B
I want to write about ___
eggs warm on their feet. Penguins look funny with their big bodies, small heads, short necks and short legs. They are birds but they cannot fly. They are not fish but they can swim very fast. Some can swim 25 miles an hour. They have black backs and white fronts, so in the water, other animals cannot see them well from above or below. Penguins lay eggs in big groups and sometimes, there are over 100,000 of them. They stand still for a long time to keep their Giraffes have big eyes on a small head, and they can see very well. They are very tall, so they can eat from tall trees. However, with their long necks, it is difficult for them to drink water. They have to spread(岔开) their front legs wide and bend(弯下) their necks so that their heads can reach the ground. When they sleep, they sit on the ground and rest their heads on their backs. Giraffes can run fast with their thin legs, but they cannot run for a long time. They often walk for long hours to find food in places far away.
任务一：填入适当的单词完成以下表格。
Name: Penguin - Looks: 1._______ body, 2._______ head,
3._______ neck, 4._______ legs - Looks: 7._______ eyes, 8._______ neck,
9._______ legs * Name: Giraffe
Abilities: It can 5._______very fast.
It can 6._______for a long time. - Abilities: It can run 10._______ but it can’t run for long. It can 11. ___ for a long time.
任务二：回答下列问题。
12. Are penguins birds or fish ______ ?
13. Why can't other animals in the water see penguins well from above or below ______ ?
14. How do giraffes drink water ______ ?

B
任务一：
1. big 2. small 3. short 4. short 5. swim 6. stand(still)
7. big 8. long 9. thin 10. fast 11. walk
任务二：
12. They are birds.
13. Because they have black backs and white fronts.
14. They spread their front legs wide and bend their necks.

【分析】
这是一篇基础信息提取类英语阅读题，解题思路非常清晰：所有答案都可以直接从原文定位获取，不需要额外推理或主观创作。做任务一时，先对应好企鹅、长颈鹿两个描述主体，分别回到原文找到描述它们外形、能力的对应语句，直接提取匹配空格要求的单词即可；做任务二时，先划出题干的关键词，带着关键词回到原文找到对应原句，提取符合问题要求的内容整理成通顺回答就能完成作答。
【解析】
我们逐题对应原文内容推导答案：
任务一：
1. 原文描述企鹅外形的句子为"Penguins look funny with their big bodies, small heads, short necks and short legs"，对应修饰body的形容词是big；
2. 同上述原句，修饰head的形容词是small；
3. 同上述原句，修饰neck的形容词是short；
4. 同上述原句，修饰legs的形容词是short；
5. 原文描述企鹅能力的句子为"They are not fish but they can swim very fast"，对应填swim；
6. 原文提到"They stand still for a long time to keep their eggs warm"，对应填stand(still)；
7. 长颈鹿外形描述句"Giraffes have big eyes on a small head"，对应修饰eyes的形容词是big；
8. 原文提到"with their long necks, it is difficult for them to drink water"，对应修饰neck的形容词是long；
9. 原文描述"Giraffes can run fast with their thin legs"，对应修饰legs的形容词是thin；
10. 原文提到"Giraffes can run fast with their thin legs, but they cannot run for a long time"，对应填fast；
11. 原文最后一句"They often walk for long hours to find food in places far away"，对应填walk。
任务二：
12. 原文明确说明"They are birds but they cannot fly"，直接提取答案即可；
13. 原句"They have black backs and white fronts, so in the water, other animals cannot see them well from above or below"中so前面的内容就是原因，直接提取即可；
14. 原文描述长颈鹿喝水的动作"They have to spread their front legs wide and bend their necks so that their heads can reach the ground"，提取核心动作内容即可。
【答案】
任务一：
1. big 2. small 3. short 4. short 5. swim 6. stand(still)
7. big 8. long 9. thin 10. fast 11. walk
任务二：
12. They are birds.
13. Because they have black backs and white fronts.
14. They spread their front legs wide and bend their necks.
【知识点】
阅读信息定位，动物主题词汇，特殊疑问句作答
【点评】
本题属于低难度的事实细节类阅读题，所有答案均能在原文中直接找到对应内容，不需要复杂的逻辑推理，主要考察学生快速定位文本关键信息的能力，适合小学或初中低年级的学生练习基础阅读技巧，做题时只要紧扣题干关键词回文查找，避免主观臆造内容，就很容易拿到满分。
【难度系数】
0.9