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阅读短文,在空格处填入一个适当的单词或括号中单词的正确形式。
Do you think rabbits are cute? If you ask an Australian this question, he will shake $^{(1)}$ ______ (he) head. For Australians, rabbits are dangerous animals.
In the 18th century, Europeans came to Australia. They took the $^{(2)}$ ______ (one) rabbits to Australia. After that, the number of rabbits increased $^{(3)}$ ______ (quick). One of the $^{(4)}$ ______ (reason) is that there were no foxes or wolves in Australia at that time. Another reason is that the $^{(5)}$ ______ (nature) situation of Australia was good for rabbits. As $^{(6)}$ ______ result, it is easier for rabbits to dig holes than anywhere else. And there was delicious grass everywhere, $^{(7)}$ ______ the rabbits could get enough food. In 1926, there $^{(8)}$ ______ (be) about 10 billion rabbits in Australia.
James is a farmer in Australia. He had $^{(9)}$ ______ very large field. But there were so many rabbits and they ate the grass. Without grass, the ground quickly became dry. Many sheep and horses fell into rabbits' homes and $^{(10)}$ ______ (hurt) themselves. It still takes time and effort to solve the problem.

答案：
(1) his
(2) first
(3) quickly
(4) reasons
(5) natural
(6) a
(7) so
(8) were
(9) a
(10) hurt