Question

Bill, Frank and Dave were three brothers. Every year they sent their mother expensive gifts on her birthday,. They liked to show her how rich they were.

The oldest brother. Bill, had a lot of money and he wanted his mother to have the most expensive gifts, but he didn’t know what to buy. So he put an ad in the newspaper. “Wanted－the greatest gift for my mother.”

About a week before his mother’s birthday a man came to his office. He brought a big bird. “This bird.” the man said, “can speak ten languages and sing some pop songs.”

“Really?  I’d like to listen to it,” Bill said.

The man made the bird talk in French and tell a joke in Japanese. Then the bird sang a beautiful song. Bill was very happy and spent nine hundred dollars for the bird. The next day Bill sent the bird to his mother with a birthday card.

The day after his mother’s birthday he called his mother. “Well, mother” he asked, “What do you think of the bird?” “Oh, it’s very delicious, dear.” said his mother.

任务型阅读（E）

1. Who is the oldest brother?

__________________________________________________________________________.

2. What did Bill put in the newspaper?

__________________________________________________________________________.

3. How many languages could the bird speak?

__________________________________________________________________________.

4. How much  was  the bird?

__________________________________________________________________________.

5.Could the bird still sing when Bill called his mother the day after Bill’s mother’s birthday?

__________________________________________________________________________.

Answer

1.Bill is

2.An ad

3.Ten

4.It was nine hundred dollars

5.No , it couldn’t

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：比尔，弗兰克和戴夫三个兄弟。他们每年送母亲昂贵的生日礼物。他们喜欢向他们的母亲展示他们是多么的富有。

1.根据文中The oldest brother. Bill, had a lot of money and he wanted his mother to have the most expensive gifts, but he didn’t know what to buy.可知在三个孩子中比尔年龄最大，所以作答Bill is。

2.根据文中So he put an ad in the newspaper.可知比尔在报上登了一则广告。所以作答An ad。

3.根据文中“This bird.” the man said, “can speak ten languages and sing some pop songs.”可知这只鸟能讲十种语言。所以作答Ten。

4.根据文中and spent nine hundred dollars for the bird.可知那只鸟的价格是九百美元，所以作答It was nine hundred dollars。

5.根据文中最后一点的描述可知他给他母亲的生日后的第二天，比尔打电话给他母亲时那只鸟已经被吃掉，所以作答No , it couldn’t。

考点：任务型阅读。