AthousandyearsagoHongKongwascoveredbyathickforestliketheforestswenowfindinMalaysiaandThailand.Asmoreandmore___36___cametoliveinHongKongthesetreeswerecutdownandburnt.Nowthereisnoforestleft___37__therearestillsomeareascoveredwithtrees.Wecallthese__38__.
Elephantstigersmonkeysandmanyotheranimalsusedtoliveinthe__39__forestsofHongKongandtherewereevencrocodilesinthe___40__andalongthecoast.WhenpeoplecametoliveinHongKongtheanimalsbeganto__41___out.Earlyfarmersgrewriceandkeptpigsandchickensinthevalleys.
They___42___thetreesandburntthem.Theyneededfirestokeepthemselves___43___inthewintertocooktheirfoodandtokeepawayfromdangerousanimals.Elephantsquicklydisappearedbecausetherewasnotenough___44___forthem.Sodidmostofthewolvesandtigers.Monkeyssquirrelsandmanyotheranimalssoondiedoutinthesame__45____.
Youmightthinkthatthereare___46___anyanimalsinHongKongexceptinthe__47_____.Youmightthinktherecan’tbeanywildanimalsinsucha__48___placewithsomanycarsandbuildings.Butthereis__49_____agooddealofcountrysideinHongKongandNewTerritoriesandtherearestillaboutthirty-sixdifferentkindsofanimalslivingthere.
OneofthemostinterestingofHongKong’s____50___isthebarkingdeer.Theyarebeautifullittlecreatureswithrichbrowncoatandawhitepatchunderthetail.Theylooklikedeerbuttheyaremuch___51___.Theyarelessthantwofeethigh.Themalebarkingdeerhastwosmallhornsbutthefemalehasnone.Theymakea__52____ratherlikeadogbarking.
Barkingdeerliveinthickshrub(灌木)countryandareverygoodat__53___.Theyeatgrassandshrubsmainlyintheveryearlymorningandlateafternoonandevening.Thisiswhenyouaremostlikelytoseeonebutyouwillneedtobeveryquietandtohavevery___54___eyes.InHongKongthebarkingdeerhasonlyone___55_____----man.Althoughitisillegalpeoplehuntandtraptheseharmlesslittleanimals.Asaresulttherearenownotmanyleft.ThereareafewonHongKongIslandbutnoneintheNewTerritories.
36.A.people B.children C.ladies D.women
37.A.as B.since C.though
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