素养提升
读前思考
1. Why did the bull¹ run after the mouse?
2. Where did the mouse run into?
One day,a little mouse bit a bull’s tail when the bull was sleeping. The bull got very angry and jumped up. He put his head down and ran after the mouse all around the yard. But the mouse ran so fast. It quickly ran into a hole² in the wall.
The bull was so angry. He hit³ the wall again and again. He hurt⁴ his head and broke his horns⁵,but the mouse was safe in the hole. After a while,the bull was tired and lay down to rest.
As soon as the bull fell asleep,the little mouse came out of the hole. It bit the bull on the nose this time and quickly ran back to the hole. The bull shouted,but he couldn’t do anything. The mouse said,“Big people don’t always win. Sometimes,small ones can win too.”
Word banks: ①bull n. 公牛 ②hole n. 洞 ③hit v. 撞击 ④hurt v. 使受伤 ⑤horn n. 角

1. Because the mouse bit the bull.
2. A hole in the wall.

【分析】
本题为阅读理解细节查找题，需带着问题定位原文对应内容，整理答案时需严格匹配给定的参考答案表述。第1题询问公牛追老鼠的原因，对应原文中老鼠与公牛的互动内容；第2题询问老鼠跑进的地点，直接从原文提取对应信息即可。
【解析】
1. 原文提及老鼠咬了公牛，公牛因此追赶老鼠，对应参考答案表述，原因是老鼠咬了公牛；
2. 原文明确老鼠跑进了墙里的洞，对应参考答案表述，地点是墙里的洞。
【答案】
1. Because the mouse bit the bull.
2. A hole in the wall.
【知识点】
阅读理解 细节查找
【点评】
本题属于基础的信息提取类阅读理解题，答案可直接从原文定位获取，难度较低，主要考查学生快速提取关键信息的能力。
【难度系数】
0.8