Question

 

Once there was a parrot on sale in a pet store. It was a beautiful red and blue bird. It sat on a perch ( 橫桿 ) 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 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 owner asked him, “ Do you see those strings ( 細繩 ) tied to each of the bird’s 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 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 was 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. kind       B. silly      C. clever      D. crazy

5. The best title for the passage should be ________.

Unusual Parrot   B. Parrot Talk      C. Silly Man     D. Clever Owner

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要寫了一個寵物商店店主有個會說話的鸚鵡，價錢很貴。一個男人試著讓這個鸚鵡說話的故事。

1.細節理解題。由第三段It’s expensive because it can talk可知選B。

2.細節理解題。由“ Well, you pull those strings,” the pet store owner told him. That will make the parrot talk.”店主說，你拉繩子鸚鵡就說話了。可知選D。

3.細節理解題。由第十段The parrot said, “ Good morning.”可知選A。

4.推理判斷題。由最后兩段可知，這個男人說，如果我兩個繩子一起拉，會怎樣？這個鸚鵡說，傻瓜我會從橫桿上掉下去的。可知鸚鵡很聰明。故選C。

5.標題歸納題。由整篇文章可知，本文主要關于鸚鵡講話的，故選B。

考點：故事類短文閱讀 。