It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.
Then one day. Some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frog's legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.
This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was catch them. Agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time, the people were able to dream of a better future, but the dream didn't last long.
The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and, there seemed to be more insects around lately.
The villagers decided that they couldn't just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides(殺蟲(chóng)劑) and medicines. Soon there was no money left.
Then the people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadn't been useless. They had been doing an important job—eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.
Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.
【小題1】From paragraph 1 we learn that the villagers ________.

A．worked very hard for centuries
B．dreamed of having a better life
C．were poor but somewhat content（滿意的）
D．lived a different life from their forefathers
【小題2】Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs?
A．The frogs were easy money.
B．They needed money to buy medicine.
C．They wanted to please the visitors.
D．The frogs made too much noise.
【小題3】What might be the cause of the children's sickness?
A．The crops didn't do well.
B．There were too many insects.
C．The visits brought in diseases.
D．The pesticides were overused.


【小題1】C
【小題2】A
【小題3】B

解析試題分析：在印度的一個(gè)小山村，村民們?cè)具^(guò)著平靜的生活。有一天，城里人到這里收購(gòu)青蛙。于是，大量的青蛙被捕殺，雖然村民們賺了一些錢(qián)，但是，慢慢地害蟲(chóng)多了，莊稼減產(chǎn)了，疾病開(kāi)始傳播了。這時(shí)，村民們才真正認(rèn)識(shí)到這一切都是他們捕殺青蛙所造成的。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段內(nèi)容可知，村民們雖然生活清貧，但是他們依然幸福，因?yàn)閹装倌陙?lái)他們的祖宗就是這樣生活的。選C。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段前兩句可知，周圍田地里到處都是青蛙，它們似乎對(duì)村民也沒(méi)有什么用處，賣掉青蛙很好賺錢(qián)選A。
【小題3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第六段內(nèi)容可知，他們把青蛙賣了之后，到處都是害蟲(chóng)，這些害蟲(chóng)不但毀壞莊稼，而且傳播疾病，由此可知 B 項(xiàng)正確。
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