题目内容
2．Pierre is a 25-year-old penguin（企鹅）at the California Academy of Sciences．Due to his old age，he was losing his feathers，which made him feel too cold to swim in the pool．Therefore，biologists at the academy had a wetsuit created for this penguin to help him get back in the swimming pool．Unlike marine（海生的）mammals，which have a layer of blubber（鲸脂）to keep them warm，penguins depend on their waterproof feathers．Without them，Pierre was unwilling to jump into the swimming pool and ended up trembling on the side of the pool while his 19peers played in the water．
"He was cold；he would shake，"said Pam Schaller，a senior biologist．Schaller first tried a heat lamp to keep Pierre warm．Then she got another idea：if wetsuits keep humans warm in the cold Pacific，why not make one for Pierre？
Schaller designed the suit，which covered Pierre's body and had small openings for his flippers （鳍）．
"I would walk behind him and look at where there were any gaps，and cut and refit until it looked like it was extremely suitable．"she said．
One concern was that the other penguins would reject Pierre in his new suit，but in fact，they accepted his new look．He swam freely and got along with others well，although he was the only penguin with a black stomach．
Schaller couldn't say for sure whether the wetsuit allowed Pierre to recover his fine feathers，but"certainly we were able to keep him comfortable during a period of time that would have been very difficult for him to stay comfortable"．
Pierre will take off his suit after his new feathers grow back．
24．Pierre felt too cold to swim in the pool because ofA．
A．having few feathers due to old age
B．not having a layer of blubber
C．having no wetsuit
D．others penguins rejecting him
25．The idea of making a wetsuit for Pierre came fromB．
A．total invention
B．the use of wetsuit on humans
C．the use of heat lamp
D．waterproof feathers
26．Schaller followed Pierre in order to seeD．
A．whether other penguins would reject him
B．whether the wetsuit would keep the feathers from recovering
C．if the wetsuit kept warm
D．if anywhere of the wetsuit needed to be cut and refit
27．The best title of the passage isC．
A．Unwilling to Swim
B．Old Penguin Getting Bald（秃的）
C．Wetsuit for An old Penguin
D．Strange Look of Pierre．
分析 人们印象中，企鹅应该不怕冷．而生活在美国加利福尼亚州旧金山加州科学院水族馆的一只斑嘴环企鹅，由于羽毛脱落而无法忍受冰冷的池水．为此，加州科学院研究人员特地为这只企鹅穿上"防寒服"，让它能够与同伴一样在水中游泳嬉戏．
解答 24．A．细节理解题．文章第一段说明了Pierre怕冷的原因：Due to his old age，he was going bald，which made him feel too cold to swim in the pool可知彼埃尔觉得太冷了，不能在游泳池游泳因为年纪大了羽毛少了；故选A．
25．B．细节理解题．文章第三段讲述了Pam想出这个办法的过程：Then she got another idea：if wetsuits keep humans warm in the cold Pacific，why not make one for Pierre？可知为彼埃尔制作一件潜水衣的想法来自人类的潜水服；故选B．
26．D．细节理解题．文章第五段说明了Pam跟踪Pierre的原因：I would walk behind him and look at where there were any gaps，and cut and refit and cut and refit until it looked like it was extremely suitable可知夏勒跟着彼埃尔去看是否潜水服有任何需要裁剪、改装的；故选D．
27．C．主旨大意题．全篇讲述的是生物学家给一只老企鹅做保暖夹克，帮它重返泳池的故事．因此A项正确．
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．
