专题04 阅读理解25篇(江苏名校期中真题)-2023-2024学年八年级英语下学期期中复习查缺补漏冲刺满分（牛津译林版）

期中必考题型之阅读理解25篇 (名校期中真题) （22-23八年级下·江苏苏州·期中）“I”—storyteller  Bertie—storyteller’s husband  The White Prince—a lion …We never had children of our own—just the White Prince—and I can tell you, he was enough of a family for anyone. He walked freely in the park just as we had planned he would, and ran after the deer and the rabbits whenever he felt like it; but he never did learn how to kill for himself. You can’t teach old lions new tricks. He lived on deer mostly, and slept on a sofa in our living room—I wouldn’t have him inside our bedroom, no matter (无论) how often Bertie asked. You know, I have to draw the line somewhere. Bertie’s leg was never cured (治愈). When it was bad, he often needed a stick, or me, or the lion to lean on. It pained him a lot, especially on cold and wet days, and he never slept well. On Sundays the three of us would walk around the park together, and Bertie would sit on the top of Wood Hill with his arm around the lion’s neck and I would fly kites. You know, I’ve always loved kites. And the lion liked to break them into pieces. The lion never showed any interest in running away, and even if he’d wanted to, the park wall was too high for an old lion to jump over. Wherever Bertie went, he wanted to go too. And if ever Bertie went out in the car, then he’d sit by me in the kitchen, and watch me with those great amber eyes, listening all the while for the sound of Bertie’s car coming up the path to the front of the house. The lion was getting older. And he became weak in his legs and could see very little. He spent his last days sleeping at Bertie’s feet. When he died, we buried (埋葬) him at the bottom of the hill. Bertie wanted it that way so he could always see the place from the kitchen window. I advised Bertie to plant a tree in case (以防) he forgot where the lion was. “I will, but he should get more than a tree, ” Bertie said. Bertie was sad for weeks, months after the lion died. There was nothing I could do to cheer him or even comfort him. He