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 unsual 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 string tied to each of the bird's 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 wold happen if I pulled both strings at the same time?"
"I'll fall off my perch, you fool!" the parrot said.
小題1:The parrot was expensive because________.
A．it was pretty beautiful
B．it could talk with the people
C．it was a very unusual bird
D．it was in the middle of the store
小題2:The parrot would talk when _________.
A．people came into the pet store
B．it was the pet store owner
C．people said it was beautiful
D．people pulled the strings on its legs
小題3:Which is the first sentences that the parrot said to the man?
A．Good morning.
B．How are you?
C．That's wasn't interesting.
D．I'll fall off my perch, you fool.
小題4:From the story we know the parrot was_______.
A．kindB．sillyC．cleverD．crazy
小題5:The best title for the passage should be _________.
A．Unusual ParrotB．Parrot TalkC．Silly manD．Clever Owner

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:B
本文介主要介紹了一個(gè)被出售的鸚鵡，圍繞它對(duì)買(mǎi)者所說(shuō)的話語(yǔ)展開(kāi)的。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題根據(jù)第三段，可知，鸚鵡之所以昂貴，是因?yàn)樗鼤?huì)說(shuō)話。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題根據(jù)文章中的“Well, you pull these things,”...”That will make the parrot talk.”可知，當(dāng)人們解開(kāi)鸚鵡腿上面的繩子時(shí)，鸚鵡就會(huì)說(shuō)話。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題根據(jù)文章的倒數(shù)第四段可知，鸚鵡說(shuō)的第一句話是“早上好�！�
小題4:推理判斷題通讀文章，根據(jù)鸚鵡所說(shuō)的話，可以推斷鸚鵡很聰明。
小題5:主旨大意題通讀文章可知，本篇文章主要圍繞鸚鵡所說(shuō)的話展開(kāi)的。
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