Narrative textTHE SMARTEST PARROT
Once upon time, a man had a wonderful parrot. There was no other parrot like it. The parrot could say every word, except one word. The parrot would not say the name of the place where it was born. The name of the place was Catano.
The man felt excited having the smartest parrot but he could not understand why the parrot would not say Catano. The man tried to teach the bird to say Catano, however the bird did not say the word.
At first, the man was very nice to the bird but then he got very angry. “You stupid bird!” pointed the man to the parrot. “Why can’t you say the word? Say Catano! Or I will kill you” the man said angrily. Although he tried hard to teach, the parrot would not say it. Then the man got so angry and shouted to the bird over and over; “Say Catano or I’ll kill you”. The bird kept not to say the word of Catano.
One day, after he had been trying so many times to make the bird say Catano, the man really got very angry. He could not bear it. He picked the parrot and threw it into the chicken house. There were four old chickens for next dinner “You are as stupid as the chickens. Just stay with them” Said the man angrily. Then he continued to humble; “You know, I will cut the chicken for my meal. Next it will be your turn, I will eat you too, stupid parrot”. After that he left the chicken house.
The next day, the man came back to the chicken house. He opened the door and was very surprised. He could not believe what he saw at the chicken house. There were three death chickens on the floor. At the moment, the parrot was standing proudly and screaming at the last old chicken; “Say Catano or I’ll kill you”.
1. Why does the man feel so angry with the parrot?
2. What does the purpose of the text above?
3. From the text we learn that … .
4. How many chickens were still alive ?
5. “Although he tried hard to teach, the parrot would not say it.” The word ‘it’ refers to ….
6. He picked the parrot and threw it into the chicken house”. The word ‘it’ in the sentence refers to ….
7. “At the moment, the parrot was standing proudly and screaming at the last old chicken. The similar meaning of the underlined word is ….
8. ‘At first, the man was very nice to the bird but then he got very angry.” What is the synonymous of the underlined word?
9. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
10 The parrot would not say the name of the place where it was born. The word ‘It’ refers to …….

A dog was feeling very proud of himself. He had found a big, juicy bone at the market. He quickly carried it in his mouth and ran off to find a place to eat it.
He came to a stream which had very clear water. He started to walk across it, taking his own sweet time. He was thinking what a wonderful time he would have when he could eat the whole juicy bone, all by himself.
Suddenly he stopped and looked down into the water. He saw dog there looking back at him, also with a bone in his mouth. He did not know he was looking at himself.
He said to himself.” That dog’s bone looks bigger than mine. I’ll grab his bone and run away as fast as I can!”
11 What is the purpose of the text?
12 What did the dog see into the water?
13 “I’ll grab his bone … .” (last paragraph). The similar meaning of the underlined word is …
14 What can we learn from the text?
15 “He started to walk across it” (paragraph 2) the underlined word has similar meaning to ……