Question

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       Mr. White is seventy years old. When he was sixty-two, he retired(退休) and now ___1_  at home. Several years ago his wife  __2__  and he has four children, but they all have their own families. He lives in an old house  __3_  . Sometimes he feels lonely. One of his children bought a parrot for him. It could  4_  and often talked with him. He loved it very much and usually gave it the nice __5__  . But one afternoon, when he was walking in the garden, a cat  __6  it. He was very sad and decided to buy another one. He also bought a strong but beautiful  _7_  for it and began to teach it to speak. Every morning, as soon as he got up, he said “Good morning” to the bird. The bird had a look at him but said  _8_  . He kept on teaching it and the parrot didn’t __9_  anything. He felt sorry for it and lost his patience(耐心).

     Yesterday evening Mr. White  __10  up. On the telephone his son told him that his granddaughter was  __11 __ in hospital. He went to see her at once. When he got there, she was being operated on and the doctors asked him __12__ home. And he didn’t ___13__ the whole night. This morning, when he was passing by the parrot, he ___14__ to say “Good morning” to the bird.

      Suddenly he  15  someone say, “What happened to you this morning?”

      He looked around. There was nobody except himself in the room. Now he understood the parrot was protesting against(对抗) him!

(    ) 1. A. works          B. plays            C. stays         D. sleeps

(    ) 2. A. died             B. left             C. was busy             D. was free

(    ) 3. A. happily                  B. alone           C. angrily         D. quietly

(    ) 4. A. say             B. talk            C. tell            D. speak

(    ) 5. A. food            B. clothes          C. hat            D. stockings

(    ) 6. A. killed            B. hit             C. beat           D. ate

(    ) 7. A. house           B. cage            C. car            D. motorbike

(    ) 8. A. anything         B. everything        C. nothing         D. something

(    ) 9. A. study            B. learn           C. like            D. hope

(    )10.A. told             B. was told        C. rang           D. was rung

(    )11.A. ill                B. healthy          C. fine            D. good

(    )12.       A. go           B. going                C. to go         D. went        

(    )13. A. watch TV                      B. play with the bird

        C. fall asleep                       D. read the newspapers

(    )14.       A. forgot           B. remembered   C. hated            D. wished

(    )15.A. let              B. made         C. listened to        D. heard

Answer 1

1C  2A  3B  4D  5A  6D  7B  8C  9B  10D  11A  12C  13C  14A  15D