Swans are beautiful birds. You must like their beautiful feathers and beautiful dancing. But how much do you know about them? Do you know that swans belong to the same family as ducks?
Swans are birds of the family Anatidae (鴨科). This family also includes geese (鵝) and ducks. Swans are the largest members of the duck family Anatidae, and are one of the largest flying birds. Swans can fly as fast as 60 miles per hour . Their wingspans can be almost 3 m. The largest swans can reach length of over 1.5 m and weigh over 15 kg. Males are usually bigger and heavier than females.
Swans usually have only one lover for life time. Swans begin breeding(繁殖) between the ages of 3-4. Female swans generally lay five to eight eggs per year, all within days of one another. Their eggs are very big. Some may weigh 400 grams. However, she will not start hatching (孵化) them until the last egg is laid. It takes swans between 35 and 42 days to hatch their eggs .
Swans are beautiful. The swans living in Northern Hemisphere (半球) have white feathers but the ones who live in Southern Hemisphere are black and white. The legs of swans are usually a dark blackish grey colour.
Swans usually live in warm places, always close to some sort of water. Swans feed in the water and on land. They mostly eat plants in the water. Their nests (巢) are on the ground near water and about a metre across. The male helps build the nests.

An Introduction to Swans
Family
Swans, geese and ducks are of the   小題1:  family, Anatidae.
Appearance
Size: They are one of the    小題2:    flying birds.
Her wing span will grow to 1.5 metres  小題3:.
小題4:  : They can be as heavy as 15 kg.
Colours: The swans living in the  小題5:  Hemisphere are white.
Those living in the Southern Hemisphere are black and white.
They have dark blackish grey legs.
Feathers: over 25000.
小題6:
They can dance __小題7:__.
They can fly as fast as 60 miles per hour.
Lifestyle
小題8:  habitat: They live in warm places near water.
Diet: They live on    小題9: plants.
Nests: They build nests on the ground near water, about a metre across.
Breeding(繁殖): They  小題10: from 5 to 10 eggs that take from 35 to 42 days to hatch.

小題1:duck
小題2:largest
小題3:long
小題4:weight
小題5:Northern Hemisphere
小題6:Ability
小題7:beautifully
小題8:Living
小題9:water
小題10:lay

試題分析：這篇短文中作者主要介紹了天鵝的科屬，天鵝的外貌特征，天鵝的飛行能力以及他們的生活習(xí)性。
小題1:根據(jù)短文信息Swans are the largest members of the duck family Anatidae, 天鵝屬于鴨科家族，故填duck。
小題2:根據(jù)短文信息Swans are the largest members of the duck family Anatidae, and are one of the largest flying birds 可知天鵝是最大的飛行鳥類之一，故填largest。
小題3:根據(jù)短文信息The largest swans can reach length of over 1.5 m and weigh over 15 kg 。1.5米長 1.5 metres long。
小題4:根據(jù)They can be as heavy as 15 kg可知這里指的是重量，應(yīng)該用名詞weight
小題5:根據(jù)短文信息The swans living in Northern Hemisphere (半球) have white feathers可知此空填  Northern Hemisphere。
小題6:此表格描述的是天鵝的飛行能力。故填A(yù)bility。
小題7:根據(jù)短文信息You must like their beautiful feathers and beautiful dancing可知此空填 beautifully修飾動(dòng)詞dance。
小題8:根據(jù)They live in warm places near water可知這里指的是居住的地方。生活棲息地 Living habitat:
小題9:根據(jù)短文信息They mostly eat plants in the water water可知天鵝主要以水草為食。
小題10:根據(jù)the last egg is laid.可知下蛋，產(chǎn)卵用動(dòng)詞lay。
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