毛额市鹌鹑阳光实验学校2014高考英语短文填单词抓分练习（6）及答案
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There was once a man in South America who had a parrot, a pet bird that could imitate human speech. The parrot was matchless. There was no other bird like him in the whole world. He could learn to say any word except one. He could not say the name of his native town, Catarlo . The man did everything he could to teach the parrot to say Catarlo , but he never succeeded .
At first , he was very gentle with the bird , but gradually he lost his temper , “You stupid bird ！Why can’t you learn to say that one word ;Say Catarlo ,or I’ll kill you！”坚定的成语But the parrot could not say it . Many times the man shouted ,“Say Catarlo, Or I’ll kill you！”But the bird would never repeat the name . Finally the man gave up , he picked up the parrot and threw it into the chicken hou ,You are even more stupid than the chickens .”In the chicken hous
e , there were four chickens waiting to be killed for Sunday’s dinner . The next morning, when he went out to the chicken hou, the man opened the door and was shocked by what he saw. He could not believe his eyes and ears. On the floor laid three dead chickens. The parrot was shouting at the fourth ,“Say Catarlo, or I’ll kill you.”
The man had a（1）___________ that could （2）______ Human speech and was（3）______ | The man finally threw it into the chicken （6）______ |
The man tried to teach it to say（4）______ | Four chickens were waiting to be （7）______ for Sunday’s （8）______ . |
He finally lost his（5）______. | Three（9）______ laid dead on the floor and the parrot was （10）______ . |
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1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______ 5.______
6. ______ 7. ______ 8. ______ 9. ______ 10. ______
参考答案：
1. parrot 2. imitate 3.matchless 4.Catarlo 5 temper.
6. hou 7.killed 8.dinner 9.chicken 10.shouting
任务型阅读
For more than twenty years scientists have been eking to understand the mystery of the ‘‘sixth n" of direction．By trying out ideas and solving problems one by one，they are now getting clor to one answer．
One funny idea is that animals might have a built-in compass(指南针)．
Our earth itlf is a big magnet(磁体)．So a little magnetic needle that swings freely lines我走在路上
itlf with the big earth magnet to point north and south．When people discovered that id
ea about a thousand years ago and invented the compass，it allowed sailors to navigate (航海)on ocean voyages, even under cloudy skies.
Actually the idea of the living compass came just from obrving animals in nature．
Many birds migrate twice a year between their summer homes and winter homes．Some of them fly for thousands of kilometers and mostly at night．Experiments have shown that some birds can recognize star patterns．But they can keep on cour even under cloudy skies．How can they do that?
A common bird that does not migrate but is great at finding its way home is the homing pigeon．Not all pigeons can find their way home．Tho that can are very good at it，and they have been widely studied．
One interesting experiment was to attach little magnets to the birds’ heads to block their
magnetic n—just as a loud radio can keep you from hearing a call to dinner．On sunny days, that did not fool the pigeons．Evidently they can u the sun to tell which wa
y they are going．But on cloudy days，the pigeons with magnets could not find their way．It was as if the magnets had blocked their magnetic n．
Similar experiments with the same kind of results were done with honeybees．The incts also em to have a special n of direction．
In spite of the experiments，the idea of an animal compass emed pretty extraordinary．How
would an animal get the magnetic stuff for a compass.
An answer came from an unexpected source．A scientist was studying bacteria that live in the
mud of ponds and marshes．He found accidentally little rod-like bacteria that all swam together in
one direction—north．
Further study showed that each little bacterium had a chain of den particles inside，which
proved magnetic．The bacteria had made themlves into little magnets that could line up with the
earth’s magnet．
The big news was that a living thing，even a simple bacterium，can make magnetite．That led
to a arch to e whether animals might have it.. By using a special instrument called magnetometer，scientists were able to find magnetite in bees and birds，and even in fish．In each
animal，except for the bee．the magnetic stuff was always in or clor to the brain．
Thus．the idea of a built—in animal compass began to em reasonable．
The Magnetic Sen — The Living Compass |
Passage outline | Supporting details |
The existence of the earth magnet and the invention of the navigating compass | ◇Our earth is a big magnet and a little freely (1) __ magnetic needle lines itlf with the earth magnet to point north and south. ◇(2) ___ on the idea above, the navigating compass was invented. |
宋词图片The possibility of birds’ built-in compass | ◇ One piece of evidence is the (3) of many birds between their summer homes and winter homes.香辣面的家常做法 ◇ Birds can recognize star patterns on clear nights and keep on cour (4) under cloudy skies |
The (5) on pigeons’ and bees’ built-in compass无土栽培蔬菜 | ◇Little magnets were tied to the pigeons’ heads to (6) their magnetic n. 9月缩写◇The pigeons’ magnetic n emed to be affected on (7) days. ◇Similar things with the same results were done with bees. 感动的歌>白糖洗脸 |
The (8) of the magnetic stuff for the animal compass | ◇Little rod-like bacteria were found by chance to swim together in the direction of (9) . ◇Some animals had a chain of den magnetic particles in or clo to the (10) inside their bodies. |
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