A French writer __ a story about a cat and a parrot(鹦鹉).
A friend of __ came to visit him one day. The friend said, "I' m going away for a short time. Will you please __ my parrot for me?"The writer said he would do so, and his friend __ his parrot to the house. The cat saw the parrot and wanted to know whether(是否) it was a bird or not. If so, it would be nice__ . Very__ the cat came nearer and nearer. It was thinking how nice it would be to have this animal for its meal.
The poor parrot was very afraid. It didn' t know __ at first. It kept quiet and didn' t move __ the cat was near enough to jump on it. Then suddenly the parrot asks, " __ you have your breakfast?"
The cat is afraid. It ran away as fast as it can. Maybe it was saying to itself, "That thing can speak. It can' t be a bird. It must be __ !"
小题1:A. spoke B. told C. said
小题2:A. his B.him C.she
小题3:A. help B. look for C. look after
小题4:A. take B. brought C. put
小题5:A. to play B. to drink C. to eat
小题6:A. slowly B. quickly C. soon
小题7:A. him B. how to do C. what to do
小题8:A. when B. that C. until
小题9:A. Didn' t B. Weren' t C. Were
小题10:A. a bird B. a cat C. a man
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:B
小题5:C
小题6:A
小题7:C
小题8:C
小题9:A
小题10:C
题目分析：这篇短文主要讲述作者的朋友委托作者帮助照看鹦鹉，作者家的一只猫觉得这将是一顿美餐了。于是者只猫慢慢的向鹦鹉靠近，鹦鹉非常害怕，突然它向猫问：“难道你没有吃早饭吗”？猫听了之后赶忙跑开，认为鹦鹉不是鸟，而是人。
小题1:考查动词及语境的理解。speak ：后常接某种语言，表示说某种语言； tell：讲述、述说，tell a story是固定搭配；say：强调说的内容。根据语境可知应选B。
小题2:考查代词及语境的理解。a friend of后常接名词性物主代词或名词所有格，表示“其中之一”。根据语境可知应选A。
小题3:考查动词短语及语境的理解。help：帮助，look for：寻找，look after：照看。根据上文I' m going away for a short time的描述可知，作者的朋友要离开一段时间，请求作者帮助照看鹦鹉，故选C。
小题4:考查动词及语境的理解。take ：带走、拿走，brought是 bring的过去式，带来、拿来之意， put：放。根据语境可知，作者的朋友把他的鹦鹉带来作者的家里。故选B。
小题5:考查动词不定式及语境的理解。根据下文It was thinking how nice it would be to have this animal for its meal的描述可知，作者家的猫认为鹦鹉将是它的美餐了。.故选C，可吃的。.
小题6:考查副词及语境的理解。根据语境可知，猫不知道鹦鹉是否是鸟，于是猫慢慢地向鹦鹉越靠越近以便弄清事实真相。故应选A。
小题7:考查动词不定式及语境的理解。根据语境，由于猫的靠近，鹦鹉非常害怕以致不知道该怎么办。Him指代的是人，B、C选项是疑问代词或疑问副词与不定式连用。因为不定式后没有代词，所以不能选B，只能选C，what做do的宾语。故选C。
小题8:考查引导词及语境的理解。根据语境，这里指的是鹦鹉直到猫靠得够近了才动起来。not ---until---是一个固定结构，故应选C。
小题9:考查助动词及语境的理解。根据语境，由于句中动词用原形，可知空白处应填助动词，故选A,意识是：难道你没有吃早饭吗？.
小题10:考查对语境的理解。 根据语境并结合选项可知，会说话又不是鸟的一定是人。故应选C。