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青浦区第一学期高三年级期终学业质量调研测试
英语试卷
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Wayward Penguin(企鹅) Released South of New Zealand
He needed a little push before speeding backward down a slide. Once in the water, he held his head up for one last look. And then he was gone. The wayward emperor penguin (21)________ (know) as “Happy Feet” was back home in Antarctic waters after a temporary stay in New Zealand.
Happy Feet was released into the ocean south of New Zealand on Sunday, more than two months after he came ashore on a beach nearly 2,000 miles from home and became an instant celebrity. (22)________ (speak) from a satellite phone, Wellington Zoo veterinarian Lisa Argilla said Happy Feet’s release went remarkably smoothly. Argilla said crew members from the boat carried the penguin inside his box to the rear part of the ship for his final send-off.
(23)________ when they opened the door of the box, the penguin showed no interest in leaving.
“I needed to give him a little tap on his back,” Argilla said.
The penguin slipped down the slide on his stomach, bottom first, she said. He resurfaced about 6 feet from the boat, (24)________ (take) a look up at the people aboard, and then disappeared beneath the surface.
“I was really happy to see him go,” Argilla said. “The best part of my job is when you get to release animals back into the wild (25)________ they are supposed to be.”
The 3-foot-tall bird was found on June 20 on Peka Peka Beach, about 40 miles northwest of New Zwaland’s capital, Wellington. It has been 44 years (26)________ an emperor penguin was last spotted in the wild in New Zealand.
At first, conservation authorities said they would wait and let nature take its course with the penguin. But it soon became clear the bird’s condition was growing (27)________ (bad), as he swallowed sand and, likely mistaking it for snow.
(28)________ the world watching, authorities finally took action, moving the penguin to the Wellington Zoo four days after he was discovered. I