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According to the Daily Telegraph on February 10, a British woman who was "pushed to the edge" by
a faulty fire alarm that sounded non-stop for several days discovered that the sound was in fact made by
a parrot in her garden.
Shanna Sexton, 25, from Devon, UK, even called in workmen to try and solve the problem. But she
was amazed to see an African Grey Congo parrot stopped on a water bucket as she came out washing in
the garden.
The noisy parrot, called Sammi, had escaped from neighbor Louise Ledger's house a week earlier and spent seven days in the garden imitating a smoke alarm.
Ledger, 38, was worried and spent hours searching for her beloved pet and she even pasted the
neighborhood with missing posters hoping for Sammi's return.
"I am over the moon. I am going to give Shanna a huge bunch of flowers. When I found out where he
was I could not have got there any faster. He is always making funny noises from anywhere and
everywhere. I think he must have heard me burning the toast once so he made the smoke alarm noise,"
said Ledger.
1. According to the first paragraph, what exactly pushed the British woman Shanna Sexton to the edge?
A. A parrot
B. A parrot's noises
C. A fire alarm
D. The sound made by a parrot
2. What does the underlined word "faulty" in Para. 1 mean?
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Worried
D. Relaxed
3. What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean?
A. I am so angry
B. I am so worried
C. I am so excited
D. I am so disappointed
4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Shanna Sexton was amazed to see a parrot in her garden
B. Ledger loved her parrot very much and worried for his missing
C. The parrot has been missing for a week
D. The parrot imitated the fire alarm at Shanna's house
