It is well-known that man is much cleverer than any animal. But which is the cleverest _______(1) the animals? Some scientists _______(2) it should be Alex, an African grey parrot. He is unlike any other animal. He can really ______(3) with people!When he says “come here”, he really ______(4) someone to come up to him.”“Alex is as clever as a _______(5) of 2 or 3 years old,” says Dr. Pepperberg. “He does not just repeat the _______(6) he has been taught. He _______(7) the words!”Alex can tell about 50 _______(8) things, name 7 colours and count from 1 to 6. Is the parrot actually thinking in the ______ (9) how man does? Nobody can say. But the _______ (10) is very interesting.答案与解析】本文论述了非洲灰色鹦鹉被一些科学家认为是最聪明的动物。1. among。表示最高级的比较范围，意为“在……中”，一般用of或among, 等介词，此处已有首字母a，所以是among。2. think。根据前面的提问有首字母t可知是think，表示“有的科学家认为最聪明的动物应当是Alex”。3. talk。根据下文对他会讲会的描述和空格后的with，可知是talk with sb(同……谈话)。4. wants。根据前面的come here及后文的句式搭配可知是want sb to do sth(想要某人做某事)。5. child。根据后面的两叁岁可知是小孩。6. sounds。由前文的talk和后文的words可知是重复教他讲话的声音。7. understands。从后文的描述可知，他不但会重复教他的声音而且还明白其意思。8. different。根据things是复数及首字母的提示可知是指不同的(different) 事物。9. way。根据句意“他的思维方式是否与的思维方式一样呢？”。搭配：in the way用这种方式。10. question。上文“Is the parrot…?”提出的是一个问题根据短文内容在空格处填入一个适当的单词，使短文的意思完整，需填单词的第一个字母已经给出。Are you able to send a letter with pictures and sounds to someone anywhere in the world without putting a stamp on it? ______(1) e-mail you can just do that. Using a ______(2) you can send e-mail quickly and easily. The post is much ______(3) than e-mail. E-mail can send ______(4) message to the other side of the world in seconds.E-mail is easy to use and it ______(5) time and money. The differences in time in different parts of the world, do not matter _______(6) sending e-mail. It is twenty-four-hour service that you can send e-mail at any time of the day or ______(7). No one has to be _______(8) to receive e-mail. It ______(9) matter if your friends are in bed when you send e-mail to them, or you are seeing a _______(10) at the cinema when they send e-mail back.【答案与解析】本文介绍了发e-mail的优点。1. With。把问题和答语结合起来考虑可知，要表达的是“有了e-mail，就可以做得到这点了”。此处介词with意为“有”。2. computer。能够发e-mail的当然是电脑了。3. slower。根据下文用e-mail可以在几秒钟内就可将信息可发往世界各地，可见邮局邮寄比发email要慢得多。4. its。指e-mail所邮件所携带的信息。5. saves。又快又不用贴邮票当然是节省时间和金钱了。6. when。由下文24小时都可发，可见无论何时发都没关系。7. night。24小时当然包括白天和黑夜。8. there。由后文可知，无论你发给朋友或者朋友发给你，你或他可以在别的地方，而不必在电脑旁。9. doesn’t 由后文可知，是没有关系。另外，matter用作动词时，一般只用于疑问句或者否定句，此处不是疑问句，那就应是否定句了。10. film。由at the cinema可知是在看电影了。我也要中考了 祝你考个好成绩
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