Question

【题目】 Answer the questions（根接以下内客回答问题）

An ant is saved by a pigeon(鸽子)and almost immediately returns the favor。

One day an ant found a grain of com and decided to take it home. He held it very tight, and hurried as fast as he could, so that nobody would take the grain of corn from him. There was a river on the way home, but the ant, in a hurry, had forgotten about it, and he fell in, com and all.

The corn slipped from his mouth and went to the bottom of the river. The ant stayed on top of the water and worked hard to find a place to get out. But after a while, the ant began to be afraid that he was out of breath

A pigeon came to the river to drink, and she saw the ant crying for help in the water. She decided that she would help the little fellow. She took a long, dry piece of grass and dropped it so that it fell near the ant. He climbed on to the grass and soon got out, The ant caught his breath, and then thanked the pigeon for saving him.

There was a boy near the river with a gun. The ant saw him walking up nearer and nearer to the pigeon. hurrying as fast as he could, the ant climbed up the boy's leg and gave him a hard bite The boy dropped his gun and cried out, and the pigeon saw him and flew to safety.

Each had saved the other. When the pigeon saved the ant she did not know that the ant would ever be able to do anything for her in return. Each was happier because of what each did for the other.

The Bura people say, Every person is another’s butter.

【1】What did the ant find one day?

【2】Why did the ant go back home as fast as he could?

【3】Was the ant able to get out of the river by himself?

【4】What did the pigeon see when she came to the river?

【5】How did the ant save the pigeon when the pigeon was in danger?

【6】What does the underlined part at the end of the story try to tell us?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】It found a grain of corn.

【2】So that nobody would take the grain of corn from him.

【3】No,it wasn’t.

【4】she saw the ant crying for help in the water.

【5】By biting the boy’s leg.

【6】What does the underlined part at the end of the story try to tell us?

【解析】

本文讲述了一只鸽子救了一个蚂蚁，这个蚂蚁又救了这个鸽子。从这个故事中，我们知道每一个人都可以救另一个人。

【1】根据One day an ant found a grain of com and decided to take it home.可知，一天，一个蚂蚁找到了一粒玉米，故此处为It found a grain of corn.

【2】根据He held it very tight, and hurried as fast as he could, so that nobody would take the grain of corn from him.可知，他匆忙跑回家，以便于没有人会从他身上拿走那粒玉米。故此处为So that nobody would take the grain of corn from him.

【3】根据The corn slipped from his mouth and went to the bottom of the river.可知，蚂蚁自己无法从河里出来，故此处用否定回答，此处为No, it wasn’t.

【4】根据A pigeon came to the river to drink, and she saw the ant crying for help in the water.可知，当鸽子来到河边，他看见那个蚂蚁正在水里求救，故此处为she saw the ant crying for help in the water.

【5】根据the ant climbed up the boy's leg and gave him a hard bite The boy dropped his gun and cried out, and the pigeon saw him and flew to safety.可知，那个蚂蚁咬了那个男孩的腿，它救了那只鸽子，故此处为By biting the boy’s leg.

【6】根据Each had saved the other.可知，此处表示每一个人都可以救另一个人。故此处为Each had saved the other.