B
It was October 2004. Red foxes killed 180 penguins on Middle Island, Australia. Foxes are not native( 当地的) to Australia. But humans had brought foxes there to use for sport hunting( 狩 猎). Then, the foxes started killing penguins and other native wildlife for food.
The type of penguin that lives on Middle Island is called the little penguin. It is the smallest kind of penguin in the world. Once, about 800 little penguins lived on the island. By 2005, that number was below 10. What could people do?
A local chicken farmer called Allan Marsh had an idea. Marsh wanted to train sheepdogs to protect penguins. He said the sheepdogs would scare the foxes away. Marsh used sheepdogs to guard his chickens from foxes. He thought it would work for penguins too.
Finally, in 2006, the first sheepdog began to work. Since then, the number of penguins on Middle Island has grown to 150.
Australian zoos are now trying to use sheepdogs to save the eastern barred bandicoot( 加氏袋狸). People haven’t seen this small animal outside a zoo since 2002. The zoos plan to return bandicoots to the wild, with sheepdogs for protection.
() 25. What do we know about the little penguins?
A. They are not afraid of foxes.
B. They are not native to Australia.
C. They are the smallest penguins in the world.
() 26. The underlined word “guard” in paragraph 3 means “_______”.
A. keep B. protect C. control
() 27. How long have sheepdogs been used to protect the little penguins?
A. Since 2004. B. Since 2005. C. Since 2006.
() 28. What do Australian zoos plan to do?
A. To let bandicoots live freely in the wild.
B. To increase the number of sheepdogs.
C. To kill half of the foxes on Middle Island.

25.C 26.B 27.C 28.A