20.A rat looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package.What food might it contain?He was alarmed to discover that it was a rat trap (捕鼠夾).
Going back to the farmyard the rat gave a warning:"There is a rat trap in the house,a rat trap in the house!"The chicken raised her head and said:"Excuse me,Mr Rat,I can tell this is a big concern to you,but it is of no business to me.I cannot be bothered with it."
The rat turned to the pig and told him:"There is a rat trap in the house,a rat trap in the house!""I am so very sorry,Mr.Rat,"sympathized the pig,"but there is nothing I can do about it but pray.I will make sure that you are in my prayers."
The rat turned to the cow.She said,"Like wow,Mr.Rat.A rat trap.I am in grave danger.Duh?"
So the rat returned to the house,head down and dejected,to face the farmer's rat trap alone.
That very night a sound was heard throughout the house,like the sound of a rat trap catching its prey (獵物).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.Now everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup,so the farmer took his hatchet (短柄斧) 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.She died,and so many people came for her funeral that the farmer had the cow killed 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 there is a rat trap in the house,the whole farmyard is at risk.
32.The underlined word"dejected"in Paragraph 5is closest in meaning toC.
A.confusedB.surprised C.disappointed D.doubtful
33.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article?B
A.The chicken showed great concern for the rat.
B.The co didn't care about what the rat said.
C.The pig helped the rat get rid of the trap.
D.The snake was killed after being caught in the trap.
34.We can conclude from the article thatA.
A.none of the other animals felt threatened by the rat trap
B.the farmer regretted setting up the rat trap
C.the rat was very wise in avoiding the trap
D.the farmer's wife got good treatment in the hospital
35.What message does the story intend to convey?D
A.We should mind our own business.
B.We should treat animals in a friendly way
C.Helping others is always a virtue.
D.Everything is related to something else.
分析 本文通過(guò)一則寓言故事告訴我們一個(gè)道理,任何事都不要覺(jué)得事不關(guān)己,就高高掛起.往往事物都是牽一發(fā)而動(dòng)全身的,誰(shuí)也不能獨(dú)善其身.
解答 32-35 CBAD
32.C 考查詞意猜測(cè).根據(jù)"head down"可知,他是低著頭,垂頭喪氣的.所以該詞的意思是"沮喪的".故選C.
33.B 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解.根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知,老鼠告訴這個(gè)家里的所有動(dòng)物,家里面有個(gè)捕鼠夾,但是他們不關(guān)心老鼠說(shuō)了什么.故選B.
34.A 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解.根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知,其他動(dòng)物之所以不關(guān)心老鼠說(shuō)了什么,是因?yàn)槠渌麆?dòng)物都沒(méi)有受到老鼠陷阱的威脅.故選A.
35.D 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解.根據(jù)文章可知,老鼠告訴所有動(dòng)物,家里面有個(gè)捕鼠夾,但是他們不關(guān)心老鼠說(shuō)了什么,因?yàn)槠渌麆?dòng)物認(rèn)為自己沒(méi)有受到老鼠陷阱的威脅.但是最終牽一發(fā)而動(dòng)全身,其他動(dòng)物也不能獨(dú)善其身.所以說(shuō)一切事物都與其他人相關(guān).故選D.
點(diǎn)評(píng) 閱讀理解考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí),要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.