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The penguin attracted a lot of attention in New Zealand. It has been 40 years since an Emperor penguin was last seen there. Researchers at the Department of Conservation were called in. They decided to watch the penguin closely, but not to disturb it in any way. Many New Zealanders came to Peka Peka Beach to look at the elegant penguin. They were careful to keep their dogs away from it so it wouldn’t be frightened.
The public nicknamed the animal Happy Feet. Researchers started to notice that Happy Feet didn’t seem well. It turns out that he had been eating the sand from the beach, likely thinking it was snow.
The public raised more than 11,000 pounds for an operation to get the sand out of his stomach. The operation was a success, and Happy Feet was taken to a zoo in Wellington, NZ. A group of experts met to decide how to help Happy Feet return to the wild.
Last Sunday, they put him on a boat called the Tangaroa, in a specially built ice-filled box and took him out into the Southern Ocean, southeast of New Zealand. There, they released him into the ocean, which is his natural habitat. He took one last look at his human helpers and then dived into the ocean.
“Emperor penguins spend their first five years at sea,” said Peter Simpson of New Zealand’s Department of Conservation. “ What happens now is up to the penguin.”
Happy Feet was fitted with a satellite transmitter(發(fā)射機)so they can monitor his progress using the Internet. So far, the trackers shows that he swam northeast for a little while before getting his bearings and heading south.
小題1:Where is the young penguin supposed to appear?
A．On the sunny beach.B．Near the Antarctic.
C．Inside the hole in the ice.D．In the depths of the ocean.
小題2:The public collected some money to______.
A．build a home for the penguin
B．get the sand out of the penguin’s belly
C．do some research on the penguin
D．return the penguin to his habitat
小題3:What does Peter Simpson mean by saying “ What happens now is up to the penguin.”?
A．The penguin needs no protection from human.
B．Human beings can do noting to help penguins.
C．No one knows what will happen to the penguins.
D．Whether the penguin can survive depends on himself.

小題1:B
小題2:B
小題3:D

試題分析：文章全篇講述了人們在新西蘭的一片海灘上發(fā)現(xiàn)了一只迷路的帝企鵝。人們幫助企鵝治好病，并將它放歸自然的故事
小題1:推理題：根據(jù)常識可知新西蘭在南極北面，現(xiàn)在帝企鵝出現(xiàn)在新西蘭，可推斷出它出現(xiàn)在了南極北部。故選B。
小題2:細節(jié)題：根據(jù)第四段第一句“The public raised more than 11,000 pounds for an operation to get the sand out of his stomach”公眾募集了超過11000磅來做手術(shù)把沙子從它的胃取出。故選B。
小題3:推理題：這句話的意思是“現(xiàn)在會發(fā)生什么事情就取決于企鵝了”，根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知人們已經(jīng)把它盡可能的放到離南極最近的地方了，能不能存活下去就看企鵝自己的了。故選D。
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