2014高考英语短文填单词抓分练习（6）及答案
第四部分 任务型阅读（共10小题；满分10分）
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。
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！”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 house ,You are even more stupid than the chickens .”In the chicken house , there were four chickens waiting to be killed for Sunday’s dinner . The next morning, when he went out to the chicken house, 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.”
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The man had a（1）___________ that could
（2）______ Human speech and was（3）______
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The man finally threw it into the chicken
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