A mouse looked through a hole 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!
　　Running to the farmyard, the mouse shouted, warning, “There is a mouse trap in the house; there is a mouse trap in the house.” The chicken with her head high, said, “Shut up, Little Ugly. This is a great concern to you, but it has nothing to do with 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 very sorry, Mr. Mouse,” said the pig, “but there is nothing I can do about it but pray; you are always  in my prayers.”
　　The mouse turned to the cow, who said, “A mouse trap; am I in great danger, huh?”
So the mouse had to face the farmer’s mouse trap alone.
　　That very night a sound was heard through 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 a poisonous 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. It is said that drinking fresh chicken soup will help treat fever, so the farmer took his sharp knife 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 killed 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 killed to provide meat for all of them to eat.
So next time someone is facing a problem, don’t say that has nothing to do with you.
小題1:We could see from the passage that the mouse was______.
A．good at cheating othersB．dishonest
C．kind and warm-heartedD．foolish
小題2:Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A．The others helped the farmer kill the cow.
B．The mouse trap was very practical.
C．The pig is more friendly than the other animals .
D．The farmer’s family had no friends at all
小題3:What can we learn from the story?
A．Traps can always cause chain reactions
B．Sometimes when the least of us are threatened, we all might be at risk.
C．It is better to be safe than to be sorry.
D．To keep the balance of nature is the duty of us all.

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:B

試題分析：本文是一篇寓言故事告訴我們表面看上去沒有聯(lián)系的事物，實(shí)際上都可能聯(lián)系在一起。
小題1:C 推理題。根據(jù)文章2,3,4段可知老鼠看見危險(xiǎn)以后立刻通知其它動(dòng)物，說明他很善良也很熱心腸，故C正確。
小題2:D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第三行so many people came for her funeral.說明這位農(nóng)民有很多朋友，故D錯(cuò)誤。
小題3:B主旨大意題。文章通過中寓言故事告訴我們表面看上去沒有聯(lián)系的事物，實(shí)際上都可能聯(lián)系在一起。故表面上最不會(huì)受到威脅的事物，也有可能出于危險(xiǎn)中，故B正確。
點(diǎn)評：寓言類短文是想通過一個(gè)故事闡述一個(gè)道理，本文的內(nèi)容比較簡單易懂，考生要注意上下文的串聯(lián)和細(xì)節(jié)的理解。
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A．WhyB．WhereC．WhetherD．How
小題8:
A．looked throughB．looked intoC．looked outD．looked up
小題9:
A．broughtB．shoutedC．tookD．turned
小題10:
A．a(chǎn)nythingB．somethingC．everythingD．nothing
小題11:
A．phoneB．questionC．letterD．door
小題12:
A．more helpfulB．more attractiveC．worseD．better
小題13:
A．survivedB．escapedC．livedD．died
小題14:
A．As a wholeB．As a resultC．In allD．In general
小題15:
A．workB．washC．repairD．learn
小題16:
A．closedB．foldedC．openedD．painted
小題17:
A．a(chǎn)rticleB．poemC．noticeD．message
小題18:
A．failureB．pain C．wishD．shame
小題19:
A．picked upB．picked outC．pushed backD．put away
小題20:
A．a(chǎn)roundB．overC．onD．a(chǎn)t

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