Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word can only be used once(将下列单词或词组填入空格, 每空格限填一词,每词只能填一次。):(共8分)
A. believed B. situation C. close to D. technology E. search for |
Two teenage girls are missing after they failed to return to their school camp in a Victorian National Park ___1.__ the New South Wales border last night.
The police began to __2.__ the girls, aged 14 and 15. They are students at Melbourne School and were in the area as part of a school camp. The girls were last seen at about 4:30 pm yesterday and did not return for dinner at 6 pm.
“They were ___3.___ to be wearing lightweight clothing. It has rained in the area for three days and the police are worried about their __4.__. Search and Rescue police will arrive in the
area immediately to coordinate(协调)a full-scale search,” said the spokeswoman.
A.mark B. checked C. population D. destroyed E. chemicals |
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In Tanzania, an African country, a company called APOPO trains African pouched rats(非洲有袋鼠)to find landmines(地雷)left over from the wars. The rats are trained to smell out some of the_1.__ in them. More importantly, these rats are too light to set off the landmines.
Generally speaking, after 8 to 12 months of training, the rats can find landmines so that they can be safely destroyed. Rats and trainers search one small area at a time. To be sure that every inch of the ground is _2._, APOPO workers use a harness-and-rope system that guides the rats back and forth in rows. The trainer stands safely on the edge(边缘) of the area.
When a rat smells landmines, it will dig the dirt in that spot(地点). The trainers __3._ each spot on a map. Later, people set off the landmines safely.
In the African country of Mozambique, nearly half of the ___4.__ are younger than 15 years old. A lot of kids are in danger as they play and work. With the help of the rats and trainers, there will be no threat any more.