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Marine creatures are the plants and animals that live in the sea. In order to live in the $ ^{(1)} $, most of them would need to have backbones, fins and gills. There are different $ ^{(2)} $ of marine creatures, such as fish, prawns, sharks and even corals.
Fish of many colours and sizes can be found in the sea. They breathe in the water with the help of their gills and they get oxygen from the water, $ ^{(3)} $ of from the air. Fish can be found almost everywhere as long as there is water. Some live in fresh water $ ^{(4)} $ some live in salt water.
Coral reefs are used as the home for some fish so that they can $ ^{(5)} $ in for protection from their predators. Some coral reefs have tentacles(触手) like jellyfish do. These tentacles can sting those creatures that get too close to them.

1.water 2.kinds 3.instead 4.while 5.hide

1. 结合上下文“live in the sea”及首字母w，此处指“水”，填water。
2. “different kinds of”为固定搭配，意为“不同种类的”，填kinds。
3. 前文提到“从水中获取氧气”，后文“from the air”形成对比，“instead of”表示“而不是”，填instead。
4. “Some...some...”表示并列对比关系，意为“一些……一些……”，用while连接，填while。
5. “hide in”表示“躲藏在……里”，符合“躲避捕食者”的语境，填hide。


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六、短文填空
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海洋生物是生活在海里的植物和动物。为了在**水里**生存，它们中的大多数需要有脊椎、鳍和鳃。海洋生物有不同的**种类**，比如鱼、虾、鲨鱼，甚至还有珊瑚。
海里能找到许多颜色和大小各异的鱼。它们借助鳃在水中呼吸，并且从水中获取氧气，**而不是**从空气中获取。只要有水，几乎到处都能找到鱼。有些鱼生活在淡水**里**，有些则生活在咸水里。
珊瑚礁被一些鱼当作栖息地，这样它们就可以**躲藏**起来，以躲避捕食者。一些珊瑚礁像水母一样有触手。这些触手会刺到那些离它们太近的生物。

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Jack's love for birds started when he made his first bird feeder about six years ago. He filled the feeder with seeds, put it in his backyard and the ⁶b______ started coming. He got really ⁷i______ in birds as more came. Then he joined a local society. As he realized that more and more birds were dying very ⁸q______, he wanted to try his best to help them.
Besides what he has done, he also has his own group ⁹c______ Protecting Our Birds. He does research about birds, runs a website to teach people about birds and how to help them, and ¹⁰b______ boxes for birds. Not long ago, he found that bluebirds were nesting in the dead trees which were often cut down, ¹¹s______ he began to make bluebird boxes for the birds in order to save them. Now he wants to use these boxes to take the ¹²p______ of the dead trees. He hangs these boxes up in the trees and takes ¹³t______ down every week to see if the birds are nesting in them. He also writes articles, hoping that more people will ¹⁴j______ in protecting the natural ecosystem. “Researching birds is ¹⁵i______ to the protection of birds,” Jack says. “In order to protect birds, we have to learn and really know about the birds.”
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6.birds 7.interested 8.quickly 9.called 10.builds 11.so 12.place 13.them 14.join 15.important

6. 前文提到Jack制作了喂鸟器并装满种子，结合首字母b，此处应填“birds”（鸟）。
7. “get interested in”为固定搭配，意为“对……感兴趣”，结合首字母i，填“interested”。
8. 修饰动词“dying”，用副词，结合首字母q，“quickly”（快速地）符合语境，填“quickly”。
9. “called”（被叫做）符合“his own group called Protecting Our Birds”（他自己那个叫做“保护我们的鸟”的团体），填“called”。
10. 由后文“make bluebird boxes”可知此处也是制作盒子，主语是he，时态为一般现在时，用第三人称单数“builds”（建造，制作），填“builds”。
11. 前文“蓝鸲在常被砍的枯树上筑巢”和后文“开始制作蓝鸲盒子”是因果关系，结合首字母s，填“so”（所以）。
12. “take the place of”为固定短语，意为“代替”，填“place”。
13. 指代前文的“these boxes”，作“takes down”的宾语，用宾格“them”，填“them”。
14. “join in”为固定短语，意为“加入”，will后接动词原形，填“join”。
15. 系动词is后接形容词，“important”（重要的）符合“研究鸟类对保护鸟类很重要”，填“important”。


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杰克对鸟类的热爱始于大约六年前他制作的第一个喂鸟器。他在喂鸟器里装满了种子，把它放在后院，然后鸟儿们就开始来了。随着越来越多的鸟飞来，他对鸟类产生了浓厚的兴趣。然后他加入了一个当地的社团。当他意识到越来越多的鸟正在快速地死去时，他想尽自己最大的努力去帮助它们。
除了他已经做的这些，他还有自己的名为“保护我们的鸟类”的团体。他研究鸟类，运营一个网站来教人们关于鸟类的知识以及如何帮助它们，还为鸟类建造鸟箱。不久前，他发现蓝鸲在经常被砍伐的枯树里筑巢，所以他开始为这些鸟制作蓝鸲鸟箱以拯救它们。现在他想用这些鸟箱来代替枯树。他把这些鸟箱挂在树上，并且每周把它们取下来看看鸟儿们是否在里面筑巢。他还写文章，希望更多的人会加入到保护自然生态系统的行列中来。“研究鸟类对保护鸟类来说很重要，”杰克说，“为了保护鸟类，我们必须了解并真正知晓鸟类的相关知识。”