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of penguin. Emperor penguins have a very hard time bringing up their babies. They have to go to great lengths to care for their children. After laying an egg, the tired female emperor penguin will leave the family behind to feed at sea, while the male is left to take care of the egg. For two months, the father, whose duty is to keep the egg safe and warm, carries his egg around on his feet and will give up eating until the mother returns. He does not sit on the egg like many other birds, but stands and balances it on his feet. Thus he is at the mercy of the Antarctic weather. When the mother returns from the sea, sometimes up to 60—80 kilometres away, she throws up some of the food for the chick and takes the male’s place to look after it. The father then takes his turn to feed at sea. Cooperative parenting at its finest! By December, during the Antarctic summer, when the ice begins to break up and open water appears, the young emperor penguins are now ready to be excellent survivors, good swimmers and great parents on their own. What an amazing cycle it is! 【文章大意】這是一篇說明文。文章介紹生活在南極的帝企鵝。5. The underlined word “cooperate” in the third paragraph means . A. work togetherB. fight against coldC. protect themselvesD. move to warm places【解析】選A。詞義猜測題。第三段提到“它們擠在一起防風(fēng)保暖, 同時, 它們輪流移動到相對溫暖的內(nèi)部”。由此可知, 為了在極其惡劣的環(huán)境下生存, 它們必須合作。所以畫線詞的意思是“合作”。6. Emperor penguins . A. feed on only certain types of fishB. live in the most terrible weather conditionsC. are amazing birds that can both fly and swimD. stay in water 18 minutes longer than other penguins【解析】選B。推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段“南極洲是地球上最南部的陸地, 大部分被冰覆蓋, 它比地球上任何其他地方都要冷、干燥、多風(fēng), 最低溫度可達(dá)89. 2176。C??芍? 帝企鵝生活在最惡劣的天氣條件下。7. From the passage, we know that emperor penguins are . A. great parents who sit on eggs to keep them warmB. the most beautiful and the largest birds in the worldC. good survivors and they move to warm places in winterD. excellent swimmers and they can dive deeper than other penguins【解析】選D。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第四段提到“為了尋找食物, 這些不會飛的鳥可以比任何其他種類的企鵝潛得更深”。由此可知, 帝企鵝是優(yōu)秀的游泳者, 它們可以比其他企鵝潛得更深。8. We can learn from the passage that . A. the chicks break up the eggshells in summerB. an emperor penguin