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Dr Dian Fossey, one of the world’s leading women scientists, had a remarkable career. The work she devoted her life to protecting and studying the mountain gorillas (大猩猩) of Africa—has proved highly effective and has resulted in the steady increase of this most endangered great apes.
Fossey made her first trip to Africa in 1963. Three years later, she returned to Africa to begin a long-term study of the mountain gorillas. She set up camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo but moved to Rwanda because of political reasons in 1967. She established her “Karisoke” Research Centre camp on September 24, 1967.
Fossey’s aims were to study gorilla ecology (生态学) and social organization. She found that in order to achieve this, she needed to recognize individual gorillas, which required that the gorillas get used to her presence (出现). By copying gorillas’ behaviour and sounds, Fossey began to gain their trust, and in 1970 an adult male gorilla she had named “Peanuts” reached out to touch her hand.
Close observations over thousands of hours enabled Fossey to gain the gorillas’ trust and bring forth new knowledge about their behaviour. Stories and photographs of her work were published in National Geographic Magazine and elsewhere.
In 1977, one of Fossey’s favorite gorillas, Digit, was killed by poachers and she established the Digit Fund to help raise money for gorilla protection efforts in the same year.
On December 26, 1985, Fossey was murdered while going back to her house in Karisoke. Her body was discovered near the research centre. Most probably, Dian Fossey had been killed by the poachers she’d fought against. On her tombstone (墓碑): “No one loved gorillas more. . . ”
In 1988, the life and the work of Fossey were made into a movie based on her story.
【语篇概述】本文是一篇人物传记。本文主要讲述了世界顶尖女科学家Dian Fossey博士非凡的职业生涯: 她致力于研究和保护非洲山地大猩猩, 使得这种濒危物种的数量稳步增加。
1. Why does the author say that Dr Dian Fossey had a remarkable career?
A. Because she travelled all over the world.
B. Because she liked to play with gorillas.
C. Because she studied gorilla ecology.
D. Because she made great apes increase steadily.
【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第一段The work she devoted her life to. . . great apes. 可知, Dian Fossey博士致力于研究和保护非洲山地大猩猩, 使得这种濒危物种的数量稳步增加, 所以说她的职业生涯是非凡的, 故选D。
2. Which of the following shows the right time order of the events in Fossey’s life?
a. She established the Digit Fund.
b. Her story was shown in a movie.
c. She was killed probably by the poachers.
d. She established her “Karisoke” centre.
A. a. d. c. b B. a. c. d. b C. d. c. b. a D. d. a. c. b
【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第五段In 1977, one of Fossey’s favorite gorillas, . . . in the same year. 可知, Dian Fossey建立Digit Fund是在1977年; 根据文章最后一句话In 1988, the life. . . on her story可知, 她的故事被拍成电影是在1988年; 根据第六段On December 26, 1985, . . . in Karisoke可知, Dian Fossey被杀害是在1985年; 根据第二段最后一句话可知, 她建立“Karisoke” Research Centre是在1967年, 综上所述, 故选D。
3. The underlined word “poachers” in Paragraph 5 probably refers to people who ________.
A. sell drugs against the law
B. hunt animals against the law
C. hate successful people
D. like to do harm to people
【解析】选B。词义猜测题。根据第五段In 1977, one of Fossey’s favorite. . . in the same year. 可知, 1977年, Fossey最喜欢的一只大猩猩被杀害了, 捕杀大猩猩的应该是违反法律狩猎动物的人。
4. From the words on Fossey’s tombstone, we can infer that ________.
A. Fossey was the person who loved gorillas most
B. after Fossey died, no one loves gorillas
C. Fossey was the first one to study gorillas
D. everybody loves gorillas as Fossey did
【解析】选A。推理判断题。根据她的墓志铭“No one loved gorillas more ”(没有人比Fossey更爱大猩猩), 也就是说Fossey是最爱大猩猩的人。
