A friend of   2   came to visit him one day. The friend said, “I’m going away for a short time. Will you please   3   my parrot for me?”

The writer said he would do so, and his friend   4   his parrot to the house.

The cat saw the parrot and wanted to know whether (是否) it was a bird or not. If so, it would be nice   5  .Very   6   the cat came nearer and nearer. It was thinking how nice it would be to have this animal for its meal.

The poor parrot was very afraid. It didn’t know   7   at first. It kept quiet and didn’t move

   8   the cat was near enough to jump on it. Then suddenly the parrot asks, “  9   you have your breakfast?”

The cat is afraid. It ran away as fast as it can. Maybe it was saying to itself, “That thing can speak. It can’t be a bird. It must be   10  !”

1. A. spoke　　 　　　　  B. talked　　 　　   C. said　　 　　　　  D. told

2. A. his　　 　　　　   B. him　　 　　　　  C. he　　 　　　　    D. hers

3. A. help　　 　　　　　　 B. look for　　     C. look after　　   D. look at

4. A. took　　 　　　　    B. brought　　     C. put　　 　　　　   D. caught

5. A. to play　　 　　　　 B.to drink　　 　　 C. to put　　 　　　　　　  D. to eat

6. A. slowly　　 　　　　 B. quickly　　 　　 C. soon　　 　　    D. much

7. A. him　　 　　　　　　 B. the cat　　 　　  C. how to do　　 D. what to do

8. A. when　　 　　　　   B. that　　 　　　　  C. until　　 　　　　 D. because

9. A. Were　　 　　　　   B. Weren’t　　     C. Could　　 　　   D. Didn’t

10. A. a bird　　   　　B. a cat　　   　　C. a man　　 　　   D. strong

1．Bella can speak two________(语言)，French and Chinese．

2．The paper is _________(无用的)．Please throw it into the dustbin．

3．The book isn’t interesting at all．It’s very __________(无聊)．

4．Some boys always think it’s________(不重要的)for them to learn Home Economics．

5．Tony’s youngest son is an___________(艺术)student．

6．He is interested in__________(科学)．

7．China is a great country with a long__________(历史)．

8．This song is __________(不流行的)．Please change another one．