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Unit5Adelicateworld

话题：人与社会;MACQUARIEISLAND：fromChaostoConservation

IamstandingonMacquarieIsland，intheSouth-westPacificOcean，halfwaybetweenAustraliaandAntarctica.Strongwindsand________(storm)seashavehelpedsculptitslong，thinshape.Thegreengrassandbarerockofitslandscapecontrastdramatically，________(give)itawildandnaturalbeauty.Novisitorwouldthinkit________(surprise)thattheislandisaUNESCOWorldHeritageSite.Norwouldtheyfailtoimaginehowitsnativeinhabitants，includingroyalpenguins，kingpenguins，andelephantseals，existedinperfectharmony________theirnaturalhabitatforthousandsofyears.;Buttheisland’smorerecenthistorytellsadifferentstory.It’satragicstorythatbeganin1810whenhumansarrivedontheisland.Intheirshipsthey________(knowing)broughtratsand________(mouse).Thesesmallanimalsquicklytookovertheisland，eatingthebirds’eggsandattackingbabybirds.Catswerebroughttotheislandtocontroltheratsandmice.Unfortunately，thecatssubsequentlydevelopedanappetiteforthebirds，too.;Meanwhile，rabbits________(introduce)totheislandasasourceoffoodforhumans.Looseontheisland，theydid________rabbitsdobest—theymultipliedrapidlyandbeganeatingthenativevegetationanddiggingholes，________causedsoilerosion.Theexplodingrabbitpopulationprovidedplentifulfoodforthecats，________(mean)thatthenumberofcatsalsoincreased.This________turnledtomorecatshuntingthebirds.Theendresultwasthatparakeets，oncelargeinnumberandnativetotheisland，diedoutin1891.;EvenafterMacquarieIslandbecameanofficialnaturereserveinthe1970s，therabbitsremainedoutofcontrol.Expertsfelt________necessarytocomeupwithaplantoremovealltherabbitsfromtheisland.Withthisgoalinmind，aviruswasreleasedontotheisland.Butalthoughtheviruscausedtherabbitpopulation________(decrease)f