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浙江省“温州十五校联合体”2018-2019学年高二下学期英语期中考试试卷(音频暂未更新)
The cane toad (海蟾蜍) was imported to Australia in 1935 to protect sugarcane crops. Experts estimate that there are currently over 200 million samples spread across Northern Australia, and the numbers are only growing. The increasing population is proving to be deadly for many native Australian animal species that hunt the toads as food.
While some animals have learned to completely avoid the frogs, the Australian monitor lizards continue to be killed by them. The lizards that catch small animals love eating cane toads. It takes the cane toad less than 30 seconds to release enough poison to kill a lizard.
They decided to train the lizards to avoid the cane toads. To carry out the idea they went to a region of northwestern Australia that had not yet been invaded by cane toads and fed the wild lizards with young cane toads. Though the smaller animals release the same poison as the adults, they do so in smaller amounts. The researchers say it took just one or two tests to teach the lizards to stay away from cane toads. They continued to avoid the animals even when the larger cane toads arrived.
A. Not surprisingly, their population has dropped sharply.
B. Unfortunately, in most cases, it turns out to be their last meal.
C. With very few natural enemies, their population began to grow rapidly.
D. Now a team of researchers came up with a good plan to save the lizards.
E. Gradually, the lizards learned to eat only the mildly poisonous cane toads.
F. Therefore, while the poison does make the lizards sick, it does not kill them.
G. That's because cane toads release some deadly poison when they sense danger.
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