(课件网) 2026 高三一轮复习 词汇复习 Unit 6 Survival 话题： 人与社会 The Wild Within The crime took place in a seaside suburb of Cape Town. _____(spot) the car with its window left open，the greedy thief didn’t hesitate. Within seconds，he had reached inside and run _____ with a bag of shopping. No matter how many crimes he committed，the police were _____(power) to arrest him. You see，this was no ordinary criminal：it was a chacma baboon. Once almost unheard of，scenes like this one in Cape Town are now common all over the world. _____ foxes in London，mountain lions in San Francisco and wild pigs in Hong Kong：it is almost as if our cities are being taken _____ by wild animals. People often wonder about the reasons behind this mass urban migration. Most of us would assume that urban development and climate change are responsible _____ pushing the animals out of their natural habitats. _____ true this is，we also need to consider that some of these so-called “urban animals” have never moved at all—it’s we humans _____ have moved into their territory. Wherever they go，animals find towns and cities in their way. With nowhere else to make their homes，they have no choice but _____(move) in with us. Yet，for its newest and wildest inhabitants，a city can offer many benefits. As our cities become greener，they offer _____(increase) appealing spaces _____ animals looking for new habitats. Out of reach from many of their natural predators，these newcomers often flourish in their new city lives. Today，foxes can _____(see) all over London—one even _____(find) living on the 72nd floor of the Shard building when it was _____ construction! What’s more，hungry animals are finding plenty to eat in our gardens and in the leftovers we throw away. One thing crucial to the increasing number of “urban animals”is their ability to adapt. There is evidence that urban racoons are _____(intelligent) than their wild cousins，as they frequently have to figure _____difficult problems such as how to open rubbish bins and other containers _____ they would not find in the wild. Some animals have even changed their living habits to fit in with their new homes. _____ naturally active at night，urban foxes come out in daylight _____ the reward is good enough. Their city location also means that they are getting a taste for the multicultural cuisine on offer from the garbage，such as hamburgers，lamb kebabs and even garlic bread! For those animals that don’t adapt，the city can be a dangerous _____ even deadly place. Unable to distinguish between blue sky and glass，birds crash into windows _____ speeds of about 50 kilometres per hour. Recent studies estimate that between 400 million and 1 billion birds die from window impacts each year in the US alone. _____(shock)，these deaths amount to around ten per cent of the total US bird population. Some species are more affected than others. One theory behind this is t ... ...
