People can often see a talking parrot on a TV show, in a movie, or even in someone's home. The parrot has learned ____ (copy) sounds that people make. Dolphins, bats, and some other animals also copy sounds. Now we can add elephants ____this list of copycats (盲目模仿者).

    Dr. Joyce Poole is an expert,____studies the sounds of elephants. While she was in Kenya, she would hear strange noises ____ (make) by Mlaika after sunset. Mlaika was____ 8-year-old African elephant and it lived near a highway.

    Dr. Poole says that she couldn't tell the ____ (different) between Mlaika's call and the ____ (distance) truck noise. Why did it copy the sounds of the trucks driving by? Animals that are able to copy sounds may enjoy ____(practice) new sounds. When they ____ (keep) outside of their natural environment, they may copy unusual sounds. 

    So far Dr. Poole ____(spend) 18 years with two female Asian elephants. Asian elephants make sounds like birds to talk with one another.

    Parrots, dolphins, humans, and elephants show that being a copycat is one way that animals and people make new friends and keep old ones.

语法填空

    In ancient China the kite was known as “Zhiyuan“. ____ (original) regarded as a technology, it also featured in many art collections, and was considered to have unique artistic value. It first ____ (appear) in the ware of the Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC—476BC). According to historical records. Mo Zi spent three years ____(construct) a wooden kite which failed after one day's flight. One book noted that the master carpenter Lu Ban also made some which ____(use) to spy on the situation of the enemy.

    Now the basic procedure of making kites remains the same, but ____(style) of kite-making vary in different regions. These in the “World Kite Capital” of Weifang in Shandong Province are well known for____(they) craftsmanship, materials, painting, sculpture and flexible flying movement. One of these kites, ____was over 300 meters long, won first place in the International Kite Festival ____(hold) in Italy. It is now housed in the Weifang Kite Museum. Even year, the festival is held there and is expected to draw many fans with a passion for flying kites.

    ____you are interested in flying a kite, you should choose a sunny and windy day so you can enjoy the open air, and take care to avoid electric wires and cars. You could lake more than one with you and fly them according to the change of wind. And of course, a pair of sunglasses may prove useful in protecting your eyes ____ bright sunshine.