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There was a pet store and the owner had a parrot. One day a    11    walked in and the parrot said to the man ,“Hey you!” The man said, “What!?” The parrot said, “Your    12    is really ugly.” The man got very    13    and went to the store owner and said, “Your bird just    14    my wife. It said she was ugly.” The owner stormed over,    15    the bird, took it into the “black room,”shook it a bit,    16    out a few feathers, and said,“Don’t ever, ever say anything to    17    my customers again. You got that！！！” With that    18    he took the bird and put it back into its cage. The old bird shook out its    19    and relaxed in its cage. A couple of weeks    20    and in walked this guy and his wife again. The parrot said, “Hey you!” The guy said, “What!?” The parrot answered, “You know that.” 11. A. group          B. team           C. couple           D. crowd 12. A. wife                  B. sister             C. mother            D. daughter 13. A. curious           B. nervous          C. guilty               D. angry 14. A. greeted            B. puzzled           C. offended          D. scared 15. A. hugged            B. seized             C. trained            D. rescued 16. A. sent                 B. handed           C. pulled             D. dug 17. A. touch                      B. amuse             C. cheat                     D. embarrass 18. A. warning            B. comment         C. suggestion             D. request 19. A. eyes                 B. feathers          C. fur                   D. skin 20. A. lasted                      B. arrived            C. appeared               D. passed 答案：A篇: 文章是一则关于鹦鹉的小幽默，语言简单易懂，内容轻松有趣，结尾出人意料； 11.C 解析：考查推断。从后文14 my wife.可知答案选couple. 12A 解析：同上。 13.D 解析：由由12空可知，鹦鹉说：“你的妻子真的很丑”得出the man was angry. 14.C 解析：由12空可知，鹦鹉说：“你的妻子真的很丑”推断出是冒犯之意，故选offended. 15.B 解析：由 the owner was stormed over(暴怒)，可知此处要用seized(抓住)the parrot,放到黑屋里。 16.C 解析：由空前shook it a bit,….空后a few feathers可知一定是带着怒气pull out 拽出来一些羽毛。 17.D 解析：由14题所在的句子：你的鸟冒犯了我的妻子。它说她丑。可知，主人警告鸟不要再说任何使顾客尴尬难堪的话。 18.A 解析：由上题：不要再说使我的顾客难堪的话语。你的明白！！！可知，这是明显的警告（warning）。 19.答案B 解析：鹦鹉应该是抖散出（shook out）一些羽毛并在笼子里放松下来。 20.D 解析：几个星期后，即passed(过去)；这对夫妇再次光临小店。

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