The following is a true story. It happened in a small village in Australia, where some dangerous animals live in the forest.
Lisa, a 33-year-old mother, went to cook lunch in the kitchen, her 3-year-old son, Barney, playing by himself in the garden.
Suddenly, a loud cry of Barney came into the mother’s ears. Lisa rushed into the garden in a hurry and found a big snake entwining（缠绕） the little boy with its body and trying to eat the boy. It was a boa（蟒）. Lisa was terrified a
nd quite angry. She decided to save her son from the boa’s mouth.
It was great mother’s love that made Lisa forget what she was facing. She took up a hoe（锄） from the ground and beat（打）the boa as hard as she could.
One...two...with the hoe, Lisa beat the boa time and time again, but useless. The little boy’s voice and breath were getting weaker and weaker, Lisa’s heart was broken and she got nearly mad.
Suddenly Lisa put away the hoe and threw herself to the boa, opened her mouth and bit（咬） into the boa’s back. The boa was so badly hurt that it let go of Barney and moved into the forest hurriedly. It had never known how a woman had such sharp（锋利的）teeth. Soon the boa was found dead in the forest.
It was great mother’s love that saved the little boy.
1 When she came into the garden, Lisa found __________.
A. her son was in danger of losing his life
B. her son was playing with a big snake
C. a boa was playing with her son
D. Barney was fighting with a boa
2 What is the Chinese meaning of the word “terrified” in the passage?
A. 激动的 B. 惊恐的 C. 平静的 D. 难过的
3 Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Lisa was getting weaker and weaker.
B. Lisa got mad when she saw her son in danger.
C. Lisa opened his mouth and bit into the boa’s back.
D. Lisa beat the boa with the hoe as hard as she could.
4 In this passage the writer mainly wants to tell us __________.
A. the boy is too young to fight with the boa
B. how sharp the woman's teeth are
C. a boa is a dangerous animal
D. how great mother’s love is
