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阅读下面短文,根据上下文填入适当的词语,或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空。
Why did the chicken go 1 the road?To get to the other side.
Most people know this joke.But recently, some people 2 (be)much more concerned with how the grizzly bear and mountain lion can cross the road.
Millions of animals die each year 3 U.S.roads, the Federal Highway Administration reports.In fact, only about 80 ocelots, 4 endangered wild cat, exist in the U.S.today.The main reason?Roadkill.
“Ecopassages”may help animals cross the road without 5 (hit)by cars.They are paths both over and under roads.“These ecopassages can be extremely useful, so that wildlife can avoid human conflicts,”said Jodi Hilty of the Wildlife Conservation Society.
6 do animals actually use the ecopassages?The answer is yes.Paul Beier of Northern Arizona University found foot marks left by mountain lions on an ecopassage that went under a highway, 7 showed that the lion used the passage.
Builders of some ecopassages try to make them look like a 8 part of an area 9 planting trees on and around them.Animals seem to be catching on.Animals 10 salamanders and grizzly bears are using the bridges and underpasses.
The next time you visit a park or drive through an area with a lot of wildlife, look around.You might see an animal overpass!