Question

【題目】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 (重) 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.

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

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【2】What color are fairy penguins’ feathers?

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【3】What do fairy penguins eat?

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

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【5】Why are fairy penguins often in danger?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Yes./Yes, they are.

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

【3】They eat small fish.

【4】The mother and father penguins.

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

【解析】

短文大意：本文是說明文，介紹了精靈企鵝的外形特點、生活習性、生活環(huán)境和生存狀況，反映出保護企鵝的迫切性。

【1】題意：精靈企鵝是世界上最小的企鵝嗎？
考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)開頭“Fairy penguins are the smallest of all the penguins in the world. 精靈企鵝是世界上最小的企鵝”，可知是肯定回答，故填Yes./Yes, they are.

【2】題意：精靈企鵝的羽毛是什么顏色的？
考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)“Their back feather are dark blue and their front feathers are white它們的背羽是深藍色的，前羽是白色的”可知填Their back feathers are dark blue and the front feather are white.

【3】題意：精靈企鵝吃什么？
考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)“They eat small fish他們吃小魚”可知填They eat small fish.

【4】題意：誰來承擔企鵝媽媽孵蛋的工作？
考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)“The mother and father penguins share the job of sitting on the eggs. 企鵝媽媽和企鵝爸爸共同承擔著孵蛋的工作”，可知是企鵝媽媽和企鵝爸爸共同承擔，故填The mother and father penguins.

【5】題意：為什么精靈企鵝經常處于危險之中？
考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)“Fairy penguins are often in danger. Wild animals eat them; people catch them; they have no place to live in精靈企鵝經常處于危險之中。野生動物吃它們；人們抓住它們；它們沒有地方住”，可知是因為野生動物吃它們，人們抓住它們，它們也沒有地方住，故填Because wild animals eat them, people catch them and they have no place to live in.