Question

【題目】 It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their ancestors had lived in the same way for centuries.

Then one day, some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frog's legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.

This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was to catch them. Agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time, the people were able to dream of a better future. But the dream didn't last long.

The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and, there seemed to be more insects around lately.

The villagers decided that they couldn't just wait to see the crops failing and the children have to use the money earned to buy pesticides (殺蟲劑) and medicines. Soon there was no money left.

Then the people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadn't been useless. They had been doing an important job-eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were destroying the crops and spreading diseases.

Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.

【1】From paragraph 1 we learn that the villagers ________.

A.worked very hard for centuriesB.dreamed of having a better life

C.were poor but pleasedD.lived a different life from their ancestors

【2】Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs?

A.The frogs were easy money.B.They needed money to buy medicine.

C.They wanted to please the visitors.D.The frogs made too much noise.

【3】What might be the cause of the children's sickness?

A.The crops didn't do well.B.There were too many insects.

C.The visitors brought in diseases.D.The pesticides were overused.

【4】What can we infer from the last sentence of the passage?

A.Happiness comes from peaceful life in the country.

B.Health is more important than money.

C.The balance between man and nature is important.

D.Good old days will never be forgotten.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文，講述了在印度一個貧窮的村落，村民們聽說游客愛吃青蛙腿，于是大肆捕捉青蛙掙錢。但隨著財富的積累和青蛙的減少，莊稼里的昆蟲肆虐，孩子們也生病了，大家才意識到青蛙是有大作用的。

【1】

細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy”，可知村民們雖然窮，但是很滿足，故選C。

【2】

細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“This seemed like money for nothing”，可知賣這些青蛙可以輕易賺到錢，故選A。

【3】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)“Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were destroying the crops and spreading diseases”，可知昆蟲會傳播疾病，可推知孩子們生病也與此有關，故選B。

【4】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)“These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning”說青蛙的叫聲有了更深層次的意義，再結合村民們經歷的賣青蛙賺錢再意識到青蛙的重要性后停止捕殺青蛙，可推知這告訴我們人與自然的和諧非常重要，故選C。