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杭州市2015高考英语阅读理解一轮练习（1）及答案 【2015高考复习】阅读理解 A young emperor penguin wont be getting a free ride all the way back to its Antarctic home，but the birds human friends in New Zealand will help it to get a little closer. The penguin is recovering well at Wellington Zoo，where it had a medical procedure on Monday to wash out much of the beach sand it had swallowed apparently mistaking it for snow. It may need a few months to recover，but wildlife officials have been trying to figure out how the 3-foot-tall bird will get home.Transporting it to Antarctica is near-impossible in the southern winter，and there are fears that the penguin may have acquired infections in the warmer New Zealand environment that could spread to other penguins. On Wednesday，a group headed by the Department of Conservation decided officials will help the penguin get part of the way home by releasing it into the Southern Ocean，southeast of New Zealand—and letting it swim the rest of the way. “The reason for not returning the penguin directly to Antarctica is that emperor penguins of this age are usually found north of Antarctica on pack ice and in the open ocean，”the departments spokesman Peter Simpson said. The bird is estimated to be about two and a half years old，a juvenile(幼雏)in a species that reaches breeding age at around four or five.It will be released on the northern edge of the region where young emperor penguins are known to live.Simpson said he was unsure how far the penguin would have to swim before reaching its final destination. The logistics for the trip havent been set and the penguin wont be released until it has recovered，which could be months.Until then，it will remain at the zoo. The penguin drew intense interest after being spotted on North Islands Peka Peka Beach，about 2,000 miles(3,200 kilometers)from the Antarctic coast.It was the first emperor penguin spotted in the wild in New Zealand in 44 years. “The bird is isolated in an air-conditioned room filled with large blocks of ic