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【题目】Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (首字母填空):

An arctic fox walked 2,700 miles from Norway to Canada. Yes, that’s p【1】.

At first, the scientists w【2】 whether it was a mistake.

Just 21 days after leaving the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, an arctic fox had arrived in Greenland. And in less than three months, it made it to Canada. The fox averaged (平均) nearly 30 miles a day t【3】 it walked almost 100 miles some days.

"When it started h【4】, we thought ‘is this really true?' "said Arnaud Tarroux, one of the scientists who tracked (追踪)the female fox. Was there "an error (错误) in the data?"

The data was real, the scientists decided as the fox kept going. The foxes 'travels last year, recorded in a recent paper, surprised Tarroux, even though the animal is known for its a【5】to live in extremely cold areas.

Scientists already knew that some of the foxes, native to Arctic areas all around the Northern Hemisphere(北半球), made long j【6】. But the fox these scientists followed got more attention for just how fast it travelled more than 2,700 miles.

"We didn't really know how the fox would do that and how long it would take for it to do this kind of trip," Tarroux said.

The scientists think the fox may have taken off because there was not enough food for it, but they're not sure. The tracker (追踪器) stopped working in February, so the scientists no l【7】 know the place where the fox is.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】possible

【2】wondered

【3】though

【4】happening

【5】ability

【6】journeys

【7】longer

【解析】

这是一篇科技小文章，一只北极狐从挪威到加拿大，科学家们无法解释它是怎么从这么远的地方移动到另一个地方。

【1】句意：一只北极狐从挪威到加拿大走了2700英里。是的，那是可能的。

根据第二段可以科学家们是怀疑这件事情的真实性的，所以这里指的是“是的，这是可能的”，所以用形容词possible，故答案为possible。

【2】句意：起初，科学家们想知道这是否是一个错误。

由“whether it was a mistake.”可知，这里说科学家们想知道。根据下文是一般过去时态，这里用一般过去时态，故答案为wondered。

【3】句意：这只狐狸平均每天走近30英里，但有时它走近100英里。

两句之间的速度30和100 miles a day差距较大，所以有转折含义though。故答案为though。

【4】句意：当它开始发生的时候，我们想‘这真的是真的吗？’

start doing开始做某事，当这件事最开始发生的时候，happening动词，发生。故答案为happening。

【5】句意：尽管这种动物以能在极寒地区生活而闻名。

根据句意可知是这种动物闻名于它能在及其严寒的地方生存的能力，所以是ability，名词，能力。故答案为ability。

【6】句意：科学家们已经知道，一些原产于北半球北极地区的狐狸进行了长途旅行。

由“Scientists already knew that some of the foxes, native to Arctic areas all around the Northern Hemisphere(北半球)” 科学家们已经知道，有些狐狸原产于北半球的北极地区。long journeys长途跋涉。故答案为journeys。

【7】句意：追踪器在二月份停止工作。

由“The tracker (追踪器) stopped working in February,”可知，所以科学家们不再知道狐狸在哪里。no longer不再……；故答案为longer。