Question

In a mango orchard (芒果林) outside a village there lived a mischievous (淘气的) monkey. He kept on eating the ripe mangoes. The orchard keeper tried to trap the monkey. But every time, the monkey escaped from the trap.

One day, the monkey walked about and went into the nearby town. “The town people are so busy. It is so crowded here,” the monkey thought. Soon, the monkey was sneaking into houses and running away with food. By evening, he had made life quite different for the town people. “The town is more fun than the orchard. I will stay here,” he thought. Days went by, and the monkey was considered by the town people as something very frightening. “Here he comes again!” they screamed when they saw the monkey.

One day, a juggler (玩杂耍的人) came to the town. The people of the town went to him. “We want you to help us get rid of the monkey,” they said to the juggler. The juggler said in return, “Do not worry. Get me some jars (罐子) with narrow necks.” When the jars were brought to him, he put some peanuts into them and placed them out of a field. The monkey became curious when he saw the peanuts. “Yummy! Let me quickly get the peanuts and run,” he thought. He put his hand inside a jar and grabbed a big handful of peanuts. But he could not pull out of his clenched fist (紧握的拳头), as the neck of the jar was so narrow. If the monkey had dropped some of the peanuts back into the jar, he could have pulled his hand out. But he was greedy. So he didn’t drop any of the peanuts. The town people trapped the monkey with his hand inside the jar. They got hold of a rope and tied him to a post. Then the monkey was sold to a zoo. That was the end of the greedy monkey.

1.What part does the first paragraph play in the passage?

A. It summarizes the whole story.

B. It explains the background.

C. It attracts the readers.

D. It states the main idea.

2.What is the meaning of the underlined phrase, “sneaking into houses”?

A. Going into houses secretly without permission.

B. Going into houses peacefully.

C. Going into houses in a group.

D. Going into houses with delight.

3.Why did the town people regard the monkey as something frightening?

A. He was smart and always escaped from the people’s traps.

B. The orchard keeper told the town people to get rid of him.

C. He did something that upset the people’s lives.

D. He disturbed the town people while they were sleeping.

4.What did the juggler do to catch the monkey?

A. He put some mangoes in a field.

B. He used a rope to tie the monkey.

C. He called the zookeeper to catch the monkey.

D. He put some peanuts into jars with narrow necks.

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文属于记叙文，一只淘气的猴子给人们的生活带来了很多困扰，玩杂耍的人的利用它的贪婪本性把它抓住了。

1.B 推理判断题。根据第一段后三句He kept on eating the ripe mangoes. The orchard keeper tried to trap the monkey. But every time, the monkey escaped from the trap.可知淘气的猴子一直在偷吃熟芒果，人们却拿它没有办法。这是在交代文章故事的背景：猴子惹人厌。故B正确。

2.A 句意猜测题。根据横线后句running away with food.带着食物逃跑了。可知猴子偷偷地溜进人们的家里去偷东西吃。所以该短语意为“Going into houses secretly without permission未经允许就进入他人家里”。故A项正确。

3.C 推理判断题。猴子在城里总是偷别人的东西然后逃走，给人们的生活带来了一些困扰。人们很害怕它，是因为她做了一些困扰人们生活的事情。故C项正确。

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【名师点睛】

推断出的内容在文章中都没有明确叙述，但却暗含在文字之中。因此在进行推断时，必须以有关的文字部分作为推理的前提和依据。所谓推断，指根据推测而加以判断；而推测总是根据已知的信息推断出未知的信息。即把有关的文字作为已知部分，从中推断出未知部分。据以推理的有关文字部分可能是词或句子，也可能是若干句，甚至全文，要想做出精确的推断，必须注意以下四点。

1．细心地了解文章中所提供的全部信息和信息的各个方面。

2．分析已知的信息，用正确的观点，借助于一些常识，最大限度地捕捉到信息的本质。

3．注意词、句子的本义和与之有关的其他意义。

4．根据己知信息，即短文或有关的文字部分，做出的推断必须与作者的原意相符，切忌以自己的观点取代作者的原意。

推理判断往往包括数据事实推断，常识推断，逻辑结论以及推断作者的写作目的、态度、倾；向等几种类型。

1．数据事实推断：这种推断常常针对某一个或几个具体细节。是比较简单的推断。首先在原文中找到据以推理的有关文字部分，对与数字有关的推断，只需简单推算，即可得出结果。对与事实有关的，要加以分析，尤其要悟出字里行间的意思。

2．常识推断：有些时候，文章里并没有提供任何可据以推断的材料，或虽有提供，但却不足以推出正确的未知事实。这时便须根据平常积累的有关知识来进行推断。

3．逻辑结论：这类推断比前两种困难得多。在阅读过程中，读者必须对文章的全部事实或细节作通盘考虑，从而得出合乎逻辑的结论。结论是根据事实作出的惟一决定。要想从一个句子，一个段落或一篇文章中得出正确的结论，读者必须学会善于思考，不断提高自己的逻辑思维能力。

4.推断作者的写作目的、态度，文章的语气等：这类推断要求对论述对象持何种态度、思想倾向作出判断。如作者对所陈述的观点是赞成，还是反对，对记叙或描写的人或事等是喜欢，或是厌恶；是同情或是冷漠。作者的这种态度和感情色彩不一定直接表述出来，而往往隐含在字里行间，或者流露于修饰的词语之中。因此要做好这类推断须综观全文，掌握主题思想，并以此为推理的前提，还要注意文章的措辞，把握文章论述的基调。

考点：考查记叙文阅读