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阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
(2020·河北衡水中学临考模拟一)
Since last September，the Australian bushfires 61 (destroy) around 80,000 square kilometers of forest.
Early on，most reports about the bushfires focused on the cost to humans.Recently，people have shown more concern about the effects of the fires 62 animals than before.Chris Dickman，a scientist at the University of Sydney tried to figure out how many animals might have been killed by the fires.The number he came up with was 63 (surprising) large：over 1 billion animals.
The 64 (lose ) of animals could be especially bad news in Australia，which 65 (be) home to many special animals that can’t be found anywhere else.Scientists worry that the bushfires might put 66 end to some kinds of animals that were already in danger of dying out.
Even when animals survive，it can be hard for them to stay alive in the world 67 (leave) behind by the fires.That’s 68 many of the places they live in and their sources of food have been ruined.For that reason，workers for Australia’s National Park are using helicopters to drop sweet potatoes and carrots onto 12 69 (difference) areas where rock-wallabies(岩石袋鼠)live.Rock-wallabies often survive bushfires，but can have difficulty 70 (find) enough to eat.
【答案】 61.have destroyed 62.on 63.surprisingly 64.loss 65.is 66.an 67.left 68.because 69.different 70.finding
