89.The ability of the Kangaroo
The zoo built a special eight-foot-high enclosure for its newly acquired kangaroo, but the next morning the animal was found hopping around outside. The height of the fence was increased to 15 feet, but the kangaroo got out again. Exasperated, the zoo director had the height increased to 30 feet, but the kangaroo still escaped. A giraffe asked the kangaroo, "How high do you think they'll build the fence?"
"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:
根據短文回答下列問題：
① What had the zoo newly squired?
② Why did the zoo keep increasing the height of the fence?
③ 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?
⑤ What does the passage imply?
89.袋鼠的能力
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，人們發現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，“如果他們繼續開著大門，可能要修到一千英尺吧。”
練習參考答案：
① The zoo had newly acquired a kangaroo.
② Because the kangaroo kept getting out of the fence.
③ The director felt exasperated.
④ Because the door of the fence was not locked.
⑤ The passage implies that the zoo was in bad management.
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