"I don't know, " said the kangaroo. "Maybe a thousand feet if they keep leaving the gate unlocked.
Notes:
(1) enclosure n.圍墻
(2) kangaroo n.袋鼠
(3) exasperated adj.惱火的
Exercises:
根據(jù)短文回答下列問題:
、 What had the zoo newly squired?
② Why did the zoo keep increasing the height of the fence?
、 How did the zoo director feel about it?
④ Why could the animal still escape even when the fence was increased to a height of 30 feet?
、 What does the passage imply?
89.袋鼠的
動物園為剛引進的袋鼠建了一個特殊的八英尺高的圍墻。但是第二天早上,人們發(fā)現(xiàn)這動物在圍墻外面蹦跳著。于是圍墻高度增加到十五英尺,但袋鼠還是跑了出來。動物園經(jīng)理甚感惱火,又叫人把圍墻高度加到三十英尺,但袋鼠還是逃了出來。一個長頸鹿問袋鼠:“你認為他們會把圍墻建到多高?”
“我不知道,”袋鼠說,“如果他們繼續(xù)開著大門,可能要修到一千英尺吧。”
練習參考答案:
、 The zoo had newly acquired a kangaroo.
② Because the kangaroo kept getting out of the fence.
、 The director felt exasperated.
④ Because the door of the fence was not locked.
、 The passage implies that the zoo was in bad management.
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