Question

A mouse looked through a crack(裂縫) in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package. “What food might this contain？”The mouse____.He was alarmed to discover that it was a mousetrap(捕鼠夾子)．

Going back to the farmyard the mouse gave a(n)____：“There is a mousetrap！” The chicken raised her head and said: “Mr Mouse, I can tell this is a big____to you, but it is of no consequence to me.I cannot be____by it.”

The mouse turned to the pig. “I am so sorry，”sympathized the pig, “but there is____I can do about it but____.I will make sure that you are in my prayers.”

The mouse turned to the cow.“Mr Mouse, I'm sorry for you，____it's no skin off my nose，” said she.

So he returned to the house, head down and___， to face the farmer's mousetrap alone.

That very night a sound was heard throughout the house，like the sound of a mousetrap____its prey.The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she didn't see that it was a____ snake whose tail the trap had caught.The snake bit her.

The farmer rushed her to the hospital.She returned home with a fever.Now everyone knows you____a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took a knife to the____for the chicken.

His wife's sickness___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 didn't get____and died.So many people came for her____that the farmer had the____ killed so as to____meat for all of them to eat.

The mouse looked upon it all from his____in the wall with great____.

So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem and think it doesn't concern you, remember—when one of us is threatened, we are all at____.

1.A.whispered　B．shouted

C．wondered　D．hesitated

2.A.warning　B．message

C．notice　D．information

3.A.surprise　B．concern

C．result　D．deal

4.A.bothered　B．cheated

C．murdered　D．exchanged

5.．A.anything　B．something

C．everything　D．nothing

6.A.wait　B．pray

C．avoid　D．prevent

7.A.so　B．and

C．but　D．for

8.A.astonished　B．puzzled

C．depressed　D．satisfied

9.A.catching　B．protecting

C．gathering　D．collecting

10.．A.poisonous　B．nervous

C．fat　D．big

11.A.check　B．treat

C．abandon　D．examine

12.A.room　B．farmyard

C．kitchen　D．wall

13.A.appeared　B．reduced

C．disappeared　D．continued

14.A.good　B．safe

C．quiet　D．well

15.A.funeral　B．event

C．farm　D．death

16.A.chicken　B．cow

C．snake　D．pig

17.A.offer　B．afford

C．provide　D．supply

18.A.house　B．position

C．crack　D．expression

19.A.happiness　B．sadness

C．tiredness　D．carelessness

20.A.peace　B．risk

C．sight　D．work

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.C

9.A

10.A

11.B

12.B

13.D

14.D

15.A

16.B

17.C

18.C

19.B

20.B

【解析】文章是一篇寓言故事，屬于記敘文。一個(gè)老鼠夾子的出現(xiàn)，陰差陽錯(cuò)地讓看起來毫不相干的動(dòng)物喪命。

1.

答案　C

2.2】 解析　對老鼠來說，老鼠夾子是危險(xiǎn)的。根據(jù)“There is a mousetrap！”，可判斷它向大家發(fā)出了警報(bào)。information是不可數(shù)名詞。message“消息，訊息”；notice“通知，布告”。若用B項(xiàng)，表達(dá)不出文中的感情色彩。

答案　A

3.3】 解析　根據(jù)上文中的“He was alarmed to discover that it was a mousetrap(捕鼠夾子)”，以及空后的but并列分句的內(nèi)容可知，concern“擔(dān)心的事，關(guān)切的事”，符合文意。

答案　B

4.4】解析　根據(jù) “but it is of no consequence to me” 可知，捕鼠夾對雞沒有任何影響。bother “使不安，給……造成麻煩”。

答案　A

5.5】解析　豬表示除了祈禱外它無能為力。根據(jù)句末的but也可判斷此處表示否定意義。

答案　D

6.6】解析　下文“I will make sure that you are in my prayers.”有暗示。

答案　B

7.7】解析　根據(jù)文意可知，牛跟豬和雞的反應(yīng)一樣，認(rèn)為捕鼠夾對自己毫無影響，故空處表示轉(zhuǎn)折。

答案　C

8.8】解析　根據(jù)上文大家都婉拒了它，以及“head down”和“to face the farmer's mousetrap alone”可知老鼠很沮喪。depressed“沮喪的”。

答案　C

9.9】 解析　根據(jù)下文“The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught.”可知此處指像捕鼠夾夾住東西的聲音。

答案　A

10.0】解析　根據(jù)下文農(nóng)夫的妻子因被蛇咬而死可以判斷這是一條毒蛇。poisonous“有毒的”，符合文意。

答案　A

11.1】 解析　人人都知道治療發(fā)燒最好用新鮮的雞湯。treat...with...以……方式治療。check重在核對，也就是說在檢查前就已經(jīng)能夠預(yù)測到結(jié)果。examine則表示檢查，結(jié)果如何事先并不知道。

答案　B

12.2】解析　根據(jù)第二段首句中的“Going back to the farmyard”可知，雞在院子里。

答案　B

13.3】解析　農(nóng)夫妻子的病情不斷惡化，朋友和鄰居都過來探望她。continue“繼續(xù)，持續(xù)”，符合文意。

答案　D

14.4】 解析　農(nóng)夫妻子的病沒有好轉(zhuǎn)，最終去世了。well在此處作形容詞，表示“健康的，身體好的”。

答案　D

15.5】 解析　根據(jù)上文的died和常識判斷，許多人參加了她的葬禮(funeral)。

答案　A

16.6】解析　根據(jù)上文信息可推知，為招待參加葬禮的人，農(nóng)夫把牛也宰了。

答案　B

17.7】解析　offer側(cè)重表示“愿意給予”，常用于offer sb sth或offer sth to sb 結(jié)構(gòu)，故排除；provide意為“供給，提供，裝備，準(zhǔn)備”，provide sth for sb 意為“向某人提供某物”；supply“提供，供應(yīng)”，常用于supply sb with sth 或supply sth to sb 結(jié)構(gòu)；afford意為“買得起”。故此處用provide。

答案　C

18.8】 解析　根據(jù)文章首句可推知，老鼠是從墻上的裂縫處看到農(nóng)夫家里發(fā)生的事的。

答案　C

19.9】解析　根據(jù)上文信息可知，老鼠跟農(nóng)夫家里的動(dòng)物是朋友，看到雞、豬和牛相繼被殺，自然是很悲傷。

答案　B

20.20】 解析　記住，當(dāng)我們中的一個(gè)受到威脅，我們大家都處在危險(xiǎn)中。at risk “在危險(xiǎn)中”；at peace “處于和平狀態(tài)”；at sight “一看(就)”；at work “在工作，在運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)”。

答案　B