Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or Write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
注意:此部分试题在答题卡2上;请在答题卡2上作答。
There are 17 kinds of penguins in the world. All of them live in the southern ______. Only a few ______live on the continent of Antarctica at the bottom of the world. The emperor penguins are the largest. They are about 100 ______ tall and weigh about 30 kilograms. Their special ______of mating makes them different from all other penguins.
For thousands of years the emperor penguins have lived on the ______ continent of Antarctica. These black and white birds live in large groups or colonies. There are about 40______ emperor penguin colonies on Antarctica. In total there are about 400,000 birds.
These birds spend the summer swimming in the ocean in ______ of food such as fish and ______. Penguins are not able to fly, but they are ______ swimmers.
But when summer ends, so does this easy time spent by the water.
They must find an area with some shelter from the freezing winds.
Section C
文章精要
企鹅有很多种,其中最大的是帝企鹅。帝企鹅是群居动物,生活在南极洲,夏季在海洋中生活,冬季到内陆进行繁殖。
36. hemisphere
37. species
38. centimeters
39. method
40. freezing
41. search
42. squid
43. excellent
44. They can dive as deep as 460 meters and hold their breath for up to 20 minutes.
45. The penguins jump out of the water and onto the ice. They know it is time to find a mate and reproduce.
46. In order to mate, the penguins must travel many kilometers inland from the ocean. They do this to find a safe area to spend the many months needed to produce and develop an egg.
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