The zoo built a special eight-foot-high enclosure for its newly acquired kangaroo, but the next morning the animal was found hopping¹ around outside. The height of the fence was increased to 15 feet, but the kangaroo got out again. Exasperated², 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.围墙

 

　　(2) kangaroo n.袋鼠

 

　　(3) exasperated adj.恼火的

 

Exercises:

 

根据短文回答下列问题：

 

　　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

 

　　动物园为刚引进的袋鼠建了一个特殊的八英尺高的围墙。但是第二天早上，人们发现这动物在围墙外面蹦跳着。于是围墙高度增加到十五英尺，但袋鼠还是跑了出来。动物园经理甚感恼火，又叫人把围墙高度加到三十英尺，但袋鼠还是逃了出来。一个长颈鹿问袋鼠：“你认为他们会把围墙建到多高？”

 

　　“我不知道，”袋鼠说，“如果他们继续开着大门，可能要修到一千英尺吧。”

 

练习参考答案：

 

　　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 tat the zoo was in bad management.

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