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 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 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.
(2010·遼寧，A)
小題1:From Paragraph 1 we learn that the villagers ________.
A．worked very hard for centuries
B．dreamed of having a better life
C．were poor but somewhat content
D．lived a different life from their forefathers
小題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.
小題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.
小題4:What can we infer 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 man and nature is important.
D．Good old days will never be forgotten.

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:C

小題1: C
解析　細節(jié)理解題。由第一段中“The people were poor.However，they were not unhappy.”可知，他們雖清貧但還算幸福。A項原文未提及；B項是后文所述之事；D項與第一段中的信息恰恰相反。
小題2:A
解析　細節(jié)理解題。由第三段首句“This seemed like money for nothing.”及其后敘述可知，村民們認為青蛙是無用卻能讓他們快速發(fā)財致富的東西。故選A。
小題3:　B
解析　細節(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，導致農(nóng)作物損失，疾病蔓延，從而引起兒童患病，體質(zhì)虛弱。
小題4:　C
解析　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。
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