2024_2025年新教材高中英语Unit5RevealingnatureSectionⅣWriti.docVIP

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Ⅰ.阅读理解

WithbushfirescontinuingtoswallowdifferentpartsofAustralia，alocalzooinNewSouthWales,thestatewhichistheeasiesttocatchfirehashittheheadlineswithaheartwarmingstory.

Rightwithintherangeofabushfire,thekeepersofMogoWildlifeParkmanagedtoprotectall200animalsfromharmaftertheyreceivedevacuation(撤离)ordersaccordingtoreports.

Netizenswerequicktoreactonsocialmediaandpraisedthebraveryofthezookeepers,astheystayedandmanagedtoprotectanimalsfromuncontrolledfiresandevenshelteredsomeattheirownhouse.

The40-year-oldzookeeper,ChadStaples,describedthesituationastheworstcatastrophe,whichfeltlikeArmageddon(大决战)here.Luckily,histeamhadmadeapreciseplanaheadoftimeincludingmovingeverythingflammable(易燃的)fromtheareaandthelargeranimalstosafeplaces.

Whatsremarkableisthatasthesmalleronesneededextrashelter，Staplesdecidedtotakethemtohisownhouse.

“Rightnowinmyhousethereareanimalsofalldescriptionsinallthedifferentrooms.Theyaresafeandprotected...notasingleanimalislost，”hesaid.

BBCnewsalsomentionedthat“theresatigertothebackofthehouse”．Somemediaoutletshighlightedthe“heroicjob”intheirheadlines.Onlineusersalsoreactedwiththumbs-upandweregladtoseeallthestaffandanimalscomingthroughthehorrificfire.

LocatedinthesoutherncoastofNewSouthWales,MogoWildlifeParkhousesAustraliaslargestcollectionofprimates,andmanydifferentanduniqueanimalssuchaszebras,giraffes,rhinosandredpandas.

语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。澳大利亚森林大火持续扩散，Mogo野生动物园的饲养员们想方设法爱护园内动物免遭大火侵害。

1．NewSouthWaleshitstheheadlinesbecauseof________.

A．itsfamouszoo

B．itsendangeredanimals

C．theheartwarmingevent

D．beingeasytocatchfire

解析：选C细微环节理解题。依据第一段中的alocalzooinNewSouthWales...aheartwarmingstory可知，位于最易着火的新南威尔士州的一家动物园以一则暖心的故事成为新闻焦点。

2．WhichofthefollowingisTRUE