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(2020·5月湖北七市州联考)
More than 70 percent of king penguins could 61 (wipe) out by rising ocean temperatures,according to a recent survey.
Their total population of 1.6 million today could be reduced by more than 1.1 million by 2100. 62 ,many people are optimistic because these statistics show that the birds are not endangered at present.Rated as “of least concern\”, they occupy the lowest category of extinction risk.
But that could change as their fish 63 (supply) move further into the Southern Ocean,where there is only a 64 (hand) of islands to provide a home for the birds.
King penguins require remote islands 65 are not too cold,have no winter sea ice and no fierce animals.If they have to swim more than 435 miles on 66 round trip to hunt for fish,their waiting children can starve to death as their fat reserves become steadily 67 (few).It can take a parent three months 68 (deliver) fish to its young.
The scientists,from the University of Strasbourg in France,whose study 69 (publish) in the journal Nature Climate Change so far,warn that the effects of fish population moving further south could give rise 70 a large population crash of the penguins.
【答案】 61.be wiped 62.However 63.supplies
64.handful 65.that/which 66.a 67.fewer 68.to deliver
69.has been published 70.to