Question

Penguins live together，but each pair has a little piece of ground of their own.When a penguin wants to walk through its neighbor’s ground，it must ask permission.If it does not do that，it will have to fight.Most of the time，penguins live on the water.They eat shell fish and look after their children carefully.

All penguins are good parents—the male penguins are perhaps the best parents in the world. They walk in the sea in the middle of the dark Antarctic water. They choose their wives in the dark.They can only hear them—not see them.Then the female penguins lay their eggs and go away for about two months.The males take care of the eggs.If the eggs get cold，there will be no chicks.There is no food.The snow falls heavily and the wind blows strongly—sometimes at 150 kilometers an hour.The penguins do not move.When the females return from the sea，they will not remember their husbands.It does not matter.Only one thing matters—the eggs.Male penguins never fight—unless a penguin leaves a chick for a minute.They then fight because they all want it.They are strange and wonderful birds.

1.It seems interesting and unusual that the male penguins choose their wives ______.

A．when the female penguins return from the sea

B．just by hearing in the darkness

C．each time they see the lovely females

D．after they have had their own grounds

2.Male penguins fight when ______.

A．they choose their wives

B．they see a chick left alone

C．they want to get something to eat

D．they walk through their neighbors’ ground

3.From the passage we know that ______.

A．penguins live a hard life

B．penguins live in pairs

C．penguins will fight if one walks through others’ ground without permission

D．each penguin has a little piece of ground of its own

4.The penguins choose their wives in the dark. We can infer that ______.

A．penguins like nights very much

B．there is no daytime in that place at all

C．the weather is cloudy and rainy all the year around

D．the sun can’t shine there for nearly half a year every year

5.Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Female penguins take care of the eggs.

B．Female penguins often have their new husbands.

C．Male penguins use their ears to choose wives.

D．Male penguins don’t move when they take care of eggs，even though the wind often blows strongly.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.A

【解析】

1.细节理解题。根据第二段第三、四句“They choose their wives in the dark.They can only hear the—not see them.”可知，雄性企鹅选择妻子只是在黑暗中通过听的方式。

2.推理判断题。根据第二段倒数第三句“Male penguins never fight—unless a penguin leaves a chick fora minute.”可以得知B项为正确答案。

3.细节理解题。根据第一段第二、三句“When a penguin wants to walk through its neighbor’s ground，it must ask permission.If it does not do that，it will have to fight.”的描述可知C项为正确答案。如选D项，则each penguin应为each pair。

4.推理判断题。根据常识可知此时为极夜，故到处漆黑，没有光线。

5.细节理解题。根据第二段第六句“The males take care of the eggs.”可知是雄性而非雌性企鹅照顾这蛋。