Spaghetti and meatballs is my favorite food. And reading is my favorite hobby. When you are deeply absorbed in a book, you stop paying attention to what’s going on around you. People describe it as being “lost in a book”. It’s a wonderful feeling, but it can be risky.
One day I was home alone doing two of my favorite things: Eating a huge plate of spaghetti and meatballs and reading. At the time, my family had a pet bird, a big white cockatoo named Luke. He was free to leave his perch (栖木)and fly around inside the house. Luke enjoyed “talking” to people, but he wasn’t trained to use real words.
As I was reading and eating, Luke was talking to me, but I was lost in my book. So Luke decided to get closer. He flew from his perch, and before I knew it, he’d landed right on top of my spaghetti and meatballs!
I was so surprised that I didn’t even have time to think. My reaction was the same as yours would be: I shooed (发出嘘声赶走)him off my food! This wouldn’t have been so bad except for one thing: When Luke had landed on my plate, he had grabbed (抓住)my spaghetti with both feet. So when Luke took off again, the spaghetti-still in his feet-went flying everywhere, landing on my shirt and hitting me in the face. Red sauce splattered (泼溅)up the wall and onto the ceiling. As I pulled noodles out of my hair, Luke flew back to his perch, dropping spaghetti sauce all the way.
He wasn’t hurt, except for his dignity-the sauce in his beautiful white feathers turned him orange for several weeks. So next time if you find a spy novel at the library with red, spots on two pages near the middle, you’ll know that I’ve read that book ,too!
1.What do we know about Luke?
A.He is lost in reading a spy novel.
B.He is good at communicating with people.
C.He is fond of eating Spaghetti and meatballs.
D.He is permitted to fly freely inside the house.
2.What is paragraph 4 mainly about?
A.I reacted properly to Luke’s behaviour.
B.Luck was attracted by my Spaghetti.
C.Luck made the room in a mess.
D.I was addicted to my reading.
3.How does the author sound when telling the story?
A.Puzzled. B.Humorous. C.Anxious. D.Annoyed.
4.What might be a suitable title for the text?
A.Love Me, Love My Dog B.More Food Hurts the Body
C.Reading Can Be Dangerous D.Fine Feathers Make Fine Birds