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题目内容：

A mouse looked through a crack(裂缝) in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package. “What food might this contain？”The mouse____.He was alarmed to discover that it was a mousetrap(捕鼠夹子)．

Going back to the farmyard the mouse gave a(n)____：“There is a mousetrap！” The chicken raised her head and said: “Mr Mouse, I can tell this is a big____to you, but it is of no consequence to me.I cannot be____by it.”

The mouse turned to the pig. “I am so sorry，”sympathized the pig, “but there is____I can do about it but____.I will make sure that you are in my prayers.”

The mouse turned to the cow.“Mr Mouse, I'm sorry for you，____it's no skin off my nose，” said she.

So he returned to the house, head down and___， to face the farmer's mousetrap alone.

That very night a sound was heard throughout the house，like the sound of a mousetrap____its prey.The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she didn't see that it was a____ snake whose tail the trap had caught.The snake bit her.

The farmer rushed her to the hospital.She returned home with a fever.Now everyone knows you____a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took a knife to the____for the chicken.

His wife's sickness___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 didn't get____and died.So many people came for her____that the farmer had the____ killed so as to____meat for all of them to eat.

The mouse looked upon it all from his____in the wall with great____.

So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem and think it doesn't concern you, remember—when one of us is threatened, we are all at____.

小题1:

A．whispered　

B．shouted

C．wondered　

D．hesitated小题2:

A．warning　

B．message

C．notice

D．information小题3:

A．surprise　

B．concern

C．result

D．deal小题4:

A．bothered　

B．cheated

C．murdered　

D．exchanged小题5:．

A．anything　

B．something

C．everything

D．nothing小题6:

A．wait　

B．pray

C．avoid　

D．prevent小题7:

A．so

B．and

C．but　

D．for小题8:

A．astonished

B．puzzled

C．depressed　

D．satisfied小题9:

A．catching　

B．protecting

C．gathering　

D．collecting小题10:．

A．poisonous　

B．nervous

C．fat　

D．big小题11:

A．check

B．treat

C．abandon　

D．examine小题12:

A．room　

B．farmyard

C．kitchen　

D．wall小题13:

A．appeared　

B．reduced

C．disappeared　

D．continued小题14:

A．good　

B．safe

C．quiet　

D．well小题15:

A．funeral　

B．event

C．farm　

D．death小题16:

A．chicken　

B．cow

C．snake　

D．pig小题17:

A．offer

B．afford

C．provide　

D．supply小题18:

A．house

B．position

C．crack　

D．expression小题19:

A．happiness

B．sadness

C．tiredness　

D．carelessness小题20:

A．peace

B．risk

C．sight　

D．work

最佳答案：

小题1:C

小题2:A

小题3:B

小题4:A

小题5:D

小题6:B

小题7:C

小题8:C

小题9:A

小题10:A

小题11:B

小题12:B

小题13:D

小题14:D

小题15:A

小题16:B

小题17:C

小题18:C

小题19:B

小题20:B

答案解析：

文章是一篇寓言故事，属于记叙文。一个老鼠夹子的出现，阴差阳错地让看起来毫不相干的动物丧命。

小题1:解析　根据 “What food might this contain？”可以判断出老鼠想知道包裹里是什么东西。wonder：feel curious or be in doubt about(感到好奇或怀疑)，符合文意。whisper “窃窃私语，耳语”；shout “叫喊”；hesitate “犹豫不决”。

答案　C

小题2: 解析　对老鼠来说，老鼠夹子是危险的。根据“There is a mousetrap！”，可判断它向大家发出了警报。information是不可数名词。message“消息，讯息”；notice“通知，布告”。若用B项，表达不出文中的感情色彩。

答案　A

小题3: 解析　根据上文中的“He was alarmed to discover that it was a mousetrap(捕鼠夹子)”，以及空后的but并列分句的内容可知，concern“担心的事，关切的事”，符合文意。

答案　B

小题4:解析　根据 “but it is of no consequence to me” 可知，捕鼠夹对鸡没有任何影响。bother “使不安，给……造成麻烦”。

答案　A

小题5:解析　猪表示除了祈祷外它无能为力。根据句末的but也可判断此处表示否定意义。

答案　D

小题6:解析　下文“I will make sure that you are in my prayers.”有暗示。

答案　B

小题7:解析　根据文意可知，牛跟猪和鸡的反应一样，认为捕鼠夹对自己毫无影响，故空处表示转折。

答案　C

小题8:解析　根据上文大家都婉拒了它，以及“head down”和“to face the farmer's mousetrap alone”可知老鼠很沮丧。depressed“沮丧的”。

答案　C

小题9: 解析　根据下文“The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught.”可知此处指像捕鼠夹夹住东西的声音。

答案　A

小题10:解析　根据下文农夫的妻子因被蛇咬而死可以判断这是一条毒蛇。poisonous“有毒的”，符合文意。

答案　A

小题11: 解析　人人都知道治疗发烧最好用新鲜的鸡汤。treat...with...以……方式治疗。check重在核对，也就是说在检查前就已经能够预测到结果。examine则表示检查，结果如何事先并不知道。

答案　B

小题12:解析　根据第二段首句中的“Going back to the farmyard”可知，鸡在院子里。

答案　B

小题13:解析　农夫妻子的病情不断恶化，朋友和邻居都过来探望她。continue“继续，持续”，符合文意。

答案　D

小题14: 解析　农夫妻子的病没有好转，最终去世了。well在此处作形容词，表示“健康的，身体好的”。

答案　D

小题15: 解析　根据上文的died和常识判断，许多人参加了她的葬礼(funeral)。

答案　A

小题16:解析　根据上文信息可推知，为招待参加葬礼的人，农夫把牛也宰了。

答案　B

小题17:解析　offer侧重表示“愿意给予”，常用于offer sb sth或offer sth to sb 结构，故排除；provide意为“供给，提供，装备，准备”，provide sth for sb 意为“向某人提供某物”；supply“提供，供应”，常用于supply sb with sth 或supply sth to sb 结构；afford意为“买得起”。故此处用provide。

答案　C

小题18: 解析　根据文章首句可推知，老鼠是从墙上的裂缝处看到农夫家里发生的事的。

答案　C

小题19:解析　根据上文信息可知，老鼠跟农夫家里的动物是朋友，看到鸡、猪和牛相继被杀，自然是很悲伤。

答案　B

小题20: 解析　记住，当我们中的一个受到威胁，我们大家都处在危险中。at risk “在危险中”；at peace “处于和平状态”；at sight “一看(就)”；at work “在工作，在运转”。

答案　B

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。