Book5_U1_练习_阅读理解.

1、阅读下面的短文，回答后面的问题A mouse looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package: Whatfood might it contain? He was astonished to discover that it was a mouse trap!Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse declared the warning, here is a mouse“Tpin the house, there is a mouse t

2、rap in the house.”The chicke n clucked and scratched, raised her head and said,“Mr Mouse, I can tellyou this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no con seque nee to me, I cannot be bothered by it.”The mouse turned to the pig and told him,“There is a mouse trap in the house.am so sorry, Mr Mouse,

3、 ” sympathized the pig,“but there is nothing I can do about it but pray; be assuredthat you are in my prayers.” The mouse turned to the cow, who replied,“A mouse trap, am I in grave dan ger, huh?”So the mouse returned to the house, head dow n and depressed to face the farmermouse trap alone.That ver

4、y ni ght a sound was heard throughout the house, like the sound of a mouse trap catching itsprey. The farmers wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see that it was an evilsnake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmers wife. The farmer rushed her to thehosp

5、ital. She returned home with a fever. Now every one knew to treat a fever with fresh chicke n soup, sothe farmertook his hatchet to the farmyard for the soups main ingredient. His wifes si，continued so that friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmerbutchere

6、d th 甲 ig. The farmer s wife did not get well, in fact, she died, and so many people came for herfun eral. The farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide meat for all of them to eat.So the n ext time you hear that some one is facing a problem and think that it does not concern you,remember that when

7、the least of us is threatened, we are all at risk.1. We may infer that the passage is most probably a_ .A. fairy taleB. fableC. scie nee fictionD. n ews report2. We could see from the passage that the mouse was_ .A. kind and warm-heartedB. well-i nformedC. good at cheati ng othersD. foolish and rude

8、3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. The pig was comparatively less friendly than the others in the farmyard.B. The mouse trap that the mouse discovered was not a practical one.C. The farmer and his wife trapped an evil snake that night.D. The farmer s family was in fact poor and they had no friends.4. The underlined word“ ingredient ” (Paragraph 7 refers to_A. the mouseB. the pigC. the sn akeD. the chicke n5. What can we lear n from the story?A. Better safe tha n sorry.B. Traps are usua