三、阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。
Henry’s View Follow
Pigeon(鸽子) surprise
Day 1 We need to study birds for Bird Week at school. Some lucky children get penguins，1. I must write about...pigeons! ☹
Day 2 I go 2. the park to see pigeons. They just walk around all the morning! Pigeons are BORING!
Day 3 I look for some information about pigeons on the phone. They can recognize themselves in mrors（在镜中辨认出自己）. How surprising! I should go and watch them again...
Day 4 I’m back at the park again. Oh! That pigeon is looking at itself in the water. It is quite 3. clever bird.
Day 5 I’m reading in the library now. Oh，there 4. over 200 kinds of pigeons. They can fly over 100 km an hour. That’s as fast as my dad’s car! Well，pigeons are not boring 5. all! They are WONDERFUL!

1. but 2. to 3. a 4. are 5. at

【分析】
首先通读短文，理解Henry对鸽子的看法从无聊到有趣的变化过程，结合每个空的上下文语境、语法规则和固定搭配来解题：
1. 空1前后句是转折关系，前句说幸运孩子得到企鹅，后句说自己要写鸽子，需用转折连词；
2. 空2是表示“去公园”的固定搭配，需用介词；
3. 空3后是可数名词单数bird，表泛指且clever以辅音音素开头，需用不定冠词；
4. 空4是there be句型，主语是复数名词，be动词需用复数形式；
5. 空5是固定短语，表“一点也不”，需用对应介词。
【解析】
1. 考查连词：前后句为转折关系，用but连接，故填but；
2. 考查固定搭配：go to +地点表示“去某地”，故填to；
3. 考查冠词：bird是可数名词单数，此处表泛指，且clever以辅音音素开头，用a，故填a；
4. 考查there be句型：主语over 200 kinds of pigeons是复数，be动词用are，故填are；
5. 考查固定短语：not...at all是固定搭配，意为“根本不”，故填at。
【答案】
1. but 2. to 3. a 4. are 5. at
【知识点】
连词用法、介词搭配、冠词用法、there be句型
【点评】
本题为语篇型填空，结合语境逻辑、基础语法规则和固定搭配解题，侧重考查学生对英语基础知识点的掌握和语篇理解能力，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6