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二、根据首字母提示填空，补全短文
Emperor penguins (帝企鹅) are the largest of all penguins. They live in very cold areas and their thick feathers help them to keep w_1_. Most emperor penguins live with the same one for life. Females (雌性) lay eggs and give them to the males (雄性). Then, the females go off to the ocean to l_2_ for something to eat. The males need to protect the e_3_. Males eat n_4_ and only look after the eggs, and it makes them lose half of their body weight. Females come back when it is time for the babies to come out of eggs, filling their stomachs (胃) with f_5_ to feed the new babies. At this time, the males will go off to find food.
S_6_, these cute animals may nearly die out by the year 2100 because of warming temperatures, according to a new study in *Nature*. Emperor penguins spend part of the year living o_7_ the ice. They lay eggs and raise babies there. But with warming temperatures, the sea ice m_8_ break more easily than before. The babies may die in the water.
The study looked at five emperor penguin groups in cold areas. It found that last year, no babies survived in four of the f_9_ groups. According to a scientist in the study, this is the first time that so many penguin babies have died because o_10_ sea ice loss (减少). Let's take action to help emperor penguins.
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Emperor penguins (帝企鹅) are the largest of all penguins. They live in very cold areas and their thick feathers help them to keep w_1_. Most emperor penguins live with the same one for life. Females (雌性) lay eggs and give them to the males (雄性). Then, the females go off to the ocean to l_2_ for something to eat. The males need to protect the e_3_. Males eat n_4_ and only look after the eggs, and it makes them lose half of their body weight. Females come back when it is time for the babies to come out of eggs, filling their stomachs (胃) with f_5_ to feed the new babies. At this time, the males will go off to find food.
S_6_, these cute animals may nearly die out by the year 2100 because of warming temperatures, according to a new study in *Nature*. Emperor penguins spend part of the year living o_7_ the ice. They lay eggs and raise babies there. But with warming temperatures, the sea ice m_8_ break more easily than before. The babies may die in the water.
The study looked at five emperor penguin groups in cold areas. It found that last year, no babies survived in four of the f_9_ groups. According to a scientist in the study, this is the first time that so many penguin babies have died because o_10_ sea ice loss (减少). Let's take action to help emperor penguins.
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warm
2. look
3. eggs
4. nothing
5. food
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Sadly
7. on
8. may
9. five
10. of
答案
1. warm 2. look 3. eggs 4. nothing 5. food
6. Sadly 7. on 8. may 9. five 10. of
6. Sadly 7. on 8. may 9. five 10. of
解析
【分析】本题为英语首字母填空题，需结合短文语境、固定搭配及首字母提示逐一推导答案。首先通读全文，明确短文围绕帝企鹅的生活习性及生存现状展开；接着针对每个空格，分析前后文逻辑关系、固定搭配或语义线索，匹配首字母确定合适的单词。
【解析】1. 由“thick feathers help them to keep”及首字母w，结合固定搭配“keep warm（保暖）”，填warm；2. 由“go off to the ocean to...for something to eat”及首字母l，固定搭配“look for（寻找）”，填look；3. 前文提到雌性产卵给雄性，此处雄性需保护“蛋”，结合首字母e，填eggs；4. 由“only look after the eggs, and it makes them lose half of their body weight”可知雄性只照顾蛋，不吃东西，结合首字母n，填nothing；5. 由“feed the new babies”及首字母f，雌性带“食物”回来喂幼崽，填food；6. 后文提到帝企鹅可能濒临灭绝，是令人悲伤的情况，结合首字母S，填Sadly；7. 由“living...the ice”及首字母o，固定搭配“on the ice（在冰上）”，填on；8. 由“break more easily than before”及首字母m，表推测“可能”，填may；9. 前文提到研究了五个帝企鹅群体，此处指五个中的四个，结合首字母f，填five；10. 固定搭配“because of（因为）”，结合首字母o，填of。
【答案】1. warm 2. look 3. eggs 4. nothing 5. food 6. Sadly 7. on 8. may 9. five 10. of
【知识点】英语词汇运用、首字母填空、固定搭配
【点评】本题考查学生对英语词汇、固定搭配及上下文语境的综合运用能力，需结合短文内容和首字母提示准确作答，是初中英语常见题型，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.5
【解析】1. 由“thick feathers help them to keep”及首字母w，结合固定搭配“keep warm（保暖）”，填warm；2. 由“go off to the ocean to...for something to eat”及首字母l，固定搭配“look for（寻找）”，填look；3. 前文提到雌性产卵给雄性，此处雄性需保护“蛋”，结合首字母e，填eggs；4. 由“only look after the eggs, and it makes them lose half of their body weight”可知雄性只照顾蛋，不吃东西，结合首字母n，填nothing；5. 由“feed the new babies”及首字母f，雌性带“食物”回来喂幼崽，填food；6. 后文提到帝企鹅可能濒临灭绝，是令人悲伤的情况，结合首字母S，填Sadly；7. 由“living...the ice”及首字母o，固定搭配“on the ice（在冰上）”，填on；8. 由“break more easily than before”及首字母m，表推测“可能”，填may；9. 前文提到研究了五个帝企鹅群体，此处指五个中的四个，结合首字母f，填five；10. 固定搭配“because of（因为）”，结合首字母o，填of。
【答案】1. warm 2. look 3. eggs 4. nothing 5. food 6. Sadly 7. on 8. may 9. five 10. of
【知识点】英语词汇运用、首字母填空、固定搭配
【点评】本题考查学生对英语词汇、固定搭配及上下文语境的综合运用能力，需结合短文内容和首字母提示准确作答，是初中英语常见题型，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.5
