Question

A rat looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package. What food might it contain? But he discovered that it was a rattrap (捕鼠夹）.
Going back to the farmyard, the rat started to give a warning.
The rat turned to the pig and told him：“There is a rattrap in the house, a rattrap in the house!”
‘Tm sorry，Mr. Rat，” said the pig，“I can only say this is something terrible to you, but it is of no influence to me. I cannot be bothered with it.”
The rat turned to the cow. But the cow said，“Like wow，Mr. Rat? A rattrap? I am in danger, Huh?”
The rat returned to the house, head down and dejected. So the rat had to face the farmer's rattrap alone.
That very night, a sound was heard throughout the house，like the sound of a rattrap catching its prey (猎物）The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness，she did not notice that it was a poisonous snake whose tail had been caught by the trap. The snake bit her.
The farmer rushed her to hospital. She returned home with a fever. Everyone knows that a fever could be treated with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his knife to the farmyard for the soup. However, his wife's sickness continued.
The farmer's friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer killed the pig. But she didn't get well. Finally, she diedand so many people came for the last sight that the farmer had the cow killed to provide meat for all of them.
So the next time you hear that someone is facing a problem and think that it does not concern you, remember that the whole farmyard is at risk when there is a rattrap in the house.
【小题1】From the passage we know that______.

A．the pig helped the rat get rid of the trap

B．the cow strongly believed in what the rat said

C．no animals showed concern over the rat's warning

D．the snake was killed immediately after being caught

【小题2】The underlined word ‘‘dejected” is the closest in meaning to______.

A．disappointed

B．surprised

C．determined

D．excited

【小题3】We can learn from the article that_____.

A．the farmer had planned to kill the rat

B．the rat was very wise in avoiding the trap

C．the farmer's wife got good treatment in hospital

D．the rat had expected what would happen to the pig and cow

【小题4】What message does the story intend to pass?

A．We should mind our own business.

B．Everything is related to something else.

C．We'd better treat animals in a friendly way.

D．The farmer couple and their friends are all foolish.

Answer 1

【小题1】C
【小题2】A
【小题3】A
【小题4】B

解析试题分析：本文叙述了一个寓言故事，一对农民夫妇在家里放了一个老鼠夹，本想把老鼠抓住，可是被老鼠看到了夹子，老鼠去向其他的动物求助，其他的动物谁也不帮助它，可是一条蛇被夹子夹住了尾巴，女主人去看被夹住尾巴的蛇咬伤了，丈夫为了救妻子把家里的动物都给杀了，结果妻子还是死了。这个故事告诉我们人们之间应该互相关心和爱护。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据So the rat had to face the farmer's rattrap alone.
故选C。
【小题2】词义猜测题。根据So the rat had to face the farmer's rattrap alone.
可以猜出没有动物想帮助老鼠，所以它很失望，故选A。
【小题3】推理判断题。根据农民放老鼠夹的目的是想杀死老鼠，故选A。
【小题4】写作意图题。根据每件事之间都有关联，故选B。
考点：故事类短文阅读。
点评：写作意图题指作者在文中表达的意思，也就是写作目的。只有掌握作者的写作意图， 我们才能了解文章的深层含义， 从而全面正确，深刻把握思想。作者的写作意图通常隐藏在字里行间，所以需要从以下几个方面来看：熟悉文体；寻找 key word, topic sentence；善于把握讽刺，反语等常见修辞方法；把握作者的语气，严肃或轻松，幽默或讽刺，平和或激动，乐观或悲观。