A mouse looked through a hole in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package. What food might it contain? He was astonished to discover that it was a mouse trap!
Running to the farmyard, the mouse shouted, warning, “There is a mouse trap in the house; there is a mouse trap in the house.” The chicken with her head high, said, “Shut up, Little Ugly. This is a great concern to you, but it has nothing to do with me; I cannot be bothered by it.”
The mouse turned to the pig and told him, “There is a mouse trap in the house.” “I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse,” said the pig, “but there is nothing I can do about it but pray; you are always in my prayers.”
The mouse turned to the cow, who said, “A mouse trap; am I in great danger, huh?”
So the mouse had to face the farmer’s mouse trap alone.
That very night a sound was heard through the house, like the sound of a mouse trap catching its prey. The farmer’s wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see that it was a poisonous snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer’s wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital.
She returned home with a fever. It is said that drinking fresh chicken soup will help treat fever, so the farmer took his sharp knife to the farmyard for the soup’s main ingredient. His wife’s sickness continued so that friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer killed the pig. The farmer’s wife did not get well, in fact, she died, and so many people came for her funeral. The farmer had the cow killed to provide meat for all of them to eat.
So next time someone is facing a problem, don’t say that has nothing to do with you.
【小题1】We could see from the passage that the mouse was .A．good at cheating othersB．dishonestC．kind and warm-heartedD．foolish【小题2】Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A．The others helped the farmer kill the cow.B．The mouse trap was very practical.C．The pig is more friendly than the other animals .D．The farmer’s family had no friends at all【小题3】What can we learn from the story?A．Traps can always cause chain reactions B．Sometimes when the least of us are threatened, we all might be at risk.C．It is better to be safe than to be sorry.D．To keep the balance of nature is the duty of us all.C
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(答案→)C
解析：本文是一篇寓言故事告诉我们表面看上去没有联系的事物，实际上都可能联系在一起。
【小题1】C 推理题。根据文章2,3,4段可知老鼠看见危险以后立刻通知其它动物，说明他很善良也很热心肠，故C正确。
【小题2】D 细节题。根据文章倒数第三行so many people came for her funeral.说明这位农民有很多朋友，故D错误。
【小题3】B主旨大意题。文章通过中寓言故事告诉我们表面看上去没有联系的事物，实际上都可能联系在一起。故表面上最不会受到威胁的事物，也有可能出于危险中，故B正确。