A traveler lost his way and got off the highway to see where he was. As he drove by, he saw rows and rows of pigpens and pigs running in fields. Suddenly, his eyes caught something really strange. It looked like a pig with a wooden leg.
He drove up into the arm, where he met the farmer. “ Excuse me, ” the traveler said. “ I was just driving by and looking at all your pigs, and I just had to stop and ask about it. Tell me, is there really a pig out there with a wooden leg?” The farmer smiled. “ Oh, that would be old Caesar you saw. He’s the finest pig I’ve ever had ---and smart! Well, let me tell you a little about that pig.”
“ One night a couple of years ago I got to drinking and I guess I had more than I should have. I fell down and knocked over a lamp. That started a fire in the house and old Caesar smelled the smoke. He came in the back door, got the wife and kid out, roused me up and got me out. There is no question about it ---- that night old Caesar saved all our lives. You know that I’m not going to forget it too easily.”
“ Why,” the traveler said, “ this is amazing! I have never heard of a pig like this before! This is fantastic! But tell me, how did he get that wooden leg?”
The farmer laughed and said, “ Well, when you have a pig so smart, you don’t want to eat him all at one time!”
【小题1】The farmer thought the pig .A．very fatB．very cleverC．very kindD．very strange【小题2】The passage indicates that .A．the pig lost a leg in the fireB．the farmer deeply thanked the pigC．the pig had a very good keeperD．the real leg had been eaten by the farmer【小题3】The author wants to .A．report a piece of newsB．tell us a moving storyC．tell us a humorous storyD．have a joke with usB
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(答案→)B
解析：文章讲述了一个幽默的故事。一头聪明的猪救了主人一家，农民不舍的把它杀死，就只是吃掉了它的一条腿。
【小题1】根据第三段“...He came in the back door, got the wife and kid out, roused me up and got me out.”可知，那头猪救了农民一家人，它是聪明的。故选B。
【小题2】根据最后一句“”“ Well, when you have a pig so smart, you don’t want to eat him all at one time!”
当你有一头如此聪明的猪时，你不会舍得一下子就把它吃掉（农民先吃了它的一条腿）。故选D。
【小题3】根据文意可知，作者看到一头有木制腿的猪，好奇地问农民是怎么回事。农民给作者讲述了一个猪救人的故事。但是，聪明的猪仍然难逃被宰杀的命运，只是，农民没有舍得把它杀死，而是想分多次把它吃完。这是一个幽默的故事，文章不是新闻报道；猪虽然救了人但难逃厄运，这不是令人感动的故事；作者没有给读者开玩笑。故选C。