Module 8学霸新视野外刊阅读-【拔尖特训】2023-2024学年八年级上册英语 外研社版

外刊阅读 ▶ “答案与解析”见P25 北美豪猪的温彻斯特之旅 A North American porcupine(豪猪) stays in the stairwel of a garage(汽车修理厂) in Winchester, Virginia. The animal is sick, weak, and a patch of quils(棘刺) on his back is missing. Far from his forest home, the sick porcupine must have got into the building in search of safety. Finaly, a worker happens to see the little animal and quickly cals the police. Researchers put the porcupine in his own room at the wildlife centre. Porcupines are active during the night, so the researchers don􀆳t want to disturb(打扰) his rest during the day. His room is filed with something soft and comfortable. Each day, the workers mix a little cherry-flavoured(樱桃味的) medicine into a few teaspoons of baby food made of pumpkin, apples or squash. At first, the porcupine sits in the corner. A But as the medicine starts to work, he begins eating normal food for porcupines: leaves and branches that the workers pick from oak and maple trees behind the centre. B “Each evening we􀆳d fil his whole room with twigs and branches—you could hardly see him!” Riley says. C “Then the next morning, they􀆳d be eaten up and we􀆳d have to go out and do it again.” D After 10 days, the caretakers can see that the porcupine is breathing more easily and moving around his room. His eyes are bright and careful. It􀆳s time to let him . The team carries the porcupine in a pet carrier to the forest. As soon as they open the door, the animal climbs straight up a tree. “Porcupines feel safe