in the heart of Australia's political capital,the Jamala Wildlife Lodge at the National Zoo and Aquarium is just ten minutes from Canberra's central Business District."可知答案,故选D。
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考查细节理解。从文中第七段"Only meters from the edge of Lake Burley Griffin..."可知答案,故选C。
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考查写作目的。全文对澳大利亚加马拉野生动物旅馆作了一个简要介绍,故选B。
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词义猜测题。根据The Giraffe Treehouse中The Giraffe Treehouse is set among the giraffe enclosures, and the Jungle Bungalows are luxurious individual houses which are next to either lion, cheetah(猎豹), brown bear, or Malaysian sun bear enclosures. The Giraffe Treehouse位于长颈鹿围栏之中,丛林平房是豪华的独立住宅,旁边是狮子、猎豹、棕熊或马来西亚太阳熊围栏。由此可知划线词的意思是"围栏之中",故选B。
When Cherry Watson travelled on a recent flight from New York to Washington and noticed an "awful tension" in the cabin, she first thought it was caused by typical bad-tempered passengers. But as the flight neared its end, it became obvious that something was very wrong.
A teenage boy with Down Syndrome (唐氏综合症) who was traveling with his family had become upset and would not return to his seat, regardless of the cabin crew's warnings over the loudspeaker that it was almost time to land. The pilot was forced to circle above the airport, delaying the landing and angering people on the already tense flight.
"If it was a cartoon," remembered Watson, "there would have been smoke coming out of people's ears."
The boy's elderly parents and adult brothers and sisters tried to persuade him to get off the floor and back into his seat, but in vain.Watson, who used to be a teacher, stood up and quickly headed to the back of the plane.
She found the boy in the passage between rows of seats, lying on his belly, and lay down on her stomach to face him. She began chatting calmly with him, asking his name, his favorite book, and his favorite characters. He told her he felt sick and she tried to comfort him.
Minutes later, he allowed her to hold his hand, and then together they got properly back into