A traveler lost his way and got off the highway to see where he was. As he drove by, he saw rows and rows of pigpens and pigs running in fields. Suddenly, his eyes caught something really strange. It looked like a pig with a wooden leg.

   He drove up into the arm, where he met the farmer. “ Excuse me, ” the traveler said. “ I was just driving by and looking at all your pigs, and I just had to stop and ask about it. Tell me, is there really a pig out there with a wooden leg?” The farmer smiled. “ Oh, that would be old Caesar you saw. He’s the finest pig I’ve ever had ---and smart! Well, let me tell you a little about that pig.”

   “ One night a couple of years ago I got to drinking and I guess I had more than I should have. I fell down and knocked over a lamp. That started a fire in the house and old Caesar smelled the smoke. He came in the back door, got the wife and kid out, roused me up and got me out. There is no question about it ---- that night old Caesar saved all our lives. You know that I’m not going to forget it too easily.”

   “ Why,” the traveler said, “ this is amazing! I have never heard of a pig like this before! This is fantastic! But tell me, how did he get that wooden leg?”

   The farmer laughed and said, “ Well, when you have a pig so smart, you don’t want to eat him all at one time!”

1.The farmer thought the pig _______.

A. very fat    B. very clever    C. very kind    D. very strange

2.The passage indicates that _______.

A. the pig lost a leg in the fire

B. the farmer deeply thanked the pig

C. the pig had a very good keeper

D. the real leg had been eaten by the farmer

3.The author wants to _______.

A. report a piece of news

B. tell us a moving story

C. tell us a humorous story

D. have a joke with us

 

【答案】

 

1.B

2.D

3.C

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述了一個幽默的故事。一頭聰明的豬救了主人一家，農民不舍的把它殺死，就只是吃掉了它的一條腿。

1.根據(jù)第三段“...He came in the back door, got the wife and kid out, roused me up and got me out.”可知，那頭豬救了農民一家人，它是聰明的。故選B。

2.根據(jù)最后一句“”“ Well, when you have a pig so smart, you don’t want to eat him all at one time!”

當你有一頭如此聰明的豬時，你不會舍得一下子就把它吃掉（農民先吃了它的一條腿）。故選D。

3.根據(jù)文意可知，作者看到一頭有木制腿的豬，好奇地問農民是怎么回事。農民給作者講述了一個豬救人的故事。但是，聰明的豬仍然難逃被宰殺的命運，只是，農民沒有舍得把它殺死，而是想分多次把它吃完。這是一個幽默的故事，文章不是新聞報道；豬雖然救了人但難逃厄運，這不是令人感動的故事；作者沒有給讀者開玩笑。故選C。

考點：故事類短文閱讀

 

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