Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
Nature is full of wonders. In 【小题1】 is one of the most breathtaking sights in nature, millions of baby Ridley turtles their eggshells under the sand at one of their mass nesting grounds in coastal Orissa. The baby turtles started their journey towards the Bay of Bengal 【小题2】 they emerged from their nest in the southern district of Ganjam, about 175 km from Bhubaneshwar.
Orissa is the home to three mass nesting sites of the Oliver turtles, a species threatened with extinction, and one of the sites, Gahirmatha 【小题3】around 70 to 80 million turtles laying eggs on the beach every year, is considered one of the world’s largest nesting sites.
The female turtles drag 【小题4】 up the beach from the sea, dig a nest, lay at least one hundred eggs, cover and conceal their eggs and nest, and then return to the sea. The females never visit the nest again to take care of the eggs in the warm sand.
The baby turtles emerge from the eggs after 45-60 days, then the babies grow 【小题5】 their mother, which is a rare phenomenon in nature. Interestingly, the females lay their eggs on the same beach 【小题6】 they were born.
In the recent years, sea erosion (腐蚀) 【小题7】 (lead) to many nests’ 【小题8】 (destroy).
Also, some fierce animals such as dogs and birds have reduced 【小题9】 number of nesting turtles. And man has also had a negative impact by 【小题10】 (use) engine-powered fishing boats near the turtles’ nesting grounds.
