Count of Giant South American River Turtles
Basic information
• The sandbanks of the Guaporé River are 1 than any other nesting site in the world for the turtles.
• The turtles lay eggs on the sandbanks in July and August every year.
Ways of counting
Old ways:
• Scientists counted turtles on the 2.
• Scientists put the 3 taken by drones into an image and counted.
New ways:

Scientists used paint to 4 1,187 turtles, flew a drone to record the turtles and developed a maths model to work out the numbers.
Results of counting
• People counted about 16,000 turtles.
• The image showed the number was about 79,000.
• The special maths model showed about 5 turtles.
Meaning of counting
• Having a careful count is important for protecting the turtles.
• Scientists can use the same way to count other animals.
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1. larger 2. ground 3. photos 4. mark 5. 41,000

【分析】本题为信息匹配填空题，需结合表格内容、语法规则及语境完成填空。需逐一分析每个空的语法结构、上下文逻辑，匹配对应词汇或数值。
【解析】1. 句中出现than，需用形容词比较级，结合语境（该沙洲是更大的筑巢地），填larger；2. 旧计数方法为人工计数，对应地点是地面，故填ground；3. 无人机拍摄的用于计数的物品是照片，填photos；4. 新方法中用油漆标记乌龟以便后续统计，填mark；5. 根据表格结果，数学模型显示的数量为41,000，填41,000。
【答案】1. larger 2. ground 3. photos 4. mark 5. 41,000
【知识点】英语词汇运用、信息匹配、形容词比较级
【点评】本题为信息提取类基础填空题，结合表格内容和基础语法即可解答，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.6