Dr Dian Fossey,one of the world's leading women scientists,had an outstanding 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 (平稳的) increase of this most endangered big monkeys.
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 a camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo but moved to Rwanda because of political reasons in 1967.She founded 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.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 favourite gorillas,Digit,was killed by poachers and she set up 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 book.
8.Why does the author say “Dr Dian Fossey had an outstanding career”?
A.Because she made gorillas increase steadily.
B.Because she liked to play with gorillas.
C.Because she studied gorilla ecology.
D.Because she travelled all over the world.
9. Which of the following shows the right time order of the events in Fossey's life?
a.She set up the Digit Fund.
b.Her story was shown in a movie.
c.She was killed probably by the poachers.
d.She founded her “Karisoke” centre.
A.a,d,c,b B.a,c,d,b
C.d,c,b,a D.d,a,c,b
10.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
11.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
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A. Profits enlarging B. Technology developing C. Education investing D. Benefits transferring E. Dominance disappearing F. A nation rising |
The following is an imaginary diary entry written by US president. This diary is part of Global Trends 2025, which was written by the US National Intelligence Council
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The transition from old fuels to new will be slow, as will the development of new technologies that present feasible alternatives to fossil fuels or help eliminate food and water problems. All current technologies are inadequate, and new ones will probably not be commercially possible by 2025