Question

Have you ever tried to teach a bird how to talk? I bought a parrot and _____ to teach it right away. I named it Danny Clark. I _____ the bird and said ＂Danny＂over and over again, Fifty repetitions a day for two months! Then it _____ happened.

One morning as I was leaving the room, the parrot blurted out (脱口而出)＂Danny. ＂ Now it was time to teach it its last _____, Clark. I followed the same _____ and found that its learning was speeding up!

Then something very _____ happened. I got sick and spent two days in the house coughing. That weekend, I had a party. I showed the talking bird to _____ friends, I got the satisfying result and it said ＂Danny Clark＂. And then it coughed. Yes, the bird.

Did I teach the bird to cough? No! The bird’s behavior was a product of its _____ and so are humans. What goes into our minds _____ and will finally come out. How did we learn to talk, walk, sing and dance? We are not born — we are made. ______ the right input (输入）, we can actually become the ＂bird＂ we dream of being!

1.A. started B. stopped C. remembered D. advised

2.A. looked for B. looked at C. looked into D. looked through

3.A. hardly B. finally C. nearly D. completely

4.A. name B. stop C. number D. rule

5.A. sign B. looked at C. condition D. process

6.A. scary B. finally C. strange D. interesting

7.A. its B. my C. his D. her

8.A. owner B. style C. environment D. conversation

9.A. appears B. bad C. fails D. changes

10.A. To B. My C. With D. For

1.A 2.B 3.B 4.A 5.D 6.D 7.B 8.C 9.A 10.C 【解析】试题分析：这篇记叙文讲述了丹尼先生教鹦鹉学话的经历，由此引发了他的思考，认为人类的行为和鸟一样，都是环境的产物。 1.句意：我买了一只鹦鹉，马上开始教它。考查动词辨析题。A. started开始；B. stopped停止；C. remember...

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