Heimaey, an island in Iceland, is home to just about 4,200 people. But each spring, more than1.5million puffins (海鹦) visit Heimaey and its neighboring islands. They go there to breed(繁殖). Around August, puffin chicks head for the ocean.That’s when the trouble begins.

Puffin chicks usually follow the light of the moon to the sea. But Heimaey’s bright lights make them unable to think and act right.Each year,a large number of them end up lost—-or worse. Often,some are hit by cars or eaten by cats.

Luckily, there is the Puffling Patrol.Each breeding season,the children of Heimaey work together to form search groups. At night they go to the streets carrying flashlights and cardboard boxes. “When you see a bird, you try to corner it and get it into the box,” Eldur Hansen said. The 14-year-old boy has caught several puffins this way. No one knows exactly when or how the Puffling Patrol got its start.But each year, it saves thousands of puffin chicks.

Puffins are now listed as a vulnerable species(易危物种).The main reason is that the number of small fish in the ocean is dropping. This is because of overfishing, pollution and rising ocean temperatures. Puffins need the fish for food.

Scientists worry puffins will die out if ocean temperatures continue to rise.But the Puffling Patrol inspires them a lot. “The message is that people can make a difference,” says Dr. Stephen W.Kress,an expert in seabird protection.

1.The puffin chicks’ trouble begin________ .

A.in spring B.around August

C.when they are born D.when they arrive at the ocean

2.What does the underlined word“them”in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A.Cars. B.Cats. C.Puffin chicks. D.Bright lights.

3.What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?

A.What puffins feed on. B.How puffins catch fish.

C.Why puffins are a vulnerable species. D.Why puffins are important to the ocean.

4.What does Dr.Stephen W.Kress probably agree with?

A.The Puffling Patrol does a good job. B.Puffins will die out in the near future.

C.Haimaey has less pollution than before. D.Ocean temperatures will continue to rise.

One day I was sitting on my bike outside of a little store. A _______ with an old man and three kids pulled up. This old man was about _______ his late 70s. The _______ got out and went into the store. A minute later, the old man got out and came over and started a _______.

I asked what he was doing here and he said that his wife had just passed away(去世)." I saw that he was getting sad. I put my hand on his shoulder and asked _______ he was OK.

The whole time we talked, I _______ he was looking up into the sky. I thought he was looking into his past as he talked. He said when he and his wife got _______ they bought a bike and at that time he worked _______ an airline(航空公司). They would fly to different countries with the bike. He also said that he and his wife _______ around the world over the years together by plane or by bike.

By this time 1 had tears running __________ my face. He then said that the last word his wife said to him was that she lived a(n) __________ life with him. He looked at me and suddenly he turned and __________ to his car and showed a box of his wife’s ashes(骨灰) through the window and walked back to me.

He told me that he asked his grandsons to take __________ to his home village, a beach village. He would like to live there __________. Now he was taking his wife on the last ride. He looked at me for a second and then he reached over my bike to shake my hand and said, "My name is Leon. Thanks for __________ an old man."

“Listening is a good way to help others.” That is what I want to tell you.

1.A.bike B.car C.train D.bus

2.A.on B.at C.of D.in

3.A.adults B.kids C.women D.girls

4.A.story B.game C.celebration D.conversation

5.A.when B.if C.that D.why

6.A.wondered B.noticed C.forgot D.heard

7.A.surprised B.worried C.excited D.married

8.A.for B.with C.on D.to

9.A.rode B.travelled C.flew D.dreamed

10.A.on B.away C.down D.up

11.A.careful B.difficult C.happy D.empty

12.A.swam B.drove C.flew D.walked

13.A.us B.them C.her D.him

14.A.alone B.happily C.asleep D.carefully

15.A.listening to B.talking to C.looking after D.helping

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