds, nearly 39 Raul. The thunder（雷声） was so loud that he buried his 40 in his hands and rubbed his eyes. Then he heard it. Hoof beats（蹄声）.He 41 .There before him stood a tall, white 42 . An old man stared down at him from its back.

“Wh-wh-who are y-y-you?” asked Raul. “My name is Gray Cloud,” the old man answered 43 .“Come with me.”

Raul followed on his horse. A 44 feeling came over him. All 45 them the rain was pouring down, 46 not a drop fell on them. They seemed to be 47 back toward Raul’s home. Raul lost track of time. Then all at once he found 48 at the ranch gate. The old man turned his horse, 49 his hand, and smiled. Lightning flashed again. The old man and his horse were 50 .

Raul’s father ran out across the yard to 51 him. “we have been 52 sick about you. Are you okay? Hurry. Let’s get in out of the 53 .”

“Wait,” said Raul. “Have you ever heard of an old man called Gray Cloud?”

“Can’t say I … wait. I 54 my great-grandfather used to tell storied about a man called Gray Cloud. He died a long time ago. They say he was 55 by lightning during a terrible thunderstorm. Why do you ask?”

36. A. Something	B. Everything	C. Anything	D. Nothing
37.A.dropped	B. fell	C. rolled	D. covered
38.A.Suddenly	B. Strongly	C. Quickly	D. Hardly
39.A.beating	B. blinding	C. burning	D. touching
40.A.nose	B. hair	C. neck	D. head
41.A.looked up	B. woke up	C. lay down	D. sat down
42.A.tiger	B. horse	C. lion	D. elephant
43.A.lazily	B. angrily	C. coldly	D. slowly
44.A.natural	B. common	C. strange	D. bad
45.A.around	B. beside	C. through	D. above
46.A.yet	B. for	C. so	D. or
47.A.walking	B. leading	C. heading	D. returning
48.A.them	B. themselves	C. him	D. himself
49.A.shook	B. waved	C. held	D. took
50.A.gone	B. left	C. followed	D. lost
51.A.see	B. meet	C. beat	D. ask
52.A.waited	B. thought	C. worried	D. excited
53.A.yard	B. wind	C. grass	D. rain
54.A.believe	B. consider	C. doubt	D. forget
55.A.defeated	B. caught	C. damaged	D. struck

One day, Raul was miles away from the small ranch（牧场） house in a large valley. 36

seemed to be all right, yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy. The wind had picked up, and angry, dark clouds 37 across the sky. He could smell the rain coming. And it did. 38 ,the lightning flashed through the clouds, nearly 39 Raul. The thunder（雷声） was so loud that he buried his 40 in his hands and rubbed his eyes. Then he heard it. Hoof beats（蹄声）.He 41 .There before him stood a tall, white 42 . An old man stared down at him from its back.

“Wh-wh-who are y-y-you?” asked Raul. “My name is Gray Cloud,” the old man answered 43 .“Come with me.”

Raul followed on his horse. A 44 feeling came over him. All 45 them the rain was pouring down, 46 not a drop fell on them. They seemed to be 47 back toward Raul’s home. Raul lost track of time. Then all at once he found 48 at the ranch gate. The old man turned his horse, 49 his hand, and smiled. Lightning flashed again. The old man and his horse were 50 .

Raul’s father ran out across the yard to 51 him. “we have been 52 sick about you. Are you okay? Hurry. Let’s get in out of the 53 .”

“Wait,” said Raul. “Have you ever heard of an old man called Gray Cloud?”

“Can’t say I … wait. I 54 my great-grandfather used to tell storied about a man called Gray Cloud. He died a long time ago. They say he was 55 by lightning during a terrible thunderstorm. Why do you ask?”

36. A. Something B. Everything C. Anything D. Nothing

37.A.dropped B. fell C. rolled D. covered

38.A.Suddenly B. Strongly C. Quickly D. Hardly

39.A.beating B. blinding C. burning D. touching

40.A.nose B. hair C. neck D. head

41.A.looked up B. woke up C. lay down D. sat down

42.A.tiger B. horse C. lion D. elephant

43.A.lazily B. angrily C. coldly D. slowly

44.A.natural B. common C. strange D. bad

45.A.around B. beside C. through D. above

46.A.yet B. for C. so D. or

47.A.walking B. leading C. heading D. returning

48.A.them B. themselves C. him D. himself

49.A.shook B. waved C. held D. took

50.A.gone B. left C. followed D. lost

51.A.see B. meet C. beat D. ask

52.A.waited B. thought C. worried D. excited

53.A.yard B. wind C. grass D. rain

54.A.believe B. consider C. doubt D. forget

55.A.defeated B. caught C. damaged D. struck

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.

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.4 probably refers to ______.

A．some audience B．other animals C．Bertie's parents D．circus owners

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

4.The passage intends to show that ______.

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

When I was young, I had an old neighbor named Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known. He never shouted at us for playing in his yard. I remembered him as a neighbor who was nicer than anyone else in the neighborhood.

When Dr. Gibbs was happy, he was planting trees. And his life’s goal was to make it a forest.

Dr. Gibbs had some interesting theories about planting. He talked about trees that weren’t watered would grow deep roots in search of water. So he never watered his trees. He planted an oak (橡树) and, instead of watering it every morning, he beat it with the rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree’s attention.

Dr. Gibbs died a couple of years. Every now and again, I walk by his house and look at the trees that he planted twenty-five years ago. They’re very strong now.

I planted a couple of trees a few years later. I watered them regularly and took good care of them. Whenever a cold wind blows, they shake their leaves and branches.

The funny thing about those trees of Dr. Gibbs was that difficulty seemed to help them in ways comfort and ease never could.

1.What was Dr. Gibbs’ life goal?

A．To build a forest. B．To save more lives.

C．To make a lot of money. D．To study plants.

2.One of Dr. Gibbs’ theories about planting was that ______.

A．he often talked to the trees B．he kicked the trees heavily

C．he never watered the trees D．he buried the leaves around the roots

3.What does the writer mainly want to tell us?

A．Trees are not as weak as we think.

B．We should listen to others’ advice.

C．Difficulty is necessary for growth.

D．Planting trees is good for the environment.

He buried the money, without anyone ________ where it was.

________ in his study, he didn’t know that all the others had left．

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