（外研版）高中英语选择性必修第三册 课后素养评价 (21).docxVIP

Ⅰ.阅读理解

Oneafternoon,asweapproachedaminefromtheair,acrewofpanickedminerswentrunningintotheforest.AsIfollowedtheirprogress,somethingcaughtmyeye:twomacaws,flyingawaylikecrazy.Afterwelanded,Ifoundmacawfeathers,yellowandblue,hangingonastringfromapoleinthecamp.Cabralshookhisheadandsaidthattheminersmusthavehuntedandeatenthebird.“Theanimalsdieasilentdeath,”hesaidmournfully.Forapublicservant,Cabralisunusuallyoutspoken—atleastonsocialmedia,wherehisaccountisdevotedtostronglycriticisinganimalcruelty.

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