题目内容
12．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 p 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
A．Because she made gorillas increase steadily．
B．Because she liked to play with gorillas．
C．Because she sudied 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？D
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 nderlined word"poachers"in Paragraph 5probably refers to people whoB．
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 thatA．
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．
分析 本文主要讲述了一位女性科学家Fossey对保护和研究大猩猩而做出的工作和付出的努力．
解答 8．A 细节题．根据文章内容，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由此可知，Fossey致力于保护和研究大猩猩，同时使得大猩猩的数量有了稳定的升高，结合选项，故选A
9．D 细节理解题．Fossey建立the Digit Fund是在1977年，她的故事被拍成电影是在1988年，她被偷猎者杀害是在1985年，她建立Karisoke中心是在1967年，由此可知答案．
10．B 词义猜测题．根据文章内容，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．1977年的时候，Fossey最喜欢的一只大猩猩被盗猎者杀害了，于是同年，Fossey创立了一个基金会来筹集资金帮助保护大猩猩，结合选项，故选B
11．A 推理判断题．根据文章内容，）："No one loved gorillas more…"写在Fossey墓碑上的这句话字面上的意思是"没有人比Fossey更爱大猩猩了"，也就是说Fossey是最爱大猩猩的人．结婚选项，故选A
点评 本文是一篇人物故事类阅读理解．在解题时注意通过全篇把握文章大意再结合选项寻找关键字词的办法来排除答案，注意细节题较多，应多细心进行分析．
