两猫相争，猴子得利
After a big festival, a white cat and a black one were working together to find something to eat. At that moment, the white cat saw a big cake. The black one jumped up and picked it up.
The white cat said, “Give me the cake. It is I who saw it first.”
The black cat said, “Keep away from it. It is I who picked it up.”
They were fighting and fighting. But there was no solution. Just then, a monkey passed by. He thought, “What foolish cats they must be! Let me make use of this chance.”
He came to the cats and said in a loud voice, “Don’t fight. Let me share the cake between you both.” The cake was handed over to the monkey.
The monkey cut the cake into two parts. He shook his head and said, “Oh, no! One is bigger. The other one is smaller.” He had a bite of the bigger one and now said, “Oh, no! This has become smaller now.” He ate from the other. And in the same way, he went on eating from part to part and finally finished the whole cake.
The poor cats were disappointed. Neither of them could even take a bite of the cake.
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1.Who touched the cake first?
A The black cat.
B The white cat.
C The monkey.
D The two cats.
解析：选A。A 细节理解题。根据第一段At that moment, the white cat saw a big cake. The black one jumped up and picked it up.可知是白猫发现了蛋糕，黑猫把蛋糕拿了起来，故选A。
2.The cats were fighting for _________.
A Who saw the cake first
B Who saw the monkey
C Who picked up the cake
D Who should eat the cake
解析：选D。D 推理判断题。根据第二、三段Give me the cake.和Keep away from it.可知黑猫和白猫都想要这块蛋糕，D最符合文意，故选D。
3.What does the underlined phrase “make use of” mean in Chinese?
A 重塑.
B 丢弃.
C 利用
D 制造
解析：选C。C 词义猜测题。根据后文猴子利用二者的矛盾独吞蛋糕可知，猴子是要“利用”这个机会，故选C。
4.How did the monkey get the whole cake?
A By buying it from the two cats.
B By cheating the cats with a small trick.
C By taking a bite of the cake.
D By fighting with the two cats.
解析：选B。B 推理判断题。根据后文大意猴子反复把蛋糕弄成不一样的大小，然后咬大的那一块，可知猴子用了一个小伎俩把蛋糕从两只猫手里骗到手的，故选B。
5.What can we learn from this story?
A The stupid cats have no cake to eat.
B The clever monkey gets a cake.
C When you fight, someone else gains.
D You will lose your cake if you fight.
解析：选C。C 推理判断题。根据文章大意“黑猫和白猫因为蛋糕归属问题产生了矛盾，猴子利用这一矛盾独吞了蛋糕”可知，在两个应该获益的人为利益争吵的时候，会有其他人从中获利，故选C。