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果果是一只麋鹿幼崽，在洞庭湖的河堤上被巡查人員發現。 在被放生回歸到大自然之前，這只脆弱的麋鹿受到精心照料，正慢慢走向康復。

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難詞探意

1. embankment /?m?b??km?nt/n. 堤；堤岸

2. patrol /p??tr??l/n. 巡邏隊

3. cub /k?b/n. （熊、獅、狐貍等的）幼獸；崽

4. fawn /f??n/n. （不足一歲的）幼鹿

5. migration /ma??ɡre??n/n. 遷徙

When he was only five days old, Guoguo was found deserted on anembankment. “He was lying in the grass when apatrolfound him, and he was quite fragile,” said Li Zheng, head of the East Dongting Lake Milu Conservation Association. “We did not know if he could make it.”

Guoguo is a milu deercub, deserted by his mother on an embankment of the Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake, on July 5 when continuous downpours pushed up water levels as China entered the rainy season. The mother probably gave birth to him on the embankment, but was scared away by the rising floods and people patrolling the embankment. The wetland deer species has been placed under A-level state protection after being overhunted and habitat loss led to its near extinction in the early 20th century.

The road to recovery was not easy for Guoguo. When he was discovered in the grass, he only weighed about 5 kilograms, which is quite low for a milu deer. When Guoguo arrived at the rescue station, he was so thirsty that he consumed a lot of water and milk. After about a month of recovery,Guoguo has grown to more than 20 kg, and is getting increasingly stronger each day. Guoguo eats eight times a day, and for each meal, he consumes three bottles of milk, with each bottle containing about 280 milliliters of milk. He could finish a bottle of milk within 10 seconds. He needs to eat every three hours, and if he doesn't get enough food in time, he cries. Guoguo will spend a year at the rescue station to fully recover and learn to adapt to the wild.

Li and his peers have been protecting the milu deer groups around the Dongting Lake for many years. He started out in 2015, and established the East Dongting Lake Milu Conservation Association a year later. In 2016, a huge flood hit the Dongting Lake, and many milu deer were hurt. Li and his volunteer friends rescued many of them from the flood and released them into the wild after they recovered. “After we released them, they would come back to visit,” he said.

The milu deer around East Dongting Lake usually give birth from early March to late May, and the water level in the Dongting Lake usually rises in May.As their habitats are swallowed by floodwater, the milu deer groups have to search for new habitats. Though milu deer can swim, some fawnsare too small or too weak and often drowned during themigrationperiod.

To help protect the milu deer, volunteers like Li are promoting protection knowledge among the public, enhancing patrol in the area and trying their best to save as many as possible.

1. What might cause the mother to desert Guoguo?

A. The habitat loss.

B. The changed living environment.

C. Threat from people who hunt milu deer.

D. Guoguo's unhealthy condition after birth.

2. What can we know about Guoguo?

A. He was rescued from the flood.

B. He was quite weak when discovered.

C. He weighed about 20 kilograms when discovered.

D. He needs to stay at the rescue station for a month to fully recover.

3. Which of the following can best describe Li Zheng?

A. Mean. B. Aggressive.

C. Responsible. D. Proud.

Sentence for writing

As their habitats are swallowed by floodwater,the milu deer groups have to search for new habitats.

【信息提取】as在該句中意為“因為”，引導原因狀語從句。

【句式仿寫】她是新來的，可能需要一些幫助。