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      Once there was a parrot on sale in a pet store. It was a beautiful red and blue bird. It sat on a perch in the middle of the store,so that everyone could see it when they came in. The owner was very proud of it and asked a high price for it.

      One day a man went into the store. “That's a beautiful bird ,” he said to the pet store owner ,“but why is it so expensive? Is it an unusual bird?”

     “No,it's not very unusual. It's expensive because it can talk ,” the pet store owner said.

     “I see. How can I make it talk!” the man asked.

      The pet store owner asked him, “Do you see those strings tied to each of the bird^ legs?”

      “Yes ,” the man answered.

      “Well,you pull those strings ,” the pet store owner told him. “That will make the parrot talk. ”

       The man asked ,“Do you mind if I try?”

      “Not at all ,” the pet store owner said.

       The man walked up to the parrot and pulled the string on its left leg. The parrot said ,“Good morning. ”

        The man pulled the string on the parrot's right leg. This time the parrot said ,“How are you today?” 

       “That's not very interesting ,” said the man. “Any parrot could do that. ” Then he laughed ,“But what would happen if I pulled both strings at the same time?”

       “I'll fall off my perch,you fool!” the parrot said.

() 1. The parrot was expensive because .

   A. it was pretty beautiful

   B. it could talk with people

   C. it was a very unusual bird

   D. it was in the middle of the store

() 2. The parrot would talk when .

   A. people came into the pet store

   B. it saw the pet store owner

   C. people said it was beautiful

   D. people pulled the strings on its legs

() 3. Which is the first sentence that the parrot said to the man?

   A. Good morning.

   B. How are you?

   C. That wasn’t interesting.

   D. I'll fall off my perch,you fool.

() 4. From the story we know the parrot was .

   A. polite   B. patient   C. clever   D. honest

() 5. The best title for the passage should be .

   A. An Unusual Parrot   B. A Parrot Talks

   C. A Silly Man   D. A Clever Owner

Answer 1

A

阅读提示：一只待售的高价鹦鹉，不仅漂亮而且能说会道。当你拉它左爪子下面的绳时，它会说“上午好”，当拉它的右爪子下面的绳时， 它会说“你好吗？ ”一个好奇者想知道同时拉两根绳子时，它会说什么。

1. B 细节理解题。由“It's expensive because it can talk."可知，因此 答案为   B.

2. D 细节理解题。由    you pull those strings. That will make the parrot talk.”可知。

3. A 细节理解题。由 “The man... pulled the string on its left leg. The parrot said, ‘Good morning. ”’可知。

4. C判断推理题。根据文章内容可知这只鹦鹉不仅漂亮而且能说 会道。A项“有礼貌”,B项“有耐心”，D项“诚实”，都不符合。所以选   C.

5. A