Do you know that many different ________ of birds can imitate (模仿) people’s words? African grey parrots (非洲灰鹦鹉) are a good ________. Now let’s have a look at the following (下面的) two birds.
Every December in London, a Bird Show tries to ________ the best “talking” bird in the world. One bird named Prudle stood out. She ________ the prize for 12 years from 1965 to 1976.
Prudle came ________ Uganda (乌干达). She was very ________. She knew almost 800 English words. She was also the ________ bird in the world that lived in a cage (笼子). Her owner (主人) took care of her until (直到) she ________ in 1994 , at the age of 35.
A different kind of bird named Puck joined the ________ in 1993. Puck was ________.
It knew more English words ________ Prudle did. Puck knew ________ 1,700 words.
Many students think that learning a new ________ is pretty difficult. They can’t ________ the words. ________ if a bird can do it, anybody can do it. So come on! Everybody can do it more easily.
1.A.colors | B.names | C.kinds | D.places |
2.A.example | B.report | C.idea | D.program |
3.A.see | B.choose | C.visit | D.act |
4.5.A.to | B.through | C.from | D.with |
6.A.shy | B.angry | C.talented | D.poor |
7.A.oldest | B.most | C.worst | D.biggest |
8.A.felt | B.came | C.died | D.looked |
9.A.subject | B.show | C.club | D.movie |
10.A.excellent | B.interesting | C.worries | D.serious |
11.12.A.too much | B.more than | C.lots of | D.in fact |
13.A.language | B.word | C.class | D.bird |
14.A.know | B.remember | C.speak | D.write |
15.A.Although | B.Because | C.So | D.But |