牛津英语7a阅读理解专练

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a perfect (完美 ) present. He thought it must be more expensive than his brothers’ . So he put an advertisement(广告 ) in the newspapers: WANTEDTHE ERFECT PRESENT FOR A RICH WOMAN. For many days people phoned him from all over the country. Each of them wanted to sell him the perfect present. But John didn39。 t like any of them at all. Then, less than a week before his mother39。 s birthday, a man came to his office. He was carrying a cage with a large bird in it. This bird, the man said, can speak ten languages and sing any popular song. There39。 s no other bird like it in the world. With these words, he asked the bird to speak to John in French, tell him a joke in Japanese and sing a famous popular song. John was very happy. I39。 ll buy it. How much do you want? John said. One hundred thousand dollars, the man said. This was a lot of money, but John paid him. Then he sent the bird to his mother with a birthday card. The day after his mother39。 s birthday he phoned her. Well, mother, he asked, what do you think of the bird? Oh, very delicious, dear, she answered. did the three brothers send their mother expensive presents? ____. liked them very much. wanted to show her they were very rich. wanted to send their best wishes to her. did John decide to buy for his mother? ____. expensive cage with a delicious bird in it. much better than David39。 s. perfect birthday present. did so many people phone John? ____. hoped to sell him the present he wanted. wanted to wish his mother a happy birthday. didn39。 t know who had put the advertisement in the newspapers. happened to the bird at last? ____. was asked to sing popular songs every day. flew out of the cage. was eaten by John39。 s mother. do you think John would feel after his mother answered his telephone call? （五） Maybe your maths teacher has already taught you how to find the centre of a circle(圆 ). It isn’ t easy to learn and it takes some time to do so. Here’ s a simple method(方法 ). This method can be easily learned in a few minutes. Put a corner of a square(正方形的 ) piece of paper on the circumference (圆周 ) of a given circle, and you’ ll see the two sides of the piece of paper meet the circle. And then you’ ll get two points on the circumference. You may name them Point A and Point B. You may be sure that points A and B are the two ends of the diameter(直径 ). Draw a straight line through the two points A and B. Then do the same thing a second time in a different place to get another diameter. You39。 ll find the certre at once:th。