Houston Zoo, Texas. Through January 15.
1. On which day can you best enjoy the annual Zoolights celebration in Washington?
A. January 10th B. December 1st C July 1st D. October 1st
2. What do we know about the sculptures in the National Zoo?
A. They light up in time to music
B. They are very humid in winter.
C. They are usually very crowded all the year round
D. They are free of charge
3. Who are the intended readers of the passage?
A. Students B. Tourists C. Parents D. Zoo keepers
A missing boy has been found sage and well in the Australian bush after being guarded from harm by his family pet dog for 14 hours. Dasher, the German Shepherd was found by two-year-old Dante Berry's side when rescuers tracked them down in the bush more than four kilometers form his mother's home in Miduran, Victoria.
Dante's mother, Bianca Chapman, raised the alarm after the pair disappeared from her front garden on Tuesday evening. More than 100 police, firefighters and volunteers searched the bush for the missing pair, following their foot and paw prints as they wandered through the sandy land. A discarded nappy(尿布) found next to a dirt track around two kilometers from the family's home was the breakthrough rescuers needed to find the pair.
They were finally discovered when two police officers heard a loud cry in the bush several meters from the track. The youngster was thought to have cried out after stepping on some prickles(刺). He was frightened when they found him. The youngster, who had prickles in his bare feet after walking through the bushes, was finally reunited with his mother at 10a.m. on Wednesday-14 hours after he was reported missing.
Senior Constable Carol Rigby, who was one of the two officers who found the pair, said they had first seen Dasher appearing in the bushes. "Dante was very dirty.