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____.
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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
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