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课时素养检测二十Unit5Period4

Ⅰ.阅读理解

IntheshadowofKenya’sMountKilimanjaro,nineRothschildgiraffes,therarestgiraffesontheplanet,arefreetowanderattheEnglish-stylemanor(庄园).Everydayshortlybefore9am,theycomeuptothehouseandsticktheirheadsthroughthewindowsanddoorsinsearchofmorningtreats.Themanor’sowners,TanyaandMikeyCarr-Hartley,sharetheirdiningtablewiththem.Andnowthecouplearesharingthefantasticexperiencewiththepublicbyopeningthemanorgatestoguestsatthegiraffehotel,theonlyhotelofitskindintheworld.Now,guestscannotonlyfeedthegiraffesatbreakfastbutalsogetupclosetothemfromtheirsecond-floorbedrooms.

MrandMrsCarr-Hartley,both38,spenttheirchildhoodlivingclosetothehouseinNairobiandhavealwaysbeenenthusiasticabouttheanimals.Tanyasaid,“MikeyandIgrewupnearthismanorhousewhenwewerechildren.WeareboththirdgenerationKenyansandhavealwayswantedtoworkinconservation.Mikey’sfamilyhavebeenrelatedtotheprotectionofanimalsformanygenerations.Hisgranddadhelpedtheremovalofgiraffesasfarbackasthe1930sbecausetheRothschildgiraffeslostmuchoftheirnaturallivingspace.Whenthehousecameupforsale,wejumpedatthechancetobuyitaswehadalwaysdreamedofowningit.Now,wewereabsolutelyoverjoyedtodosomethingforthegiraffeprotection.Havingthegiraffessocloseisveryspecialandsomethingwhichpeoplecannowexperiencebystayinginoneofthetenroomsatthehotel.”

Aconservationprojecttosavethemwasstartedatthemanorin1974bythepreviousowners.“Thepreviousownersranaverysuccessfulbreeding(生殖)programme,wheremanygiraffesweresetfreeintothewildandwehopetocontinue,”saidTanya.

【语篇概述】这是一篇记叙文。文章叙述了位于肯尼亚内罗毕四周的一座英式庄园的仆人卡尔哈特雷夫妇开放庄园,爱护世界上最稀有的罗斯柴尔德长颈鹿的故事。

1.WhyaretheCarr-Hartleyfamilyunusual?

A.They’relivingontherarestgiraffes.

B.Theyshare