九年级下册英语试卷分类汇编英语英语任务型阅读(及答案)含解析.docxVIP

（英语）九年级下册英语试卷分类汇编英语英语任务型阅读 ( 及答案 ) 含解析 一、英语任务型阅读 1． 阅读下面短文，请从每小题所给的 A、 B、 C、 D 四个选项中选出最佳选项，并回答问 题。 C Once upon a time ， there was a king who had gone to visit neighboring kingdoms ． He was gifted a pair of baby parrots by the king of the last kingdom where he was visiting ． They were the most beautiful birds that he had ever seen ． so， after returning to his kingdom ，he called for a bird trainer and asked him to train parrots ． The king also set up a place in the palace garden for the parrots ． He often looked at them from his palace window ．As time passed ， one day the trainer came to the palace and told the king that though one of the parrots was flying high in the sky ， the other one was not moving from its branch since the day it had arrived ． When hearing this,the king summoned the best trainer from all his land and the nearby kingdoms ． They came quickly and tried their best, but none of them could make the parrot fly!He even asked his courtiers to try to find a good way to make the parrot fly but they all failed ． The parrot was not moving from his branch at all ．Finally ， after trying everything ， the king thought to himself ： Perhaps I need someone who may be more familiar with natural habitat ． He asked his courtier to get a farmer from the countryside and take him to the parrot to see if he could understand the problem with the parrot ． The next morning ， the king was surprised to see the parrot flying high above the palace gardens． He asked his servant to call that farmer to meet him ． The servant quickly went and found the farmer ． The farmer came and stood before the king ． The king asked him ， How did you make the parrot fly? With his hands folded with respect ， the farmer said to the king ， It was very easy． I just cut the branch where the bird was sitting ． 1） Why did the king like the parrots so much? A. Because they could talk to him ． 2） What does the underlined word summon probably mean in the passage? A. Ask for． B. Speak to．