2015考研英语阅读回归野性
<p> <span word="IN">IN</span> <span word="A">A</span> <span word="quiet">quiet</span> <span word="spot">spot</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="eastern">eastern</span> <span word="Montana">Montana</span>, <span word="on">on</span> <span word="rollinggolden">rollinggolden</span> <span word="prairies">prairies</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="vast">vast</span> <span word="skies">skies</span>, 71 <span word="buffalocalves">buffalocalves</span> <span word="charge">charge</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="corral">corral</span>. <span word="Kicking">Kicking</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="dust">dust</span> <span word="asthey">asthey</span> <span word="run">run</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="quickly">quickly</span> <span word="join">join</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="herd">herd</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="severalhundred">severalhundred</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="buffalo">buffalo</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="ages">ages</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="calveshad">calveshad</span> <span word="arrived">arrived</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="road">road</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Elk">Elk</span> <span word="Island">Island</span> <span word="reserve">reserve</span> <span word="inCanada">inCanada</span>; <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="pure">pure</span> <span word="descendants">descendants</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="buffalothat">buffalothat</span> <span word="once">once</span> <span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="area">area</span>. <span word="At">At</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> 19<span word="thcentury">thcentury</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="saved">saved</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Americanhunters">Americanhunters</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="bred">bred</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="peace">peace</span>, <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="side">side</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="theborder">theborder</span>.</p><p> 在美国蒙大拿州东部一块安静的草原上，天空广阔无垠，金色草原延绵起伏。71头刚从栅栏中被释放出来的小野牛，奔向草原，地上的尘土被他们跑动的蹄子卷到半空高。很快，他们就加入了一个由几百只美洲野牛组成的牛群中，这个牛群拥有不同年龄段的野牛。这些小野牛们是通过公路从加拿大鹿岛自然保护区运送到蒙大拿州的;他们是纯正的美洲野牛，其祖先曾经生活在这里。到上世纪19世纪末，只有一少部分野牛因在边境的另一边，幸免于美国狩人的猎杀，能够安然无恙的生活并幸存下来。</p><p> <span word="Before">Before</span> <span word="Europeans">Europeans</span> <span word="arrived">arrived</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="North">North</span> <span word="America">America</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="as">as</span> 60<span word="m">m</span> <span word="buffalo">buffalo</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="estimated">estimated</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="haveranged">haveranged</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Great">Great</span> <span word="Plains">Plains</span>. <span word="From">From</span> <span word="around">around</span> 1830, <span word="however">however</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="systematically">systematically</span> <span word="killeduntil">killeduntil</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="handful">handful</span> <span word="remained">remained</span>. <span word="Buffalo">Buffalo</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="hides">hides</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="simply">simply</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="theywere">theywere</span> <span word="getting">getting</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="settlers">settlers</span>. <span word="Men">Men</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="Buffalo">Buffalo</span> <span word="Bill">Bill</span> <span word="slaughtered">slaughtered</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span>.</p>
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