Mr. Black was young and able. The boss liked him. Last month he was sent to China on business. Before he went back from China, he decided to buy something for Tony, the son of his boss. At first he didn' t know what to buy for the boy. Suddenly he remembered that the boy liked birds very much, so he went to the bird market. He was glad to find that there were so many kinds of birds there. He bought four beautiful birds, then he told the boy about it on the telephone.

　　As soon as Mr. Black returned to London by air, he went to Tony with the four birds. But on his way to the boss ’s home.one of them flew out of the cage(籠子)and there were only three birds left in it.Then Mr.Black bought a local(當(dāng)?shù)氐?bird to take the place of the missing Chinese one.

　　Tony of course was very happy when he saw the birds.But soon he found one of them was different from the other three.He asked， “It’s a local bird，isn’t it，Mr.Black?’’

　　“Yes, it is”Mr.black answered,“It’s an interpreter (譯員).”

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　　布萊克先生很年輕也很能干。老板很喜歡他。上個月他因公務(wù)被派往中國。在離開中國以前，他決定為老板的兒子托尼買點(diǎn)東西。開始，他不知道該為小孩買點(diǎn)什么。突然他記起他很喜歡鳥，所以他決定去鳥市。他很高興地發(fā)現(xiàn)那有很多鳥。他買了4只漂亮的鳥，然后在電話里告訴了托尼。

　　布萊克先生坐飛機(jī)一回到倫敦，就帶上4只鳥去找托尼。但是在去老板家的路上，1只鳥飛出了籠子，只剩下3只了。布萊克先生就買了一只當(dāng)?shù)氐镍B代替那只飛走的中國鳥。

　　托尼看見那些鳥的時候很高興。但他很快發(fā)現(xiàn)其中的1只和另外3只不一樣。他問： “這是一只本地的鳥，不是嗎，布菜克先生?”

　　“是的。”布萊克先生回答道，“它是一個譯員�！�

　　Why did the boss send Mr. Black to China on business?(B)

　　A.Mr. Black had never been to China before.

　　B.Mr. Black was an able and hard-working man.

　　C.Mr. Black could buy something interesting for Tony.

　　How did Mr. Black return to London?(C)

　　A.By train.

　　B.By ship.

　　C.By plane.

　　Whom did Mr. Black buy a present for?(B)

　　A.His boss.

　　B.The son of his boss.

　　C.Mr. Black' s wife.

　　Mr. Black said the local bird was an interpreter because _C_

　　A.the three Chinese birds didn't know English

　　B.it was different from the Chinese birds

　　C.he was making a joke

　　What happened to one of the four birds?(B)

　　A.It was dead on the way to London.

　　B.It flew away from the cage.

　　C.It was stolen by someone.