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【题目】The Fairy Penguin

Webbed feet

Fairy penguins are the smallest of all the penguins in the world. They live in the south of Australia and in New Zealand.

Fairy penguins weigh () about one kilogram. They stand thirty centimeters (厘米) tall. Their back feather (羽毛) are dark blue and their front feathers are white. They have a beak and webbed feet.

Fairy penguins live on the land and in the sea. They are very good swimmers but they cannot fly. They eat small fish.

Fairy penguins breed (繁殖) on land. The mother penguins lay two white eggs in a hole. The mother and father penguins share the job of sitting on the eggs.

When the baby penguins come out, the mother and father penguins bring food from the sea. In eight weeks the baby penguins can have grown feathers. They are soon ready to look for their own food. Fairy penguins are often in danger. Wild animals eat them; people catch them; they have no place to live in. If their numbers become too small, these little penguins might leave our world forever.

1Are fairy penguins the smallest of all the penguins in the world?

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2What color are fairy penguins’ feathers?

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3What do fairy penguins eat?

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4Who shares the job of sitting on the mother penguin’s eggs?

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5Why are fairy penguins often in danger?

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【答案】

1Yes./Yes, they are.

2Their back feathers are dark blue and the front feather are white.

3They eat small fish.

4The mother and father penguins.

5Because wild animals eat them, people catch them and they have no place to live in.

【解析】

短文大意:本文是说明文,介绍了精灵企鹅的外形特点、生活习性、生活环境和生存状况,反映出保护企鹅的迫切性。

1题意:精灵企鹅是世界上最小的企鹅吗?
考查细节理解。根据开头“Fairy penguins are the smallest of all the penguins in the world. 精灵企鹅是世界上最小的企鹅”,可知是肯定回答,故填Yes./Yes, they are.

2题意:精灵企鹅的羽毛是什么颜色的?
考查细节理解。根据“Their back feather are dark blue and their front feathers are white它们的背羽是深蓝色的,前羽是白色的”可知填Their back feathers are dark blue and the front feather are white.

3题意:精灵企鹅吃什么?
考查细节理解。根据“They eat small fish他们吃小鱼”可知填They eat small fish.

4题意:谁来承担企鹅妈妈孵蛋的工作?
考查细节理解。根据“The mother and father penguins share the job of sitting on the eggs. 企鹅妈妈和企鹅爸爸共同承担着孵蛋的工作”,可知是企鹅妈妈和企鹅爸爸共同承担,故填The mother and father penguins.

5题意:为什么精灵企鹅经常处于危险之中?
考查细节理解。根据“Fairy penguins are often in danger. Wild animals eat them; people catch them; they have no place to live in精灵企鹅经常处于危险之中。野生动物吃它们;人们抓住它们;它们没有地方住”,可知是因为野生动物吃它们,人们抓住它们,它们也没有地方住,故填Because wild animals eat them, people catch them and they have no place to live in.

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