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      Once there was a parrot on sale in a pet store. It was a beautiful red and blue bird. It sat on a perch in the middle of the store,so that everyone could see it when they came in. The owner was very proud of it and asked a high price for it.

      One day a man went into the store. “That's a beautiful bird ,” he said to the pet store owner ,“but why is it so expensive? Is it an unusual bird?”

     “No,it's not very unusual. It's expensive because it can talk ,” the pet store owner said.

     “I see. How can I make it talk!” the man asked.

      The pet store owner asked him, “Do you see those strings tied to each of the bird^ legs?”

      “Yes ,” the man answered.

      “Well,you pull those strings ,” the pet store owner told him. “That will make the parrot talk. ”

       The man asked ,“Do you mind if I try?”

      “Not at all ,” the pet store owner said.

       The man walked up to the parrot and pulled the string on its left leg. The parrot said ,“Good morning. ”

        The man pulled the string on the parrot's right leg. This time the parrot said ,“How are you today?” 

       “That's not very interesting ,” said the man. “Any parrot could do that. ” Then he laughed ,“But what would happen if I pulled both strings at the same time?”

       “I'll fall off my perch,you fool!” the parrot said.

() 1. The parrot was expensive because .

   A. it was pretty beautiful

   B. it could talk with people

   C. it was a very unusual bird

   D. it was in the middle of the store

() 2. The parrot would talk when .

   A. people came into the pet store

   B. it saw the pet store owner

   C. people said it was beautiful

   D. people pulled the strings on its legs

() 3. Which is the first sentence that the parrot said to the man?

   A. Good morning.

   B. How are you?

   C. That wasn’t interesting.

   D. I'll fall off my perch,you fool.

() 4. From the story we know the parrot was .

   A. polite   B. patient   C. clever   D. honest

() 5. The best title for the passage should be .

   A. An Unusual Parrot   B. A Parrot Talks

   C. A Silly Man   D. A Clever Owner

Answer 1

A

閱讀提示：一只待售的高價鸚鵡，不僅漂亮而且能說會道。當你拉它左爪子下面的繩時，它會說“上午好”，當拉它的右爪子下面的繩時， 它會說“你好嗎？ ”一個好奇者想知道同時拉兩根繩子時，它會說什么。

1. B 細節(jié)理解題。由“It's expensive because it can talk."可知，因此 答案為   B.

2. D 細節(jié)理解題。由    you pull those strings. That will make the parrot talk.”可知。

3. A 細節(jié)理解題。由 “The man... pulled the string on its left leg. The parrot said, ‘Good morning. ”’可知。

4. C判斷推理題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知這只鸚鵡不僅漂亮而且能說 會道。A項“有禮貌”,B項“有耐心”，D項“誠實”，都不符合。所以選   C.

5. A