Question

Jenny Gonzalez is excited to go to school these days. The 13-year-old from South Gate Middle School in Los Angeles, US, is taking care of three green abalones(鲍鱼)at school.

The students of Violeta Llamas’ science class, including Jenny, have cared for the sea animals since January. The class formed eight t 1. ．Each team takes turns to care for the abalones．Team five—Jenny, Alexis Diaz, Jennifer Gonzalez and Ricardo Beltran—have now got their t 2. ．

The abalones are k 3. in a box of seawater. Every day Alexis, 12, checks if the water has too much salt．Too much salt is b 4. for the health of abalones．Jenny makes fresh saltwater．

Then the four students work together to clean u 5. the waste in the box and feed the abalones．

“Sea life is l 6. a baby. You have to clean them and care for them. ”Jennifer said.

Nancy Caruso, a scientist, leads the project. She said the number of green abalones along the state’s coast is going down because people have c 7. too many of them．She said p 8. the sea is now the duty of the next generation(一代人)—young students．

“The students love taking care of the abalones.” said Llamas．

“This could open the door for those who want to be a sea life scientist o 9. an environment protector” she said.

The s 10. time with the abalones will end this school year. Caruso and a team of volunteers will record the abalones and then send them into the sea．

 

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4.bad

5.up

6.like

7.caught

8.protecting

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10.students’

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是Jenny的学校里养了三只鲍鱼，学生们被分成8组，轮流来照顾他们，他们都非常兴奋照顾这些鲍鱼。现在由于人们的捕杀，鲍鱼的数量逐渐下降。通过这样一个活动，专家们希望能让年轻人们意识到保护环境的重要。

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