89.The ability of the Kangaroo

　　The zoo built a special eight-foot-high enclosure for its newly acquired kangaroo, but the next morning the animal was found hopping¹ around outside. The height of the fence was increased to 15 feet, but the kangaroo got out again. Exasperated², the zoo director had the height increased to 30 feet, but the kangaroo still escaped. A giraffe asked the kangaroo, "How high do you think they'll build the fence?"

　　"I don't know, " said the kangaroo. "Maybe a thousand feet if they keep leaving the gate unlocked.

Notes:

　　(1) enclosure n.围墙

　　(2) kangaroo n.袋鼠

　　(3) exasperated adj.恼火的

Exercises:

根据短文回答下列问题：

　　① What had the zoo newly squired?

　　② Why did the zoo keep increasing the height of the fence?

　　③ How did the zoo director feel about it?

　　④ Why could the animal still escape even when the fence was increased to a height of 30 feet?

　　⑤ What does the passage imply?

89.袋鼠的能力

　　动物园为刚引进的袋鼠建了一个特殊的八英尺高的围墙。但是第二天早上，人们发现这动物在围墙外面蹦跳着。于是围墙高度增加到十五英尺，但袋鼠还是跑了出来。动物园经理甚感恼火，又叫人把围墙高度加到三十英尺，但袋鼠还是逃了出来。一个长颈鹿问袋鼠：“你认为他们会把围墙建到多高？”

　　“我不知道，”袋鼠说，“如果他们继续开着大门，可能要修到一千英尺吧。”

练习参考答案：

　　① The zoo had newly acquired a kangaroo.

　　② Because the kangaroo kept getting out of the fence.

　　③ The director felt exasperated.

　　④ Because the door of the fence was not locked.

　　⑤ The passage implies that the zoo was in bad management.

1 hopping   

n. 跳跃 动词hop的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• The clubs in town are really hopping. 城里的俱乐部真够热闹的。
• I'm hopping over to Paris for the weekend. 我要去巴黎度周末。

2 exasperated   

adj.恼怒的

参考例句：

• We were exasperated at his ill behaviour. 我们对他的恶劣行为感到非常恼怒。
• Constant interruption of his work exasperated him. 对他工作不断的干扰使他恼怒。