Question

第三部分  閱讀理解（共兩節，滿分40分）

（共15小題：每小題2分，滿分30分）

      閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

   Tt 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.Tt 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. From Paragragh 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

2.Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs?

   A.The frogs were easy money.

   B.They needed money to buy visitors.

   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 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.

Answer 1

【小題1】C

【小題2】A

【小題3】B

【小題4】C

解析:

【語篇解讀】本篇文章為記敘文。主要講述印度一個小村莊的人們在外鄉人的誘導下為

了追求金錢收益捕殺青蛙，結果破壞了生態平衡。意識到這個問題后，他們及時停止了

捕殺，重新回到了寧靜的鄉村生活。

【小題1】推理判斷題。根據第一段“The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy.”可知，村民們雖然窮，但是并不是不快樂。因此他們過著貧窮但是知足的生活。因此正確答案為C。

【小題2】推理判斷題。根據第二段和第三段“This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers.”可知，外鄉人要青蛙，而當地人認為青蛙對村民們沒有用。因此正確答案為A。

【小題3】細節理解題。根據第四段“More worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and there seemed be more insect around lately.”可知，“最近附近的蟲子的增多，使得跟讓人擔憂的事情出現了——孩子們經常得病。”因此正確答案為B。

【小題4】主旨大意題。本文最后一句“晚上青蛙和昆蟲的鳴叫聲對于村民來說有更深的含義。”從上文中可知，村民們破壞了生態環境，受到了懲罰，知道了維護生態平衡的重要性。因此正確答案為C。