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大学英语C9 一、阅读理解 1、 A man went into a pet shop to buy a parrot（鹦鹉）. The shop owner showed him three parrots. This one on the left costs 500 dollars. Why does the parrot cost so much? the man asked. The shop owner said, Well, it can sing a lot of songs. Thats great! What about the one next to it? It costs 1,000 dollars. It can do everything the other parrots can do. Besides that, it knows how to use computers. Oh, really? How wonderful! the man turned to the third parrot. What about this one? It costs 2,000 dollars. What can it do? The shop owner shrugged（耸耸肩） and replied, To be honest（老实讲）, I have never seen it do anything, but the other two call him Boss! (1)、Where did the story take place ? A：In a hotel. B：In a cinema. C：In a pet shop. D：In a school. ： C (2)What can a common parrot do as you know? A：Sing. B：Use computers. C：Speak like a man. D：Be a boss. ： C (3)Why does the first parrot cost so much? A：It is beautiful. B：It can speak English. C：It can sing many songs. D：It can dance. ： C (4)Which parrot knows how to use computers? A：The parrot which costs 500 dollars. B：The parrot which costs 1,000 dollars. C：The parrot which costs 2,000 dollars. D：The parrot which is called boss. ： B (5)The writer wrote this joke in order to ______. A：tell us something about the parrots B：satirize（） some bosses who know nothing C：sell parrots D：earn money ： B 2A man and his wife had a small restaurant near a station. The restaurant often stayed open until after midnight, because people came to drink and have meals while they were waiting for trains. At two oclock one morning, a farmer was still sitting at a table there. He was asleep. The wife of the owner of the restaurant was very sleepy and wanted to go to bed. She looked at the farmer several times and waited for him to wake and go, but each time she looked at the farmer, he was still there sleeping. Then at last she went to her husband and said to him, You have wakened him six times no