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3. He always (cheat) at cards. I won’t play with him.
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A study conducted in the Svalbard Archipelago of;Norway showed the first recorded case of polar bears seeking out white-beaked dolphins(白喙斑纹海豚) for prey(猎物) . Warming waters have allowed the dolphins to travel north to an area they would normally avoid until summertime. “It is likely that new species are appearing in the diet of polar bears due to climate change because new species are finding their way north,” study author Jon Aars said.
Arctic waters have warmed at a rate twice that of southern waters,putting the ice-loving bears in trouble. Polar bears typically sit on large pieces of ice to hunt swimming seals,but without the platform of ice to sit on,the bears have to look elsewhere for food. Two ice-free winters attracted the dolphins into the Arctic region,where their food has also shown up thanks to warm water. But a sudden influx (汇集）of ice trapped the dolphins,making them easy prey for hungry plar bears.
The scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute first discovered this eating habit in April,2014 and documented another five cases in the following year. Most of the bears appeased well-fed,although one was visibly thin and found covering a dead dolphin with ice as a means to hide his food source from other animals —another strategy that scientists had not yet seen before.
It' s unlikely that there are enough dolphins to feed the large population of polar bears. And as the bears were only able to hunt the dolphins because of a sudden storm,their consumption could be a fluke(使幸) .
Polar bears living in Canada and Alaska have been found traveling north to live in the icy regions they need,but Svalbard is about as far north as it gets before the water becomes too deep to serve as a livable habitat,leaving the bears with nowhere else to go.
9. What does Jon Aars think is to blame for polar bears' eating dolphins?
A. Loss of habitat： B. No other prey.
C. Warmer climate. D. Shorter summertime.
10. What do we learn about today's polar bears from Paragraph 2 ?
A. They fmd it harder to hunt seals.
B. They have more food than before.
C. They face more competitors than before.
D. They are troubled by a sudden influx of ice.
11. It is very rare for a polar bear to.
A. appear well-fed
B. get nothing to eat
C. hide food from other animals
D. share food with other polar bears
12. After polar bears reach Svalbard,they .
A. get no dolphins to eat
B. cannot go any further northward
C. hardly want to go anywhere else
D. make it a comfortable livable habitat
3. ——Be quiet,Tom. Your sister Kate is sleeping.
—No,she's still a and she is playing with her model panda.
I .根据句意及括号内所给单词的提示填空。
1. The car ran out of (oil) so it couldn’t start.
1. 我如此忙以至于没时间给你写信。
3. What food do you like,Chinese food or w food?
3. 夏天这里的温度高达40摄氏度。
The temperature here can reabh 40 °C in summer.
5. 故事是如何开始的? (how)
() 28. —That terrible storm killed ten people.
一An event like this us that we can't control nature.
A. reminds B. questions
C. allows D. imagines
