2019年度届青浦区高三英语一模.docxVIP

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青浦区2018学年第一学期高三年级期终学业质量调研测试

英语试卷

GrammarandVocabulary

WaywardPenguin(企鹅)ReleasedSouthofNewZealand

Heneededalittlepushbeforespeedingbackwarddownaslide.Onceinthewater,heheldhisheadupforonelastlook.Andthenhewasgone.Thewaywardemperorpenguin(21) (know)as“HappyFeet”wasbackhomeinAntarcticwatersafteratemporarystayinNewZealand.

HappyFeetwasreleasedintotheoceansouthofNewZealandonSunday,morethantwomonthsafterhecameashoreonabeachnearly2,000milesfromhomeandbecameaninstantcelebrity.(22) (speak)fromasatellitephone,WellingtonZooveterinarianLisaArgillasaidHappyFeet’sreleasewentremarkablysmoothly.Argillasaidcrewmembersfromtheboatcarriedthepenguininsidehisboxtotherearpartoftheshipforhisfinalsend-off.

(23) whentheyopenedthedoorofthebox,thepenguinshowednointerestinleaving.

“Ineededtogivehimalittletaponhisback,”Argillasaid.

Thepenguinslippeddowntheslideonhisstomach,bottomfirst,shesaid.Heresurfacedabout6feet

fromtheboat,(24) (take)alookupatthepeopleaboard,andthendisappearedbeneaththesurface.

“Iwasreallyhappytoseehimgo,”Argillasaid.“Thebestpartofmyjobiswhenyougettoreleaseanimalsbackintothewild(25) theyaresupposedtobe.”

The3-foot-tallbirdwasfoundonJune20onPekaPekaBeach,about40milesnorthwestofNewZwaland’scapital,Wellington.Ithasbeen44years(26) anemperorpenguinwaslastspottedinthewildinNewZealand.

Atfirst,conservationauthoritiessaidtheywouldwaitandletnaturetakeitscoursewiththepenguin.Butitsoonbecameclearthebird’sconditionwasgrowing(27) (bad),asheswallowedsandand,likelymistakingitforsnow.

(28) theworldwatching,authoritiesfinallytookaction,movingthepenguintotheWellingtonZoofourdaysafterhewasdiscovered.Itwasatthezoo(29) thebirdwasgivenahomeinaroomf