file中考英语分类阅读及讲解汇编(三)寓言童话 9

Long long ago, the animals in the mountains found that men had a beautiful thing. It was a bright, burning thing. People cooked their food and kept themselves warm with it. The animals thought life would be better if they could also have this thing. So they had a meting to talk about how to get that burning thing. The meeting lasted for a few days and in the end the animals decided to send one of them to the people to ask for a little piece of it. At first Mouse was chosen to do it, but many animals didn’t agree, because he stole things and people hated him. Then some animals thought that Panda could do it. But neither the other animals nor he himself agreed, “I’m too heavy. I can’t walk fast,” Panda said. At last many animals thought Rooster was the good one to be sent because he was good at talking and he looked beautiful. All the animals thought men would like him.

Rooster agreed to go. All the animals were glad and they had a party to send him off. “I’ll try my best to take the burning thing back to the mountains. I’m sure I can do it well,” he said.

He flew far and walked a long way until he came to a town of men. He went into the town and saw the burning thing. He learned that it was called “fire”. People in the town taught him how to use fire. But Rooster wasn’t good at learning and he was afraid of fire. He did not ask for a piece of it to take back to the animals, because he found that there was so much food lying around men’s houses, and he enjoyed the food and forgot what he had come for.

Men liked Rooster because he sang beautifully and he could wake them up in the early morning. They let him run in and out of their houses. They threw him food. So Rooster stayed with men. He felt very happy in the town and he never went back to the animals in the mountains. Years later he even forgot how to fly. 注释

1. Rooster雄鸡

2. But neither the other animals nor he himself agreed,但其他动物和熊猫本人都不同意。 3. At last many animals thought Rooster was the good one to be sent because he was good at talking and he looked beautiful.最后许多动物认为雄鸡是派遣的最佳人选，因为他能言善辩，长得也漂亮。 字数 365 要求时间 7 实际时间

1. Animals in the mountains found that the burning thing ______. A. was very bright and it could burn food B. was very beautiful and it was kept in town

C. was very warm and it could be found in mountains D. was good for cooking and it could keep them warm

2. Animals thought the one they sent to the people must ______. A. be good at singing B. be good at walking C. be liked by men

D. know what the burning thing was

3. After Rooster came to the town, he ______. A. got to know the burning thing was called “fire” B. asked men for a piece of fire

C. began to learn how to use fire and could use it very well D. forgot the animals in the mountains

4. Rooster stayed with men because ______. A. he thought he could do something for men

B. life in the town was much better than that in the mountains C. he could not fly any longer

D. he thought it was not easy to take the fire back to the mountains Key: 1.D 2.C 3.D 4.B