三、短文填空(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)
阅读短文,从方框中选出恰当的单词并用其适当形式填空,使短文通顺、意义完整。每空仅填一词,每词仅用一次。
symbol, water, one, tooth, place, kind, dangerous, they, kill, save
Turtles are not new to us. We can often see them at the zoo. They're interesting. But how much do you know about them? They are usually over 1 meter long and they have no 36. They live under the 37 and they can swim well. They can live up to 150 years,so they are a 38 of long life.
There are only eight 39 of turtles now and four of them are from China. But they are in great 40 now. People throw lots of rubbish into the sea. It makes turtles lose 41 homes. People also 42 them for their meat. So turtles are becoming fewer and fewer. We need 43 them now. 44,don't eat the food made of turtles. Then,we must keep the sea clean and let them have a nice 45 to live in.
36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
41. 42. 43. 44. 45.

36. teeth
37. water
38. symbol
39. kinds
40. danger
41. their
42. kill
43. to save
44. First
45. place

36. 根据常识可知乌龟没有牙齿，tooth的复数形式是teeth，故填teeth。
37. 乌龟生活在水下，under the water表示“在水下”，故填water。
38. a symbol of是固定搭配，意为“……的象征”，此处指乌龟是长寿的象征，故填symbol。
39. kinds of是固定短语，意为“种类”，前面有eight，所以kind用复数形式kinds，故填kinds。
40. in great danger是固定短语，意为“处于极大危险中”，符合语境，故填danger。
41. 此处需要形容词性物主代词修饰homes，they的形容词性物主代词是their，故填their。
42. 根据语境，人们为获取肉捕杀乌龟，主语people是复数，谓语动词用原形kill，故填kill。
43. need to do sth是固定用法，意为“需要做某事”，此处指需要拯救乌龟，故填to save。
44. 此处是列举第一条建议，用First表示“首先”，故填First。
45. 根据语境，是让乌龟有一个好的居住场所，place表示“地方”，故填place。