The man 23 everything he could to teach the parrot to say “Catano,” but he never 24 .
答案：(A) did
【句型】do everything one can 字詞搭配「盡他所能」，did everything he could 是這個句型最常見、最自然的用法；made everything he could 不是英文裡常見的字詞搭配，put／had 也不合這個語境。
本題大考中心未公布逐題答對率，以下不談數據，只談觀念。
四個選項都是最高頻的動詞，中文都能翻成「做、放、有、使」，擺進去唸都不太卡。這一格靠的是搭配，而且句子裡還藏了一個省略的線索。
四個選項都是動詞，可見這一格考的是哪一個能跟 everything 組成固定的說法。答案是 do everything one can（盡一個人所能做的一切）——did everything he could 就是「他能做的都做了」。句子裡還有一個線索可以印證：everything he could 後面其實省略了一個 do（完整說法是 everything he could do）。既然那個被省略的動詞是 do，前面的主要動詞當然也是 do，兩處要對得上。這種省略你在國中就見過：Do you like it? — Yes, I do.（do 代替 like it）。順便把同一組的說法記起來：do one’s best（盡力）、do everything possible（想盡一切辦法）、do what one can（做能做的）。
made：make everything he could 不是通行的說法；make 講的是製造或使某物變成某樣子，這裡不是在造東西。put、had：put 要接地方（put it on the table），had 是「擁有」，兩個都與「盡力去做」無關。
do everything one can（盡其所能）、do one’s best（盡力）、do what one can（做能做的）、teach sb to V（教某人做……）、be gentle with（對……溫和）、at first（起初）。
There was once a man in Puerto Rico who had a wonderful parrot. The parrot was 21, there was no other bird like him in the whole world. He could learn to say any word-- 22 one. He could not say the name of his native town, Catano.
The man 23 everything he could to teach the parrot to say "Catano," but he never 24. At first he was very gentle with the bird, but gradually he lost his 25. "You stupid bird! 26 can't you learn to say that one word? Say 'Catano' or I'll kill you!" But the parrot would not say it. Many times the man screamed, "Say 'Catano' or I'll kill you!" But the bird would not 27 the name. Finally the man gave up. He picked up the parrot and threw the bird into the chicken house.
In the chicken house, there were four old chickens, waiting to be killed 28 Sunday's dinner. "You are even more stupid than the chickens," the man said as he was leaving. The next morning, the man went out to the chicken house. When he opened the door, he was 29 by what he saw. He could not believe his eyes and ears! On the floor 30 three dead chickens. The parrot was screaming at the fourth, "Say 'Catano' or I'll kill you!"