A traveler lost his way and got off the highway to see where he was. As he drove by, he saw rows and rows of pigpens and pigs running in fields. Suddenly, his eyes caught something really strange. It looked like a pig with a wooden leg.
He drove up into the arm, where he met the farmer. “ Excuse me, ” the traveler said. “ I was just driving by and looking at all your pigs, and I just had to stop and ask about it. Tell me, is there really a pig out there with a wooden leg?” The farmer smiled. “ Oh, that would be old Caesar you saw. He’s the finest pig I’ve ever had ---and smart! Well, let me tell you a little about that pig.”
“ One night a couple of years ago I got to drinking and I guess I had more than I should have. I fell down and knocked over a lamp. That started a fire in the house and old Caesar smelled the smoke. He came in the back door, got the wife and kid out, roused me up and got me out. There is no question about it ---- that night old Caesar saved all our lives. You know that I’m not going to forget it too easily.”
“ Why,” the traveler said, “ this is amazing! I have never heard of a pig like this before! This is fantastic! But tell me, how did he get that wooden leg?”
The farmer laughed and said, “ Well, when you have a pig so smart, you don’t want to eat him all at one time!”
【小題1】The farmer thought the pig _______.
| A．very fat | B．very clever | C．very kind | D．very strange |
| A．the pig lost a leg in the fire |
| B．the farmer deeply thanked the pig |
| C．the pig had a very good keeper |
| D．the real leg had been eaten by the farmer |
| A．report a piece of news |
| B．tell us a moving story |
| C．tell us a humorous story |
| D．have a joke with us |
【小題1】B
【小題2】D
【小題3】C
解析試題分析：文章講述了一個(gè)幽默的故事。一頭聰明的豬救了主人一家，農(nóng)民不舍的把它殺死，就只是吃掉了它的一條腿。
【小題1】根據(jù)第三段“...He came in the back door, got the wife and kid out, roused me up and got me out.”可知，那頭豬救了農(nóng)民一家人，它是聰明的。故選B。
【小題2】根據(jù)最后一句“”“ Well, when you have a pig so smart, you don’t want to eat him all at one time!”
當(dāng)你有一頭如此聰明的豬時(shí)，你不會(huì)舍得一下子就把它吃掉（農(nóng)民先吃了它的一條腿）。故選D。
【小題3】根據(jù)文意可知，作者看到一頭有木制腿的豬，好奇地問農(nóng)民是怎么回事。農(nóng)民給作者講述了一個(gè)豬救人的故事。但是，聰明的豬仍然難逃被宰殺的命運(yùn)，只是，農(nóng)民沒有舍得把它殺死，而是想分多次把它吃完。這是一個(gè)幽默的故事，文章不是新聞報(bào)道；豬雖然救了人但難逃厄運(yùn)，這不是令人感動(dòng)的故事；作者沒有給讀者開玩笑。故選C。
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| C．He places more emphasis on the characters’ behavior in his stories. |
| D．Studying in a boarding school proved a good choice for him. |
| A．often criticized him |
| B．showed great concern for him |
| C．encouraged him to be a writer |
| D．thought little of his ability |
| A．Anthony’s popular books—Alex Rider series |
| B．Alex Rider, a popular character |
| C．Anthony, a successful children’s book author |
| D．Special writing style |
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| B．Hardship teaches valuable lessons. |
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| A．No obvious reason. | B．The boy’s yelling back. |
| C．His self-awareness. | D．The girl’s shouting back. |
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| A．How to behave ourselves properly when kids are at fault. |
| B．How to play with our children in a more interesting way. |
| C．How to deal with the housework with children around us. |
| D．How to persuade children to do what they are told to. |
| A．The boy was happy because I loved them. |
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| C．The boy was very happy for I was angry. |
| D．The boy didn’t want me to join them. |
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