Reading comprehension (阅读理解).

　　The Browns were very rich people. On Mrs Brown's birthday, her husband wanted to give her something special as a birthday present. So he bought a parrot and said to the shop assistant : “Please bring it to my house at 3 o'clock this afternoon. ”

　　The same day, Mrs Brown wanted a chicken for dinner. She telephoned the grocer b “Please bring a chicken at 4 o'clock this afternoon. ” Then she told the cook: “There's a bird coming this afternoon for tonight's dinner. Will you cook it please?”

　　The parrot arrived first.

　　At 6:30 in the evening the Browns had dinner.

　　“What's this?” Mr Brown asked the cook when the bird was on the table.

　　The cook told him.

　　“This is terrible,” said Mr Brown, “that bird was very expensive. It was able to speak five languages. ”

　　“Then why didn't it say something?” asked the cook.

1．The cook made the parrot for dinner because ________ .

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A．it was able to speak five languages

B．it arrived (到达) first

C．Mrs Brown told him to cook it

D．he liked to do so

2．Mr Brown bought a parrot for his wife because ________ .

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A．his wife liked parrots for dinner

B．he couldn't buy a chicken

C．he wanted a special birthday present for his wife

D．he wanted to learn five languages

3．Which of the following is right?

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A．Mrs Brown went to the supermarket and bought a bird.

B．Mrs Brown ordered the bird by telephone.

C．Mrs Brown asked the cook to buy the bird.

D．The cook didn't know the bird was a present for Mrs Brown.

4．It was able to speak five languages. In this sentence “was able to” means ________ .

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5．The best title of the story is ________ .

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阅读理解

Grace was fourteen years old and was in Grade Eight. She had a part-time job, so she had to get up at five o’clock. She was a newspaper girl.

Each morning, Grace left the house at 5:15. She always rode a bike to the corner to carry the newspapers.

In winter it was still dark when she got up, but during the rest of the year it was bright. Grace had to send newspapers to people’s houses in all kinds of weather. She tried to put each paper in the box where it would be kept safe from wind, rain or snow. Her customers thought she did a good job. Sometimes they gave her tips(小费).

Grace made about $70 each month and she was saving some of the money to go to college. She spent the rest on tapes and clothes. Once a month she got the money from her customers together. Since many of them worked during the day, Grace had to get the money at night. Sometimes when Grace was ill, her elder brother had to send the newspapers and Grace’s father had to help her.

Grace had 70 customers now, but she hoped to get more soon. Some day, if she got more customers, perhaps Grace could win a prize(奖赏) for being a very good newspaper girl. She wanted to win a visit to Europe, but she would be happy if she won a new bike.

根据短文内容，完成下列各题。

1.What was Grace’s part-time job?

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2. There is a word “customers” in the third paragraph. Please translate it into Chinese. _____

3. Why did Grace choose a part-time job?

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4. From the story, we know customers liked ____ people to work for them.

5. What do you think of Grace?

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