Question

    Spaghetti and meatballs is my favorite food. And reading is my favorite hobby. When you ^are deeply absorbed in a book, you stop paying attention to what’s going on around you. People describe it as being “lost in a book”. It’s a wonderful feeling, but it can be risky.

One day I was home alone doing two of my favorite things: Eating a huge plate of spaghetti and meatballs and reading. At the time, my family had a pet bird, a big white cockatoo named Luke. He was free to leave his perch (栖木)and fly around inside the house. Luke enjoyed “talking” to people, but he wasn’t trained to use real words.

As I was reading and eating, Luke was talking to me, but I was lost in my book. So Luke decided to get closer. He flew from his perch, and before I knew it, he’d landed right on top of my spaghetti and meatballs!

I was so surprised that I didn’t even have time to think. My reaction was the same as yours would be: I shooed (发出嘘声赶走)him off my food! This wouldn’t have been so bad except for one thing: When Luke had landed on my plate, he had grabbed (抓住)my spaghetti with both feet. So when Luke took off again, the spaghetti-still in his feet-went flying everywhere, landing on my shirt and hitting me in the face. Red sauce splattered (泼溅)up the wall and onto the ceiling. As I pulled noodles out of my hair, Luke flew back to his perch, dropping spaghetti sauce all the way.

He wasn’t hurt, except for his dignity-the sauce in his beautiful white feathers turned him orange for several weeks. So next time if you find a spy novel at the library with red, spots on two pages near the middle, you’ll know that I’ve read that book ,too!

1.What do we know about Luke?

A.He is lost in reading a spy novel.

B.He is good at communicating with people.

C.He is fond of eating Spaghetti and meatballs.

D.He is permitted to fly freely inside the house.

2.What is paragraph 4 mainly about?

A.I reacted properly to Luke’s behaviour.

B.Luck was attracted by my Spaghetti.

C.Luck made the room in a mess.

D.I was addicted to my reading.

3.How does the author sound when telling the story?

A.Puzzled. B.Humorous. C.Anxious. D.Annoyed.

4.What might be a suitable title for the text?

A.Love Me, Love My Dog B.More Food Hurts the Body

C.Reading Can Be Dangerous D.Fine Feathers Make Fine Birds

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.C

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者一次因读书太过专心致使家中的宠物鸟落在自己盘中的食物上，结果把屋子弄得一团糟的故事。

1.

细节理解题。根据第二段中的“At the time, my family had a pet bird, a big white cockatoo named Luke. He was free to leave his perch (栖木)and fly around inside the house.”可知，我家有一只宠物鸟——一只叫卢克的白色大凤头鹦鹉，它可以自由地离开栖木，在房子里到处飞，故D项正确。

2.

主旨大意题。根据第四段内容，特别是“When Luke had landed on my plate, he had grabbed (抓住)my spaghetti with both feet. So when Luke took off again, the spaghetti-still in his feet-went flying everywhere, landing on my shirt and hitting me in the face. Red sauce splattered (泼溅)up the wall and onto the ceiling. As I pulled noodles out of my hair, Luke flew back to his perch, dropping spaghetti sauce all the way.”（卢克落在我的盘子里，爪子上沾满了意大利面，而后又到处处飞，结果弄得我脸上、衣服上、墙上、天花板上和地板上到处都是意大利面酱）可知，本段主要讲的是卢克把屋子弄得一团糟，故C项正确。

3.

推理判断题。通读全文，特别是根据第一段中的“When you are deeply absorbed in a book, you stop paying attention to what’s going on around you. People describe it as being “lost in a book”. It’s a wonderful feeling, but it can be risky.”（当你全神贯注于一本书时，你就不再关注周围发生的事情，人们把它描述为“沉浸在书中”，这是一种美妙的感觉，但也有风险）可知，本文主要讲述了作者一次因读书太过专心致使家中的宠物鸟落在自己盘中的食物上，结果把屋子弄得一团糟的有趣经历，在整个讲述过程中，作者言语诙谐幽默，故B项正确。

4.

主旨大意题。通读全文，特别是根据第一段中的“When you are deeply absorbed in a book, you stop paying attention to what’s going on around you. People describe it as being “lost in a book”. It’s a wonderful feeling, but it can be risky.”（当你全神贯注于一本书时，你就不再关注周围发生的事情，人们把它描述为“沉浸在书中”，这是一种美妙的感觉，但也有风险）可知，本文主要讲述了作者一次因读书太过专心致使家中的宠物鸟落在自己盘中的食物上，结果把屋子弄得一团糟的故事，故C项正确。