题目内容
Do you know Bill? He is twenty and he is a stammerer(口吃的人). He stammers a lot(口吃得厉害)when he speaks.
One day he goes to a friend's home. He is in a new blue coat. His friend says, “Your coat and my parrot(鹦鹉)are the same colour. Do you like my parrot? It's a clever(聪明的)one. ”Bill sees the parrot, “Yes, I—I—like it. ”He goes home with the parrot. A few days later(几天后), Bill comes back with the parrot.
“The p—parrot can't sp—speak, ”He says. “It's a st—t—tam—merer. ”
根据短文内容,判断句子正(T)误(F)
1. Bill is a stammerer. ( )
2. The bird is a green one. ( )
3. The parrot is a stammerer now. ( )
4. Bill doesn't think the parrot is clever, because it's a stammerer in his mind. ( )
5. In fact(事实上), the parrot can't speak. ( )
You may know the song Happy Birthday very well. But do you know about its writer? It was written by an American girl. And she became very rich after that.
When she was a child, she was poor. Once, she was invited to her friend’s birthday party. She was pleased but sad because she didn’t have enough money to buy a gift for her.
“The party is coming soon, but now I have little money.” Tears ran down her face.
Later that night she was in bed, thinking about the gift when the door opened and her grandma came in.“ What happened? ” her grandma asked. Hearing the girl’s story, she said, “Don’t worry. I think I can help you. How about singing a song together? Happy birthday to …”What a beautiful song! They sang and sang. Suddenly she woke up. It was a dream! She decided to write it down at once and sing it to her friends at the party.
When she sang the song at the party the next day, her friends were very happy. “How wonderfully you sing! We haven’t heard such a beautiful song before. Thank you for giving me the special gift.” said her friend. And they learnt to sing it together. Later the girl became well-known in America.
【小题1】The song Happy Birthday was written by .
A.an American girl |
B.an American girl’s grandma |
C.an American boy |
D.an American girl’s friend |
A.she didn’t want to go to the party. |
B.she would be busy that day. |
C.she didn’t have enough money to buy a gift. |
D.she wasn’t invited to the party. |
A.A flower. | B.A toy. | C.An interesting book. | D.A song. |
A.boring | B.beautiful | C.exciting | D.interesting |
A.The girl was still poor after writing the song . |
B.The girl sang the song with her grandpa in her dream. |
C.The girl’s friends had heard the song before. |
D.The girl became famous because of the song. |