1 . The second platform of this far-famed North station, under the lengthy railway track, lays our “mighty mice kingdom.” I was born here on a rainy November night. Since then, the deafening trains accompanied me to sleep and woke me up early in the morning. The mountainous waste, the irregular black stones, the man in white waving the flags, people rushing towards their future, the roaring trains, the frequent announcements. All these have been close to my heart since I was born.

In the midst of the track, I saw a delicious piece of banana fritters that might have been thrown out of the train by someone. My eyes shone bright, and my mouth watered. My feet paced towards the yummy heavenly treat. Suddenly, the air was blowing violently, and my skin’s hair stood up again. I ran back to the hole. The Island Express train came and passed by in a flash of a second. My eyes became yellowish, dreaming of the mouth-watering banana fritters.

I advanced slowly, then two feet hurriedly, and finally, my hands were about to touch the crispy skin of the banana fritters. “Thud…” a cruel crow kidnapped my meal, destroyed my dreams and flew away. The flood of happiness inside my heart turned to a stormy sea. It was a public secret that I led a poverty-stricken life since the mice kingdom collapsed in 1999.

Again, the tiny buds of air around me was blowing, and I ran back to the hole. Dodger Express was passing by. The train made mocking (嘲笑的) sounds at me. “Loser”…. “Loser”…. A stone toppled and fell on my head. I hated myself, hated everything. I fell asleep to escape from this world of embarrassments.

1. What can we know from paragraph 1?

A．The living conditions is pleasant.	B．The mouse gets used to the surroundings.
C．The kingdom lies at the second floor.	D．The mouse can’t fall asleep without deafening trains.

2. Why did the mouse advance slowly?

A．Because it was scared of the crow.

B．Because it was out of safety concern.

C．Because it wasn’t desperate for the banana fritters.

D．Because the mouse was frightened by the violently blowing air.

3. What’s the mouse’s reaction to the crow’s behavior?

A．Sad

B．Ashamed

C．Annoyed

D．Disappointed

4. What does “loser” indicate in the last paragraph?

A．The mouse was hungry to death.

B．The mouse was laughed at by the train.

C．The mouse was thought to be a failure by people.

D．The mouse was depressed and desperate about everything that happened to him.