Question

Once there was a parrot on sale in a pet store. It was a beautiful red and blue bird. It sat on a perch ( 橫桿 ) 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 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 owner asked him, “ Do you see those strings ( 細繩 ) 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 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.
小題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

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 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!

小題4: From the story we know the parrot was ________.

A．kind

B．silly

C．clever

D．crazy

小題5: The best title for the passage should be ________.
Unusual Parrot   B. Parrot Talk      C. Silly Man     D. Clever Owner

Answer 1

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:B

試題分析：本文主要寫了一個寵物商店店主有個會說話的鸚鵡，價錢很貴。一個男人試著讓這個鸚鵡說話的故事。
小題1:細節理解題。由第三段It’s expensive because it can talk可知選B。
小題2:細節理解題。由“ Well, you pull those strings,” the pet store owner told him. That will make the parrot talk.”店主說，你拉繩子鸚鵡就說話了。可知選D。
小題3:細節理解題。由第十段The parrot said, “ Good morning.”可知選A。
小題4:推理判斷題。由最后兩段可知，這個男人說，如果我兩個繩子一起拉，會怎樣？這個鸚鵡說，傻瓜我會從橫桿上掉下去的。可知鸚鵡很聰明。故選C。
小題5:標題歸納題。由整篇文章可知，本文主要關于鸚鵡講話的，故選B。