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Winter becomes colder and colder. People begin to wear more 　1　 themselves against the cold. But 　2　 do animals get through the long cold winter?

A number of animals, especially birds, travel to 　3　 places to get away from the cold. Wild geese, for example, fly south. Other animals, such as bears, snakes and squirrels, 　4　 most of their time eating or storing food. After enough food and energy preparation, they go to safe places to hibernate (冬眠).

Hibernation is a special and deep sleep. When animals hibernate, their body temperature drops, and their heartbeat and breathing become very 　5　. They look like dead ones. The largest hibernators are bears. 　6　 other hibernators, bears do not eat or drink while hibernating, which can last as 　7　 as six months.

For some cold-blooded animals, 　8　 gives them a good place to keep warm. 　9　 the weather gets cold, they move to the bottom of lakes or ponds. For insects (昆蟲), most of them don’t 　10　 during the winter, which is called diapause (昆蟲生長的停滯期).

( )1. A. protect B. protecting

C. protects D. to protect

( )2. A. how B. what

C. where D. why

( )3. A. cooler B. warmer

C. colder D. windier

( )4. A. cost B. spend

C. take D. pay

( )5. A. quick B. strong

C. slow D. noisy

( )6. A. Instead B. Except

C. Unlike D. Without

( )7. A. long B. much

C. many D. far

( )8. A. land B. water

C. air D. space

( )9. A. Since B. When

C. For D. Even

( )10. A. sleep B. talk

C. grow D. stop

Answer 1

1D  2A  3B  4B  5C  6C  7A  8B  9B  10C