A man wanted to give his mother a birthday present.He bought a parrot.The parrot was very expensive.It was $50,000.This was all because the bird could talk in English, Japanese, Chinese and other nine languages.What was more, it could also sing ten famous songs! On her birthday, the mother got the bird.However, she did not know all this.Early the next morning, the telephone rang in her house, and the woman answered it.It was her son.
“Do you like the bird, Mum?” there came her son’s voice on the other side.
“Oh, yes, very much!” answered the mother.“It was delicious!”
(1)
A parrot is ________.
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A.
a bird which can do housework for you
B.
a kind of car
C.
a robot which can speak nine foreign languages
D.
a bird
(2)
The man gave his mother ________ as her birthday present.
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A.
some money
B.
a birthday cake
C.
a parrot
D.
some new clothes
(3)
Why was the bird so expensive?
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A.
Because it was very friendly to people.
B.
Because it could speak twelve languages.
C.
Because it could sing ten famous songs.
D.
Both B and C.
(4)
What was the end of the bird?
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A.
It flew away.
B.
It talked with the woman in different languages and sang songs for her.
C.
It was dead.
D.
Other people liked the bird very much and took it away.
(5)
How do you think the man felt when he heard the news?