Ⅶ.读下面的寓言故事，根据故事内容，选择正确答案。

() 1. What happened in the fable? Put the sentences in the right order.
① An ant fell in the river.
② The bird catcher shouted and the dove flew away.
③ A bird catcher wanted to catch the dove, but the ant stung the bird catcher.
④ A dove dropped a leaf into the water. The ant climbed onto the leaf
and was safe.
A. ①—④—③—② B. ①—④—②—③ C. ①—③—④—②
() 2. The ant was .
A. thirsty B. very small C. both A and B
() 3. Which sentence is right about the fable?
A. One of the characters can fly. B. All the characters were hurt.
C. There were two characters in the fable.
() 4. Which of these situations (情况) is quite similar (类似的) to the fable's?
A. Peter is always helpful. However, his classmate Joe is unhelpful.
B. Amy always helps Kitty and Kitty always helps Amy too.
C. Tim likes to help his classmates, but he never helps the students in other
classes.
() 5. What does the fable teach us?
A. Bad things happen to bad people.
B. Help others and others will help you.
C. Only strong people can be helpful.

1.A 2.C 3.A 4.B 5.B

【分析】
这是一篇寓言类阅读理解题，解题思路如下：1. 排序类题目先通读全文梳理事件发生的先后逻辑，逐个核对题干给出的事件在原文出现的先后位置，排出正确顺序；2. 细节理解题直接回到原文定位对应描述，比对选项判断正误；3. 推理判断题先排除明显不符合原文内容的错误选项，选出表述正确的项；4. 类比题先提炼故事核心逻辑，再匹配选项里符合该逻辑的场景；5. 主旨寓意题总结故事传递的核心道理，选出对应答案。
【解析】
1. 梳理故事事件顺序：首先蚂蚁被风吹进河里（对应①），随后鸽子扔下树叶，蚂蚁爬上树叶脱险（对应④），之后捕鸟人想要抓鸽子，蚂蚁蛰了捕鸟人（对应③），最后捕鸟人痛得大叫，鸽子听到动静飞走（对应②），正确顺序是①—④—③—②，选A。
2. 原文明确提到"In the forest there was a very small ant. He was thirsty."，说明蚂蚁既很小，又口渴，A和B的描述都正确，因此选C。
3. 逐一判断选项：A选项，故事里的鸽子是会飞的，存在会飞的角色，表述正确；B选项，故事里只有捕鸟人被蛰受伤，蚂蚁和鸽子都没有受伤，表述错误；C选项，故事里的角色有蚂蚁、鸽子、捕鸟人一共三个，不是两个，表述错误。因此选A。
4. 故事的核心逻辑是鸽子帮助了蚂蚁，后续蚂蚁反过来帮助鸽子，是双向的互相帮助。选项A是一个乐于助人一个不乐于助人，不符合；选项C是只帮同班同学不帮外班，不符合；只有B选项Amy帮Kitty，Kitty也帮Amy，符合互相帮助的逻辑，选B。
5. 这则寓言讲述了鸽子救了蚂蚁，蚂蚁后续反过来救鸽子的故事，传递的道理是帮助他人，他人也会在你需要的时候帮助你，对应B选项。
【答案】
1.A 2.C 3.A 4.B 5.B
【知识点】
阅读细节定位，寓言主旨理解，事件逻辑排序
【点评】
本题是小学阶段典型的寓言类阅读题型，难度梯度设置合理，从基础的信息查找、事件排序逐步过渡到逻辑类比和主旨提炼，既考查学生的原文信息提取能力，也引导学生理解故事传递的互助内核，能有效巩固基础阅读解题方法。
【难度系数】
0.7