Monologue: Working at a Pet Shop
I once worked in a pet shop as a salesgirl, and I met with all kinds of customers in this small place. You know, if your work requires you to meet different kinds of people, you can have a lot of interesting experiences. One day, a lady came to the shop to buy a pet. She asked me for a bird that could sing, so our manager suggested a parrot. And he told her that the parrot could sing in foreign languages. The lady was very pleased. At home, she examined the bird carefully and found that it had a broken leg. She got very unhappy. She telephoned the manager to complain about this. "Lady," he answered, "When you bought the bird, you asked for a singer, not a dancer."
1 The lady wanted to buy a bird that could speak. A) True B) False 2 The manager said the bird could sing in four languages. A) True B) False 3 At the shop the lady didn't examine the bird carefully. A) True B) False 4 The lady telephoned the salesgirl to complain. A) True B) False 5 The bird could still be a good singer. A) True B) False 6The manager seems to be a humorous (幽默的) person. A) True B) False
Answer: 1.B 2.A, 3.A, 4.B, 5.A, 6.A