五、短文填空。(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)(2025·江苏徐州·调研)
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Do you think rabbits are cute? If you ask an Australian this question, he
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(shake) his head. For Australians, rabbits are
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(danger) than the other animals there, because they have almost destroyed(毁坏)nature of Australia.
In the 18th century, Europeans(欧洲人)came to Australia. They took the
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(one) rabbit to Australia. After that, the number of rabbits increased quickly. One of the reasons is that there were no
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(fox) in Australia at that time. Another reason is that the natural environment of Australia was good
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rabbits. The ground was very soft. As a result, the rabbits could dig holes
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(easy). Some holes were as deep as 1.5 metres. And there was delicious grass everywhere,
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the rabbits could get enough food. By the time of 1926, there were about 10 billion rabbits in Australia.
James is
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farmer in Australia. He used to have a very large field. But there were so many rabbits there that most of the grass was eaten by them. Without grass, the land quickly became dry. Many sheep and horses fell into rabbits' home and hurt
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(they). Luckily, the local officers recently have taken action
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(solve) the problem.
That's why Australians don't think rabbits are cute.
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will shake
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more dangerous
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first
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foxes
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for
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easily
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so
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a
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themselves
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to solve