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ThecrimetookplaceinaseasidesuburbofCapeTown.

1.__________thecarwithitswindowleftopen,the2.__________thiefdidn'thesitate.

Withinseconds,hehadreachedinsideandrunawaywithabagofshopping.

Nomatterhowmanycrimeshe3.__________,thepolicewerepowerlesstoarresthim.

Yowsee,thiswasnoordinarycriminal:

itwasachacmababoon.

Oncealmostunheardof,sceneslikethisoneinCapeTownarenow4.__________allovertheworld.

WithfoxesinLondon,mountainlionsinSanFranciscoandwildpigsinHongKong,itisalmostasifourcitiesarebeing5.__________bywildanimals.

Mostofuswouldassumethaturbandevelopmentandclimatechangeare6.__________forpushingtheanimalsoutoftheirnaturalhabitats.

Howevertruethisis,wealsoneedtoconsiderthatsomeoftheseso-called"urbananimals"havenevermovedatall-it'swehumanswhohavemovedintotheir7.__________.

Wherevertheygo,animalsfindtownsandcitiesintheirway.Withnowhereelsetomaketheirhomes,theyhaveno8.__________buttomoveinwithus.

Asourcitiesbecomegreener,theyofferincreasingly9.__________spacestoanimalslookingfornewhabitats.

Outofreachfrommanyoftheirnaturalpredators,thesenewcomersoftenflourishintheirnewcitylives.

Today,foxescanbeseenalloverLondon-oneevenbeingfoundlivingonthe72ndflooroftheShardbuildingwhenitwasunder10.__________!

What'smore,hungryanimalsarefindingplentytoeatinourgardensandintheleftoverswethrowaway.

Thereisevidencethaturbanracoonsaremore11.__________thantheirwildcousins,astheyfrequentlyhavetofigureoutdifficultproblemssuchashowtoopenrubbishbinsandothercontainerswhichtheywouldnotfindinthewild.

Someanimalshaveevenchangedtheirlivinghabitstofitinwiththeirnewhomes.

Althoughnaturallyactiveatnight,urbanfoxescomeoutindaylightifthe12.__________isgoodenough.

Theircitylocationalsomeansthattheyaregettingatasteforthemulticulturalcuisineonofferfromthe13.__________,suchashamburgers,lambkebabsandevengarlicbread!

Unableto14.__________betweenblueskyandglass,birdscrashintowindowsatspeedsofabout50kilometresperhour.

Recentstudies15.__________thatbetween400millionand1billionbirdsdiefromwindow16.__________eachyearintheUSalone.

17.__________,thesedeathsamounttoaroundtenpercentofthetotalUSbirdpopulation.

Somespeciesaremoreaffectedthanothers.

Onetheorybehindthisisthatthesebirdshaveyettochangetheirmigratoryroutesthattakethemthroughcitieswithhigh-risebuildings.

Howevertheyadapttoourwaysofurbanliving,it'simportantthatwegetabetterunderstandingofandevenlearnto18.__________ourwildneighbors.

Onlythencanwelooktowards19.__________sharingoururbanhabitats.

Whateverthereasonsbehindthesespeciesenteringourcities,onethingisforsureasit'softenameansoftheir20.__________,theycouldbewithustostay.

答案

1.Spotting看见

2.greedy贪婪的

mitted犯罪

mon常见的

5.takenover接管

6.responsible负责的

7.territory领地

8.choice选择

9.appealing有吸引的

10.construction建设

11.intelligent聪明的

12.reward奖赏

13.garbage垃圾

14.distinguish区分

15.estimate估计

16.impacts影响

17.Shockingly令人震惊的

18.appreciate欣赏

19.harmoniously和谐地

20.survival生存