Question

【题目】根据短文理解，选择正确答案。

Many years ago, a young woman doctor named Jessie received a present-“a parrot” at her birthday party. She was always busy in the hospital and spent little time with the parrot. So over time the parrot developed a bad attitude(态度).
It got to the point that every word out of the bird's mouth was obnoxious. Sometimes the parrot even shouted at Jessie. She tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything else she could think of to “clean up” the bird's attitude.
Finally, Jessie was angry and shouted at the parrot. The parrot shouted back. Jessie lost her temper and shook the parrot. The parrot became even more rude. Jessie threw the bird into the fridge angrily. For a few minutes the parrot kicked and screamed. Then suddenly there was total silence.
Fearing that she'd hurt the parrot, Jessie quickly opened the door to the fridge.
The parrot walked out onto Jessie's arms and said “I believe I may have offended(冒犯) you with my rude language and actions. I am so sorry for what I said and did just now and I will do everything I can to correct my rude attitude.”
Jessie couldn't believe the change in the bird's attitude.
As she was about to ask the parrot what had made such a change in his attitude, the bird spoke-up, very softly, “May I ask what the turkey did?”
（1）The parrot was given to Jessie as her ______.
A.gift
B.prize
C.food
D.patient
（2）The underlined word “obnoxious” means ______ in English.
A.strange
B.impolite
C.boring
D.scary
（3）Jessie tried to change the parrot's attitude by ______.
A.saying polite words
B.cleaning up the room
C.playing rock music
D.shouting at the parrot
（4）Jessie opened the door to the fridge quickly, because ______.
A.she was afraid of hurting the parrot.
B.she needed to get something in it.
C.she had something to talk with the parrot.
D.she wanted to say sorry to the parrot.
（5）The parrot might be ______ when it saw the turkey in the fridge.
A.happy
B.frightened
C.angry
D.sleepy

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）A
（2）B
（3）A
（4）A
（5）B
【解析】文章讲述了一个非常幽默的故事，一只爱说脏话的鹦鹉，被作为生日礼物送给了它的主人，当它的主人带它看了冰箱里的火鸡时，它感到十分害怕，因此而向主人道歉。

（1）根据问题定位到第二段信息句：Many years ago, a young woman doctor named Jessie received a present－“a parrot” at her birthday party.可知，Jessie作为生日礼物，被送给了一只鹦鹉。所以答案是：A.

（2）根据问题定位到第二段信息句：Sometimes the parrot even shouted at Jessie.可知，有时鹦鹉甚至对着Jessie大吵大嚷，可知鹦鹉口中的语言都是不礼貌的。所以答案是：B.

（3）根据问题定位到第二段信息句：She tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything else she could think of to “clean up” the bird's attitude.可知，Jessie通过对着鹦鹉只说礼貌语，对着它弹奏音乐来改变鹦鹉的态度。所以答案是：A.

（4）根据问题定位到第四段信息句：Fearing that she'd hurt the parrot, Jessie quickly opened the door to the fridge.可知，Jessie很快打开了冰箱门是为了避免伤害到鹦鹉。所以答案是：A.

（5）根据问题定位到第四段信息句：The parrot walked out onto Jessie's arms and said “I believe I may have offended(冒犯) you with my rude language and actions. I am so sorry for what I said and did just now and I will do everything I can to correct my rude attitude.”可知，鹦鹉见到冰箱里的火鸡说了很多道歉的话语，可知鹦鹉非常害怕。所以答案是：B.