三、完形填空
Many students of English think that learning a new language is very difficult. If your brain(大脑) is only the size of a bird's brain, how difficult learning English will be? That is what some birds can do.
Many different 1 of birds can imitate(模仿) the sounds of a language. African grey parrots(非洲灰鹦鹉) are a good 2. Now let's have a look at the following two birds.
Every December in London, a Bird Show tries to 3 the best "talking" bird in the world. One bird named Prudle 4 the prize for 12 years from 1965 to 1976.
Prudle came 5 Uganda, Africa. Mr Frost in England bought her. She was really 6, because she knew almost 800 English words. She was also the 7 bird in the world that lived in a cage. Mr Frost took care of her until she 8 in 1994, at the age of 35.
A different kind of bird named Puck joined the 9 in 1993. Puck was wonderful. It knew 10 English words than Prudle did—over 1,700 words. It got the best 11 of this year and became the new winner.
Many students think that 12 a new language is pretty difficult. They can't 13 the words. But 14 a bird can do it, anybody can do it. So come on! You can make it when you really take it 15.
()1. A. colours B. names C. kinds D. parts
()2. A. example B. report C. idea D. programme
()3. A. see B. choose C. sell D. act
()4. A. gave B. set C. sold D. won
()5. A. to B. out C. from D. with
()6. A. rich B. angry C. talented D. enjoyable
()7. A. oldest B. most C. worst D. biggest
()8. A. felt B. appeared C. died D. came
()9. A. subject B. culture C. club D. competition
()10. A. more B. less C. fewer D. better
()11. A. song B. grade C. fact D. reason
()12. A. sharing B. performing C. learning D. listening to
()13. A. know B. remember C. speak D. discuss
()14. A. if B. though C. until D. unless
()15. A. successfully B. comfortably
C. beautifully D. seriously

1—5 CABDC 6—10 CACDA 11—15 BCBAD

【分析】首先通读全文，理解文章主旨：本文通过介绍会模仿语言的鸟类（如Prudle和Puck），说明学习语言并非难事，鼓励学生认真对待。解题时需结合上下文语境、词义辨析、固定搭配及逻辑关系，逐一分析每个空格的选项，确保所选答案符合文意和语法要求。
【解析】1. 考查固定搭配：many different kinds of意为“不同种类的”，故选C。2. 考查名词辨析：非洲灰鹦鹉是“好例子”，example符合，故选A。3. 考查动词辨析：鸟展要“选出”最好的会说话的鸟，choose符合，故选B。4. 考查动词搭配：win the prize是固定搭配“获奖”，故选D。5. 考查介词搭配：come from意为“来自”，故选C。6. 考查形容词辨析：它知道近800个英语单词，说明有天赋，talented符合，故选C。7. 考查形容词最高级：后文提到它活了35岁，是最老的笼中鸟，oldest符合，故选A。8. 考查动词辨析：它1994年去世，died符合，故选C。9. 考查名词辨析：Puck加入的是鸟展的“竞赛”，competition符合，故选D。10. 考查比较级：Puck知道的单词比Prudle多，more符合，故选A。11. 考查名词辨析：它获得了当年的“最佳成绩”，grade符合，故选B。12. 考查动名词：开头提到学习语言难，learning符合，故选C。13. 考查动词辨析：学生记不住单词，remember符合，故选B。14. 考查连词：如果鸟能做到，任何人都能，if符合，故选A。15. 考查副词：take seriously是固定搭配“认真对待”，故选D。
【答案】1—5 CABDC 6—10 CACDA 11—15 BCBAD
【知识点】词汇辨析、固定搭配、语境理解
【点评】本文以鸟类模仿语言为话题，贴近生活，考查学生对基础词汇、固定搭配及上下文逻辑的运用能力，是典型的初中英语完形填空题，有助于提升学生的语篇理解能力。
【难度系数】0.7