More than 70 percent of king penguins could     1     (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.     2    , many people are optimistic because these statistics show that the birds are not endangered at present.     3    (rate）as “of least concern”, they occupy the lowest category of extinction risk.

But that could change as their fish     4     (supply) move further into the Southern Ocean, where there is only a     5     (hand) of islands to provide a home for the birds.

King penguins require remote islands     6     are not too cold, have no winter sea ice and no fierce animals. If they have to swim more than 435 miles on a round trip to hunt for fish, their waiting children can starve to death as their fat reserves become steadily     7     (few). It can take a parent three months     8     (deliver) fish to its young.

The scientists, from the University of Strasbourg in France, whose study     9     (publish) in the journal Nature Climate Change so far, warn that the effects of fish population moving further south could give rise     10     a large population crash of the penguins.

A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them     1    （fall）into a hole．All the other frogs looked down．When they saw how deep     2    hole was，they told the two frogs that they would die soon．

At first, both of the two frogs didn't care their words and tried    3    best to jump out of the hole. The other frogs kept telling them to stop, because they thought there was no chance     4    (jump)out of such a deep hole. Finally, one of the two frogs believed these words and gave up. He fell down and died．

The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again，the crowd of frogs shouted at him to stop the pain and just die. He jumped even    5    (hard)and finally succeeded. When he got out, the other frogs asked, "Didn't you hear us?"    6    their great surprise, the frog turned out to be a deaf. He thought they were helping him all the time, not    7    (stop) him．

This story teaches us two lessons: There is power of life and death in the tongue. Well-meant words can help people in trouble. But, evil words sometimes can kill them. Be careful of    8    you say．

Remember the power of words. Anyone can speak words     9    are likely to make people give up in difficult     10    (time).

Dogs haven’t always been man’s best friend, and the question of when and where they were first domesticated is surprisingly complex. A new study sheds some light on the issue; with an international team of scientists    1     (point) to Central Asia as the best candidate for the origin of today's pups.

The study is     2     (expansive) one to date. It used three types of DNA     3     (gather) from 161 breeds of 4, 500 dogs, along with 549 “village dogs”—feral (未驯化的) dogs     4     make up an estimated 75 percent of the world’s total dog population—from 38 countries.

While it's long been known that dogs can trace their roots to gray wolves, the new analysis is the strongest indicator yet that modern dogs originated in     5     is now Nepal and Mongolia over 15,000 years ago. The DNA of dogs in nearby areas like East Asia and Southwest Asia is extremely diverse, giving the scientists confidence     6     (make) the claim.

However,     7     the study is impressive for its extensiveness, the scientists are cautious about making a definitive statement on dogs' origins. Previous studies     8    (place) dogs’ ancestral tree (族谱) in other regions like Siberia and Europe. Adam Boyko of Cornell University, one of the study’s researchers, called the origins of modern dogs “extremely complicated”. He said that it was possible that dogs were domesticated elsewhere     9     arriving in Central Asia and diversifying into modern dogs.

Anyway, the study’s large population sample is remarkable, representing a clearer picture of dogs and     10     they come from.

EQ is a way of     1     （measure） how a person recognizes emotions in himself or herself and others , and makes these emotional states work better as a group or team. IQ is a value that     2     （indicate） a person's ability to learn, understand, and apply information and skills in a meaningful way. The major     3     （differ）between EQ and IQ is what part of a person's mental abilities they measure; understanding emotions or understanding information.

According to some     4     （theory）of brain function, a high EQ means someone is self-confident ,self-aware, and able to handle difficult emotional experiences. It is often tied directly     5     the degree of success a person may have in the workplace and in     6     （person）relationships. People with high EQs can often better recognize and control their own emotions, and recognize   emotional states of others     7     （adjust）their behavior accordingly.

A person's IQ, on the other hand, measures concepts like logical reasoning and math skills rather than creative potential or emotional abilities. People with high IQs may be able to learn certain subjects very quickly and make connections between ideas     8     will be missed by others. They often have great academic success,     9     they may struggle to find classes that challenge them. The ability to acquire knowledge does not     10    （necessary）mean people can recognize and manage their own emotional states , however.

A piece of stone    1    (find) on a Dutch beach suggests that our extinct human relatives, known as Neanderthals, were cleverer than previously thought. The Neanderthals    2    （live）alongside human ancestors in Europe for tens of thousands of years, before dying out about 40, 000 years ago. They were much stronger than modern humans, but it's long been assumed that human ancestors were    3    （smart）than the Neanderthals. However, the stone tool made by Neanderthals suggests otherwise.

Speeding off in a stolen car, the thief thinks he has got a great catch. But he is going to experience     1     unwelcome surprise. The car is fitted with a remote immobilizer（锁止器）, and a radio signal from a control centre miles away will ensure that    2     the thief switches the engine off, he will not be able to start it again.

The idea goes like this. A control box fitted to the car contains a mini-cellphone, a microprocessor and memory, and a GPS satellite positioning receiver. If the car is stolen, a coded cellphone signal will tell the control centre to block the vehicle’s engine management system and prevent the engine    3    （start）.

In the UK,a set of technical fixes is already making life harder for car thieves. “The pattern of vehicle crime has changed,” says Martyn Randall, a security expert. He says it would only take him a few minutes to teach a person how to steal a ear, using a bare minimum of tools. But only if the car is more than 10 years old.

Modern cars are far tougher to steal,     4     their engine management computer won’t allow them to start unless they receive a unique ID code beamed（发射）out by the ignition（点火）key. In the UK, technologies like this     5    （help）achieve a 31% drop in vehicle-related crime since 1997.

But determined criminals are still managing to find other ways to steal cars, often by getting hold of the owner’s keys. And key theft is responsible for 40% of thefts of vehicles fitted with a tracking system.

If the car travels 100 metres without the driver confirming their ID, the system will send a signal to anoperation centre     6     it has been stolen. The hundred metres minimum avoids false alarms due to inaccuracies in the GPS signal. Staff at the centre will then contact the owner to confirm that the car really is missing, and keep the police informed of the vehicle’s movements via the car s GPS unit.