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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 文章介紹了大象對聲音的模仿能力．根據(jù)Poole博士的研究，除了鸚鵡，海豚外，大象也具有模仿聲音的能力．

解答 答案：61．to copy/copying；考查動詞搭配．learn doing/to do sth學(xué)會做某事，常用搭配短語；句意表達(dá)的是鸚鵡學(xué)會了模仿人的聲音． 
62．to；考查動詞短語．a(chǎn)dd…to…把…加到…上，固定搭配；句意表達(dá)的是現(xiàn)在我們可以把大象加入到盲目模仿者的名單上了．  
63．who；考查連詞．句中studies the sounds of elephants修飾名詞zoologist，是一個非限制性定語從句；從句缺少主語，且先行詞zoologist指人，要用who來引導(dǎo)．  
64．made；考查分詞．句中make作noises的后置定語，要用非謂語動詞；make與noises構(gòu)成動賓關(guān)系，要用表示被動的過去分詞來構(gòu)成．  
65．a(chǎn)n；考查冠詞．句意表達(dá)的是泛指一頭八歲大的非洲象，要用不定冠詞來限定；eight是以元音開頭，要用an來限定．
66．couldn't；考查句意理解．句意表達(dá)的是Poole博士不能區(qū)分Mlaika的聲音和卡車的聲音；句意表達(dá)的是過去的事實(shí)，要用couldn't來構(gòu)成．  
67．distant；考查形容詞．句中distance修飾名詞truck，要用形容詞形式． 
68．it；考查代詞．句意指代的是前面提到的大象Mlaika，要用it來指代．  
69．When；考查連詞．句中有逗號分隔，要用連詞；句意表達(dá)的是當(dāng)他們脫離了自然環(huán)境時，他們會模仿不同尋常的聲音，要用when來連詞時間狀語從句．  
70．has spent；考查時態(tài)．句意表達(dá)的是到目前為止Poole博士已經(jīng)和兩頭亞洲雌象共處了十八年；so far到目前為止，是現(xiàn)在完成時態(tài)的時間狀語；主語Dr．Poole是單數(shù)，助動詞要用has．

點(diǎn)評 語法填空題是考查學(xué)生的語言運(yùn)用能力．解題時，要在理解文章的基礎(chǔ)上，靈活運(yùn)用語法知識，如詞性，時態(tài)，名詞單復(fù)數(shù)，連接詞，代詞，冠詞等判斷空白處應(yīng)填寫的內(nèi)容．答完后，還要通讀全文，核對所填單詞形式是否正確，是否符合語境．