Look at the pictures and read the story. Answer the questions.

Do not write more than three words.

Mary s uncle and aunt came to her house last week. They gave her a beautiful parrot. It was blue and yellow Mary was very happy with her new pet. She gave him the name “Pasta” and put him in the kitchen. Mary's aunt said, “Parrots eat fruit.” Mary's uncle said, “Parrots can talk. You must teach Pasta some words.” frst the parrot learned his name, Pasta, and then he learned the words “Mary”, “yes”, “no” and “lunch”.

Example:

What did Mary's aunt and uncle give her?　　　　 a parrot

Questions:

1．What colour was Mary's pet? ________

2．What was his name? ________

3．What must Mary teach her pet? ________

4．How many words did the pet learn? ________

Now Pasta knows a lot of words. On Saturday Mary's mother came into the living room and asked the children. “What do you want to eat for lunch?” Mary's brother, fred, shouted, “Pasta please!” The parrot was in the living room. tie listened carefully and thought, “Oh no. fred wants to eat me!”Then he quickly flew outside.

5．Where were the children? ________

6．Who wanted to eat pasta? ________

7．Where did the parrot go? ________

Mary and fred ran outside but Pasta wasn't there. They were very sad. Then their mother shouted, “Come quickly!” They ran into the kitchen and there was Pasta. He had some fruit in his mouth. Me gave the fruit to Mary's mother She laughed and said to the parrot, “I know you want to tell us something-eat fruit but don't eat Pasta!”The parrot looked at her carefully and said, “Yes please.”

8．Who ran outside? ________

9．Where was Pasta? ________

Read the text. Choose the right words and write them on the lines. There is one example.

Last weekend Mary and Harry were going by train to stay with their aunt

Example:　and uncle in London. When the train stopped at a small

1．station a strange man got on. He was short and fat ________

2．a white face and a big, red nose ________was a clown.

3．It was a ________way to London and the children

4． ________very bored. So the clown told them stories

5． ________the circus. Then he asked, “Would you like to see

6．a nice pet?”and he pointed to ________pocket. The children

7．said, “Yes”because they ________he had a mouse or perhaps

8．a little rabbit with him ________they were very afraid when he pulled out a long, black snake! The clown said, “He's

9． ________very friendly snake. He's called Fred.”Fred dicided to sleep on Mary's knee. When they got to London the children

10．told their aunt and uncle, “We want a pet snake ________”

Look at the picture, and read the story. Answer the questions. Do not write more than three words.

　　My name is Lily. I've got only a sister－Mary. Last night, I played with my doll after supper. Mary watched TV in the sofa. My mum was tired so she was sitting in the armchair. My father was washing bowls and cleaning. the kitchen. Mum said to us, “Girls, it's time to go to bed. Let your father take you upstairs.” We weren't tired and didn't want to sleep so early. Mary and I went up the stairs to our bedroom very slowly.

Questions:

(1)Where was Mary? ________

(2)Why was Lily's mother in the armchair? ________

(3)Which room was their father in? ________

(4)What did Mum want the girl to do? ________

　　Upstairs in, our room, we asked Dad to tell us a story. Mary showed Dad a comic book about sea animals. But I didn't want that. I wanted a story about land animals. So Dad chose a story about a bird looking for its mum.

(5)Where were the children? ________

(6)Did Mary and Lily like the same or different story? ________

(7)What did Mary show to Dad? ________

(8)What kind of story did Dad choose at last? ________

　　Dad started the story. The story was very interesting. We listened and laughed. We felt tired and our eyes closed slowly. Dad put a blanket on us and kissed us and then went quietly downstairs.

(9)How was the story? ________