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A Cat and a Parrot(鹦鹉)

  A French writer tells a story about a cat and a parrot.A friend of his came to visit him one day.The friend said,“I’m going away for a short time.Will you please look after my parrot for me?”The writer said he would do that,and his friend brought the parrot to his house.?

  The cat saw the parrot and wanted to know if it was a bird or not.If so,it would be nice to eat.Very slowly the cat came nearer and nearer.It was thinking it would be nice to have this animal for its meal.The poor parrot was very much afraid.It didn’t know what to do at first.It kept quiet and didn’t move till the cat was near enough to jump on it.Then,suddenly, the parrot asked,“Haven’t you had your breakfast?”?

  The cat was afraid.It ran away as fast as it could.Maybe it was saying to itself,“That thing can speak.It can’t be a bird.It must be a man.”

(1)

One day,a friend asked the writer to ________.

[  ]

A.

look after his cat

B.

take care of his parrot

C.

bring the parrot to the house

D.

tell him a story about a cat and a parrot

(2)

The cat wanted to ________.

[  ]

A.

make friend with the French writer

B.

say “Hello” to the parrot

C.

play with the parrot

D.

eat the parrot very much

(3)

The parrot was so afraid that he ________.

[  ]

A.

asked the cat not to eat him

B.

spoke to the cat like a man

C.

told the man to drive the cat off

D.

ran away as fast as he could

(4)

Why didn’t the cat dare to(敢)eat the parrot? Because ________.

[  ]

A.

the parrot was much stronger than the cat

B.

the cat didn’t talk with the parrot

C.

he thought the parrot was a man

D.

the writer was on the side of the parrot

(5)

In the story, the cat and the parrot ________.

[  ]

A.

were afraid of each other

B.

were pleased with the writer

C.

fought about the meat

D.

became good friends

答案:1.B;2.D;3.B;4.C;5.A;
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