Question

It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers (祖先) 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 frogs’ legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and 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 to 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 (好像) the crops(莊稼) 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 they’d just had to buy pesticides (殺蟲劑) and medicine. Soon there was no money left.

Then the people realized that what was happening. It was the frogs. They hadn’t been useless. They had been doing an important job—eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, soon there were more and more insects. They were doing harm to both crops and people.

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

1.Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs?

A. They needed money to buy medicine.

B. They wanted to please the visitors.

C. The frogs were easy money.

D. The frogs made too much noise.

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 disease.

D. The pesticides were overused.

3.What can we learn from the last sentence of the passage?

A. Good old days will never be forgotten.

B. Health is more important than money.

C. The harmony between man and nature is important.

D. Happiness comes from peaceful life in the country.

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文通過描寫印度的一個(gè)小村莊因?yàn)檫^度捕殺青蛙而對(duì)莊稼和孩子造成損傷，然后幡然醒悟的故事，說明了人與自然應(yīng)和平相處的道理。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第三段首句“This seemed like money for nothing.”及其后敘述可知，村民們認(rèn)為青蛙是無用卻能讓他們快速發(fā)財(cái)致富的東西。故選C。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由倒數(shù)第二段最后一句“They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.”可知，由于昆蟲增加，導(dǎo)致農(nóng)作物損失，疾病蔓延，從而引起兒童患病，體質(zhì)虛弱。故選B。

3.推理判斷題。最后一段提到：村民現(xiàn)在仍貧窮，但在落日的黃昏，聚坐廣場，聆聽夜晚的昆蟲叫與蛙鳴聲——這些聲音賦予人們更深刻的含義，那就是：人與自然的和諧相處。故選C。

考點(diǎn)：日常生活類短文閱讀。