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【题目】A mouse looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package: What food might it contain? He was astonished to discover that it was a mouse trap!

Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse declared the warning, “There is a mouse trap in the house, there is a mouse trap in the house.”

The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, “Mr Mouse, I can tell you this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me, I cannot be bothered by it.”

The mouse turned to the pig and told him, “There is a mouse trap in the house.” “I am so sorry, Mr. Mouse,” sympathized the pig, “but there is nothing I can do about it but pray; be assured that you are in my prayers.”

The mouse turned to the cow, who replied, “A mouse trap, am I in grave danger, huh?”

So the mouse returned to the house, head down and depressed to face the farmer’s mouse trap alone.

That very night a sound was heard throughout the house, like the sound of a mouse trap catching its prey. The farmer’s wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see that it was an evil snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer’s wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital. She returned home with a fever. Now everyone knew to treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup’s main ingredient. His wife’s sickness continued so that friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig. The farmer’s wife did not get well, in fact, she died, and so many people came for her funeral. The farmer had the cow slaughtered （屠杀）to provide meat for all of them to eat.

So the next time you hear that someone is facing a problem and think that it does not concern you, remember that when the least of us is threatened, we are all at risk.

【1】We may infer that the passage is most probably a ______.

A. fairy tale （神话） B. fable（寓言）

C. science fiction D. news report

【2】We could see from the passage that the mouse was ______.

A. kind and warm-hearted B. well-informed

C. good at cheating others D. foolish and rude

【3】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The pig was comparatively less friendly than the others in the farmyard.

B. The mouse trap that the mouse discovered was not a practical one.

C. The farmer and his wife trapped an evil snake that night.

D. The farmer’s family was in fact poor and they had no friends.

【4】What can we learn from the story?

A. Better safe than sorry.

B. Traps are usually well disguised.

C. To help others is just to save you.

D. To keep the balance of nature is the duty of us all.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】试题分析：文中寓言告诉我们本认为和自己毫不相干的事最后却牵连到了自己，让我们知道了有人受到威胁别人也就面临了危险即唇亡齿寒的道理。

【1】A推理判断题。根据文中Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse declared the warning The mouse turned to the pig and told him和The mouse turned to the cow可知老鼠通知了院子里的当我说明它是友善热心的，故选A.

【2】C正误判断题。根据倒数第二段In the darkness, she did not see that it was an evil snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer’s wife.可知捕鼠器夹住了蛇尾巴，C正确，故选C.

【3】D猜测词意题。根据Now everyone knew to treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup’s main ingredient.人们知道用鲜鸡汤治疗发烧，鸡汤的主要原料是鸡，故选D.

【4】B推理判断题。文章通过老鼠、鸡、猪、牛的故事告诉我们主人放置捕鼠器看似对老鼠以外的动物毫无影响，但事实上其他动物都受到了牵连，即陷阱是被隐藏着的，危机有时是看不见的，可能在某个时候就会爆发。故选B.