The Life of Jane Goodall

On the morning of July 14, 1960, Jane Goodall arrived at Lake Tanganyika in the Gombe National Park. Then around 5 p. m, Jane went into the forest to find her first chimpanzee.

As a young woman, Jane Goodall was following her childhood dream of studying chimpanzees in Africa. After many months of difficult work she made three important discoveries: chimpanzees ate meat, they used tools to get food, and they also made tools.

Every evening, Jane wrote her findings in her journal. She began to publish articles in magazines. After a while, Jane was accepted by a university. Her work was also making her famous. There was a documentary (纪录片)film,Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees (1963), and then My Friends the Wild Chimpanzees (1969), the first of many books. During the 1970s, Gombe became a dangerous place to work. It is on the border of four different countries and there was fighting among them. Many foreigners left, but Jane stayed to continue her workand noted that chimpanzees could also be violent.

A different problem developed in Gombe in the 1980s. The forests were getting smaller and there was no enough space for chimpanzees because of the increasing human population.As a result, there were only about a hundred chimpanzees living in Gombe by t the end of the1980s. Jane realized something had to be done, so she made a plan with the local community to grow more trees.

At the beginning of the 1990s, Jane left Gombe. She set up sanctuaries (庇护所)for chimpanzees which had been caught because of the trade in chimpanzee meat. She also started giving speeches. She has very little spare time but still spends part of every year in the forest in Gombe, watching her chimpanzees.

1.What was Jane's childhood dream?

A.To explore forests in Africa.

B.To make a documentary film.

C.To write books about animals.

D.To study chimpanzees in Africa.

2.What did Jane do in the 1970s?

A.She continued to work in Gombe.

B.She went to study in a university.

C.She found her first chimpanzee.

D.She published her first book.

3.What plan did Jane make to help chimpanzees in1980s?

A.To grow more trees B.To do more studies

C.To stop the fighting. D.To set up sanctuaries

National Smile Month is the largest and longest mouth health activity in the UK. Starting in 1977,it is celebrating its 42nd birthday from May 14 to June 14 this year.

The British are known for their bad teeth because they have too many sugary( 甜的) foods and drinks. It seems that most of them don’t often show their feelings. They neither smile nor cry.But this is NOT true. The British like to smile as much as anyone else. They just don’t want to show their bad teeth.

Brush your teeth at least twice a day, cut down sugary foods and drinks, and visit the dentist often. With the three messages, the organizers(组织者)hope that a month of smiling will make people all around the UK realize the importance of good teeth and be confident enough to open their mouths to smile.

One interesting activity is for the British to enjoy the fun photos with short stories behind. Seeing the smiling faces and reading the interesting stories, everyone can’t help smiling! You’re welcome to send yours with big smiles online.

Smiling is not only good for you but also good for those around you, even if you do have a few bad teeth. This makes National Smile Month a great idea!

1.National Smile Month in the UK has had a history of______years so far.

A. 5 B. l4 C. 42 D. 77

2.According to Paragraph 2, we learn that most of the British

A. don’t like sugary foods B. have very good teeth

C. don’t show their feelings D. like to smile in fact

3.The three messages in Paragraph 3 tell the British how to take care of their________.

A. teeth B. food C. drinks D. hands

4.National Smile Month in the UK suggests that__________.

A. the British should improve their health only this month

B. the British should show more smiles with better teeth

C. the British shouldn’t smile if they have a few bad teeth

D. the British shouldn’t have many interesting activities

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