People say the lion is the “King of Animals” because we are very strong. So people watch us live in zoos behind bars or in parks when they drive in cars. But we are not happy there. We should live in grassy land in Africa. We live in families, too. In a lion’s family, there are usually about 12 members. We live and work together to get food and help the small ones. The mother lions usually get food for the baby lions . The father lions sleep most of the day. But you don’t think we are lazy. We are listening and watching all the time.

Now there are only a few thousand lions in the world. People are killing us.

【小题1】How many members are there in the lion families?

A．Ten

B．Eleven

C．Nine

D．About twelve

【小题2】How do the lion families live?

A．They live each alone( 独立 )

B．All of the members of a family live together.

C．They live on grass (  以……为主食 )

D．They live on fish.

【小题3】Who get food for the baby lions?

A．Father lions

B．Grown-up lions.

C．Young lions

D．Mother lions

【小题4】Why are there only a few thousand lions in the world?
Because _________

A．they kill their baby lions

B．people have killed many of the lions

C．they don’t want to feed too many baby lions

D．many of them die from illness （死于疾病）

【小题5】People say the lion is the “King of Animals” because_________

A．they are very small.

B．they are very big.

C．they are very weak.

D．they are very strong.