过度抓捕青蛙带来严重后果
There was a poor village. One day, some businessmen from other places arrived. They said many people in the city liked eating frogs’ legs and they wanted to buy some frogs in the village.
There were so many frogs in the fields and the villagers thought frogs were useless to the village. All villagers decided to catch frogs and sold them at a good price. Villagers and businessmen reached an agreement. Villagers started to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the frogs and gave villagers the money.
Villagers made a lot of money, but the situation didn’t last long. The crops failed, children got weak, and there seemed to be more insects. The villagers thought that they couldn’t just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. The villagers spent so much money buying pesticides(杀虫剂) and medicine.
Finally, the villagers found out the reason for the problem. It was the frogs. The frogs were not useless. They ate insects. Now the insects were increasing more quickly because many frogs were killed. Insects were eating the crops and spreading diseases.
1.The villagers were _______ in the beginning.
A lazy
B poor
C rich
D weak
解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据第一段第一句There was a poor village.可知村庄很贫穷，所以村民们起初很穷，故选B。
2.The villagers decide to catch frogs__________.
A to reduce the frogs
B to reach an agreement
C to buy medicine
D to make money
解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据第二段第二句All villagers decided to catch frogs and sold them at a good price.可知村民们抓青蛙来卖一个好价钱，即抓青蛙来赚钱，故选D。
3.Why did the villagers buy pesticides?
A To help with the frogs.
B To help with the children.
C To help with the crops.
D To helps with the businessmen.
解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据第三段内容可知，庄稼因为害虫增多歉收了，所以村民们花钱买杀虫剂来消灭害虫，即帮助庄稼，故选C。
4.Why were there more insects?
A Because there were more frogs.
B Because there were fewer frogs.
C Because villagers liked insects.
D Because more children were ill.
解析：选B。B 推理判断题。根据最后一段内容可知，人们发现问题出在青蛙数量的减少，害虫变多，故选B。
5.What does the passage want to tell us?
A Money is more important than frogs.
B Health is more important than money.
C Happiness comes from peaceful life in the village.
D The harmony between people and nature is important.
解析：选D。D 主旨大意题。根据全文可知，文章表达的主题思想是：人与自然的和谐是很重要的，而人类过度捕捉青蛙破坏了生态平衡，故选D。