必修第2册 UNIT 2 WILDLIFE PROTECTION-【创新教程】2025年高考英语总复习大一轮课时作业word（人教版）

UNIT 2　WILDLIFE PROTECTION Ⅰ.阅读A 主题：人与自我 体裁：记叙文 话题：致力于保护野生动物 Francoise Malby­Anthony, a city girl, a Parisian through and through, could tell the quickest way to the Eiffel Tower but knew nothing about animals.Yet somewhere deep inside, she always felt she would end up in a foreign country. It was her husband Lawrence Anthony, a South African, who brought out the wanderlust in her.They met in London in 1987, and a year later they moved to South Africa, where they were drawn by nature and eventually bought Thula Thula — a game reserve of river and 1,500 hectares of rolling hills.They were soon working to save an abundance of wild animals, especially elephants and rhinos, from the poachers and hunters who roamed for fun and profit.They also employed some locals, and taught them about office work, dealing with guests and cooking French dishes. Last March, however, Lawrence died of a sudden heart attack.And there Francoise was, alone, burying her husband, and didn't know where to begin. She soon faced her first baptism (洗礼) by fire.A few days later, she received a call.Thabo, a three­year­old male rhino, had taken a bullet.It was the poachers.How could the poachers break into the fence in broad daylight? At that point, a rumor suggested it was an inside job.Maybe someone was trying to frighten her into leaving? Lawrence was gone.A rhino in trouble and security men she couldn't rely on.Since booking after booking had been canceled due to Lawrence's passing away, Francoise finally had an empty bank account.But how could she leave the dream that Lawrence and she had fought so hard for? Francoise slowly found her feet.Eventually Thabo recovered from the trauma.She set up meetings with the staff to go over reserve and animal issues and to agree on priorities.She even launched her own rhino fund.The desperate days have helped redefine the purpose of life without Lawrence, and she understands that the mission of protecting Thula Thula's wildlife has become hers, and h