2021届统考版英语二轮复习 阅读理解(四选一) 体裁专练10 说明文专题训练(5) 课件

第*页 体裁专练10——说明文专题训练(5) (限时：22分钟　错题数： 个) 第*页 (2020·抚顺·二模) Brush turkeys are heading back into urban Sydney areas, according to an environmental expert, and there is not much people can do about it. The Australian brush turkey has “big feet”. They damage people’s beloved backyards by raking up(把……耙拢) dirt to make large nests which can sometimes hold up to 56 eggs in one mound(土堆). This is because one male brush turkey can breed(交配繁殖) with up to six females who can each lay up to 12 eggs. 第*页 The population of brush turkeys in Australia was severely reduced along the east coast in the 1960s after coming close to extinction during the Depression as they were easy to hunt for food. As a result, they became a protected species in the 1970s which made it illegal to shoot them. “In the 1980s, they took over Brisbane, and Sydney is about 10 years behind what happened up here.” Professor Darryl Jones, deputy director of the Environmental Futures Research Institute at Griffith University, said. “Once they get into the city they work out there’s a lot of food and they have a fair bit of protection.” 第*页 While brush turkeys have cultural significance in Queensland, they can be annoying for many in Sydney. Former Central Coast resident(居民) Paul told 702 ABC Sydney that he had “an ongoing battle for years” with brush turkeys that built nests in his garden. “We had plague proportions(瘟疫之灾) when we lived on the Central Coast. I was trying to grow food and vegetables but I had to give up，” he said. “They just completely dug them up. I was fighting a losing battle.” 第*页 But Sydney resident Joy thinks differently. “Brush turkeys are part of nature，” she said. “I’ve been able to successfully have a flower garden and a vegetable garden and have brush turkeys wander through the yard. The way I’ve done it is just to put sticks in the ground around the plants. I haven’t had any problems at all and people need to think of ways to overcome these problems rather than killing animals.” 第