Question

【題目】It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers 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, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other place.

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 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 getting weak. They would 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 damaging 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】Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs?

A. The frogs made too much noise.

B. They need money to buy medicine.

C. They wanted to please the visitors.

D. The frogs were easy money.

【2】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.

【3】What can we infer(推斷) from the last sentence of the text?

A. Happiness comes from peaceful life in the country.

B. Health is more important than money.

C. The harmony between humans and nature is important.

D. Good old days will never be forgotten.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】C

【解析】

試題分析：試題分析：在印度的一個小山村，村民們原本過著平靜的生活。有一天，城里人到這里收購青蛙。于是，大量的青蛙被捕殺，雖然村民們賺了一些錢，但是，慢慢地害蟲多了，莊稼減產(chǎn)了，疾病開始傳播了。這時，村民們才真正認(rèn)識到這一切都是他們捕殺青蛙所造成的。

【1】D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段前兩句可知，周圍田地里到處都是青蛙，它們似乎對村民也沒有什么用處，賣掉青蛙很好賺錢，故選D。

【2】B 推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第六段內(nèi)容可知，他們把青蛙賣了之后，到處都是害蟲，這些害蟲不但毀壞莊稼，而且傳播疾病，由此可知 B 項正確。

【3】C 推理判斷題。最后一句These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.（現(xiàn)在夜晚的這些聲音具有更深刻的意義）。根據(jù)前面內(nèi)容可知，村莊里的人過度捕殺青蛙造成生態(tài)失衡，由此也給當(dāng)?shù)厝藥�來了�?zāi)難，所以他們不得不重新停止捕殺青蛙，因此，昆蟲和青蛙對他們來說才有更深的意義，也就是人與自然的和諧很重要，故選C。