Question

17．People can often see a talking parrot on a TV show，in a movie，or even in someone's home．The parrot has learned （61）to copy/copying（copy）sounds that people make．Dolphins，bats，and some apes also copy sounds．Now we can add elephants （62）tothis list of copycats（盲目的模仿者）．
Dr．Joyce Poole is a zoologist，（63）whostudies the sounds of elephants．While she was in Kenya，she would hear strange noises （64）made（make）by Mlaika after sunset．Mlaika was （65）an8-year-old African elephant and it lived near a highway．
Dr．Poole says that she （66）couldn'ttell the difference between Mlaika's call and the （67）distant
（distance）truck noise．Why did （68）itcopy the sounds of the trucks driving by？Animals that are able to copy sounds may enjoy practicing new sounds．（69）Whenthey are kept outside of their natural environment，they may copy unusual sounds．
So far Dr．Poole（70）has spent（spend）18 years with two female Asian elephants．Asian elephants make sounds like birds to talk with one another．
Parrots，dolphins，humans，and elephants show that being a copycat is one way that animals and people make new friends and keep old ones．

Answer 1

分析 文章介绍了大象对声音的模仿能力．根据Poole博士的研究，除了鹦鹉，海豚外，大象也具有模仿声音的能力．

解答 答案：61．to copy/copying；考查动词搭配．learn doing/to do sth学会做某事，常用搭配短语；句意表达的是鹦鹉学会了模仿人的声音． 
62．to；考查动词短语．add…to…把…加到…上，固定搭配；句意表达的是现在我们可以把大象加入到盲目模仿者的名单上了．  
63．who；考查连词．句中studies the sounds of elephants修饰名词zoologist，是一个非限制性定语从句；从句缺少主语，且先行词zoologist指人，要用who来引导．  
64．made；考查分词．句中make作noises的后置定语，要用非谓语动词；make与noises构成动宾关系，要用表示被动的过去分词来构成．  
65．an；考查冠词．句意表达的是泛指一头八岁大的非洲象，要用不定冠词来限定；eight是以元音开头，要用an来限定．
66．couldn't；考查句意理解．句意表达的是Poole博士不能区分Mlaika的声音和卡车的声音；句意表达的是过去的事实，要用couldn't来构成．  
67．distant；考查形容词．句中distance修饰名词truck，要用形容词形式． 
68．it；考查代词．句意指代的是前面提到的大象Mlaika，要用it来指代．  
69．When；考查连词．句中有逗号分隔，要用连词；句意表达的是当他们脱离了自然环境时，他们会模仿不同寻常的声音，要用when来连词时间状语从句．  
70．has spent；考查时态．句意表达的是到目前为止Poole博士已经和两头亚洲雌象共处了十八年；so far到目前为止，是现在完成时态的时间状语；主语Dr．Poole是单数，助动词要用has．

点评 语法填空题是考查学生的语言运用能力．解题时，要在理解文章的基础上，灵活运用语法知识，如词性，时态，名词单复数，连接词，代词，冠词等判断空白处应填写的内容．答完后，还要通读全文，核对所填单词形式是否正确，是否符合语境．