Question

Long ago, Bluebird’s feathers were the colour of dust. She did not like her ugly colour. She was attracted by the colour of the lake near her home. It was as blue as the sky after a storm. Bluebird wanted to be the colour of that beautiful lake very much. Flapping her wings one morning, Bluebird flew from her tree to the blue lake. Then she bathed in the water three times. After each bath, she sang, “Blue water. Still water. I went in. I am blue.” Bluebird repeated this every morning. On the third day, she came out of the lake with beautiful blue feathers.
Now Coyote was a trickster(騙子)—and hungry too. He stayed behind Bluebird’s tree for a long time every day and watched her go to the lake. He pretended(偽裝) to be interested in everything she did. He wanted Bluebird for lunch, but he was afraid of the blue water. On the third morning, Coyote saw Bluebird come out of the lake with beautiful blue feathers. Impressed, he sat next to Bluebird’s tree and waited for her. When she returned, he asked, “How did you get blue feathers? I want to be blue like the mountains too.” Bluebird didn’t believe Coyote, but she taught him how to bathe three times each morning and how to sing her song. Coyote did what she said, and after three days of bathing in the lake, his white fur turned deep blue.
Convinced(確信的) that blue fur was even more beautiful than blue feathers, Coyote forgot all about being hungry. He ran as fast as he could to the top of the hill. Standing on his back legs, he raised his front legs off the ground and howled. But Coyote slipped(滑倒) and rolled down the hill. He couldn’t stop himself, and the dust and dirt covered his new blue fur. He rolled and rolled until he hit into Bluebird’s tree heavily. No matter how much he tried, foolish Coyote could not shake the dust from his fur. And so the fur of all coyotes had the dull colour of dust to this very day

1. 1.
   How many times did Bluebird bathe every morning before she had beautiful blue feathers?
   1. A.
      Three times
   2. B.
      Four times
   3. C.
      Five times
   4. D.
      Six times
2. 2.
   Why was Coyote a trickster?
   1. A.
      He wanted to fly like Bluebird near the mountains
   2. B.
      He wanted to eat Bluebird but pretended to be curious
   3. C.
      He wanted to swim in the lake but was afraid of the water
   4. D.
      He wanted to sing Bluebird’s song but didn’t know the words
3. 3.
   Where did Coyote go after his fur turned blue?
   1. A.
      To the lake
   2. B.
      To the tree
   3. C.
      To the cave
   4. D.
      To the hill
4. 4.
   Why did Coyote forget all about being hungry?
   1. A.
      Because his fur had the dull colour of dust
   2. B.
      Because the dust and dirt covered his new blue fur
   3. C.
      Because he thought blue fur was much more beautiful
   4. D.
      Because he hit into Bluebird’s tree and hurt himself
5. 5.
   What words does the writer use to help you imagine the colour blue?
   1. A.
      sky, lake, mountains
   2. B.
      bird, coyote, storm
   3. C.
      flapped, climbed, bathed
   4. D.
      fur, feathers, dust

Answer 1

ABDCA
主旨大意：本文是一則寓言故事，講述了北美藍知更鳥由過去塵土色的羽毛變成藍色而狡猾的北美野狼陰謀失敗，卻變成塵土色的毛皮的故事。
1.A細節理解題。讀文中第二段第二句話可知，知更鳥每天去湖里洗三次，故選A項。
2.B細節推理題。讀文中第三段第三四句話可知，北美野狼想吃知更鳥卻假裝對知更鳥所做事感到好奇，推斷它是狡猾的，故選B項。
3.D細節推理題。讀文中第四段第三句話可知，當北美野狼確信自己的皮毛變成了藍色后，它來到了一個小山頂，故選D項。
4.C細節推理題。分析文中第四段第一、二句話可推斷北美野狼忘記饑餓是因為它對自己的藍色皮毛感到比知更鳥的藍色羽毛更漂亮，故選C項。
5.A細節推理題。通讀全文所述感知文中所述的藍色象天空、湖泊、大山的顏色，故選A項。