海南省海南中学高三第四次月考英语试题.docxVIP

学必求其心得，业必贵于专精

学必求其心得，业必贵于专精

学必求其心得，业必贵于专精

【海南中学2016届高三第四次月考阅读理解】

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ItwasavillageinIndia.Thepeoplewerepoor.However，theywerenotunhappy.Afterall,theirforefathershadlivedinthesamewayforcenturies.

Thenoneday.Somevisitorsfromthecityarrived.Theytoldthevillagersthereweresomepeopleelsewherewholikedtoeatfrog’slegs.However,theydidnothaveenoughfrogsoftheirown，andsotheywantedtobuyfrogsfromotherplace.

Thisseemedlikemoneyfornothing。Thereweremillionsoffrogsinthefieldsaround，andtheywerenousetothevillagers.Alltheyhadtodowascatchthem.Agreementwasreached,andthechildrenweresentintothefieldstocatchfrogs.Everyweekatruckarrivedtocollectthecatchandhandoverthemoney.Forthefirsttime,thepeoplewereabletodreamofabetterfuture.Butthedreamdidntlastlong。

Thechangewashardlynoticedatfirst,butitseemedasifthecropswerenotdoingsowell.Moreworryingwasthatthechildrenfellillmoreoften，and,thereseemedtobemoreinsectsaroundlately.

Thevillagersdecidedthattheycouldntjustwaittoseethecropsfailingandthechildrengettingweak。Theywouldhavetousethemoneyearnedtobuypesticides

（杀虫剂）andmedicines.Soontherewasnomoneyleft.

Thenthepeoplerealizedwhatwashappening。Itwasthefrog。Theyhadntbeenuseless.Theyhadbeendoinganimportantjob—eatinginsects。Nowwithsomanyfrogskilled，theinsectswereincreasingmorerapidly.Theyweredamagingthecropsandspreadingdiseases。

Now，thepeoplearestillpoor.Butintheeveningstheysitinthevillagesquareandlistentosoundsofinsectsandfrogs.Thesesoundsofthenightnowhaveamuchdeepermeaning.

21.FromparagraphIwelearnthatthevillagers。

A。workedveryhardforcenturies

B.dreamedofhavingabetterlife

C.werepoorbutsomewhatcontent

D。livedadifferentlifefromtheirforefathers

22。Whatmightbethecauseifthechild