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初中三年级英语阅读
阅读理解及答案解析（十）
As
many as 10 of the 17 kinds of
penguins
（企鹅）
may be in
danger of disappearing. The number of
penguins have decreased(
减少
)
by 30% since 1987.
Penguins are black and white birds that
live in the southern
part of the world.
They are common in South
America
，
New
Zealand
，
Australia and South
Africa. Mary live near cold waters. But some live
near warm waters in Galapagos Islands.
Penguins cannot fly
，
but they
are fine swimmers. Penguins eat fish
and krill(
磷虾
).
The
warming of the earth is the decrease in penguin
populations. The heating of the air has
caused ocean waters to become
warmer.
Higher water temperatures have reduced the supply
of fish and
krill. Some years later
these birds are completely unable to
reproduce(
繁
殖
).
Besides
，
many
adult penguins die of hunger.
Widespread(
广泛的
)
fishing
，
exploration for oil
and oil leaks(
漏
)
also make penguins be in danger.
Poisonous organisms(
生物
) in
ocean
water are another danger.
Penguins also have their
enemies
，
including
wild dogs
，
sharks<
/p>
，
seals and sea lions.
News about penguins is not all
bad
，
however. Several years
ago
，
oil leaking
from a ship hurt 40% of the penguins in South
Africa.
The penguins became covered
with oil. But thousands of people helped
clean and treat the birds well. Then
they returned the penguins to the
wild.
Now these South African penguins are
reproducing in higher
numbers than
before the oil leaking.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1.
Penguins ___________.
A. can swim
better than fly