The famous American gorilla(大猩猩) expert Diane Fossey had a completely new way to study gorillas — she pretended to be one of them. She copied their actions and way of life — eating plants and getting down on her hands and knees to walk the way a gorilla does. It was a new relationship.

Diane Fossey was murdered in Rwanda in 1985 and her story was made into the popular film Gorillas in the Mist. It was a long way from King Kong, which is about a gorilla as a monster (a frightening animal), and helped to show a new idea: the real monster is man, while the gorilla is to be admired.

Today there are thought to be around 48,000 lowland gorillas and maybe 400—450 mountain gorillas in the wild. From the Congo in West Africa, to Rwanda and Uganda further east, they are endangered by hunting and by the cutting down of their forest homes.

Some time ago, I found in my letterbox a little magazine from the World Wide Fund for Nature. It had two photos side by side. One was of a young gorilla. “This is a species of mammal(哺乳类动物),” said the words below it. “It is being destroyed by man. We must save it for our own good.” The other photo showed a human baby. The words also read, “This is a species of mammal,” but then went on: “It is the most destructive(破坏性的) on earth. We must retrain it for its own good.”

1. The text mainly talks about _____.
  A. Diane Fossey

B. the gorillas in Rwanda
  C. the protection of the gorillas

D. the film Gorillas in the Mist
2. We can learn from the text that _____.
  A. Gorillas in the mist was based Fossey’s experiences
  B. Lowland gorillas live longer than mountain gorillas
  C. King Kong showed us that a gorilla is admirable
  D. Diane Fossey was murdered by a gorilla
3. What message can we get from the two photos in the magazine?
  A. Gorillas are man’s close friends.  
  B. Both man and the gorilla need to be saved.
  C. Young gorillas are as lovely as human babies.
  D. Man should live peacefully with the gorilla.

 

 

It was a beautiful Sunday morning, and Maggie and I were returning from our walk through the woods.We were only a couple of blocks from home when I spotted a cell phone and a credit card sitting on the road.We took them home.We always find amazing things on the street and she looks upon them as a movable feast-a chicken wing here or a barbecue rib (肋骨)there.

I found another cell phone a few years back, too, and called a number in its phone book.I explained the situation to the guy who answered.He said it was his sister's and that he'd come to pick it up, which he did.

And that was that.No verbal thank-you, no written thank-you, no “here's a box of chocolates” thank-you.

I didn't have time to call anyone on my latest found cell phone.I was pouring myself coffee when it started to shake and dance across the kitchen counter.

“Who's this?” someone asked when I picked up.

“Who's this?” I countered(反问).“Sarah?”

She was surprised at my knowing her name until she realized her name was on the credit card.“Could you send them to me?” she asked.

She lives in Arlington, which is 2 miles from my house.

“Hmm, no, ”I replied, adding that I thought she could come to get them, and that if I wasn't at home, they would be in my mailbox.

A day later, when I was out for a run, someone got them back.There wasn't even a piece of paper put in the mailbox with “Thanks” on it.In this age of e-mail and cell phone, there's really no excuse.Years ago, I found something more precious than a $100 bill on the street:a driver's license.I saw that its owner lived a couple of blocks from me, so I called him up.He asked whether I could slip the license through his front door.

“I guess I could, ”I replied.

And that was that.

1.What is the relationship between Maggie and the writer?

A.Wife and husband    B.Daughter and father

C.Teacher and student  D.Master and pet dog

2.How many experiences are mentioned by the writer to return things to the losers?

A.3  B.4  C.5 D.6

3.How did the writer know Sarah's telephone number?

A.From her telephone's phone book   B.From her credit card

C.From her e-mail          D.From her driver's license

4.The writer wants to tell us through the unusual stories,

A.we should return the things we picked to the losers

B.people don't know how to appreciate others in the age of e-mail and cell phone

C.people would learn to appreciate persons who provide help for you

D.the advance of society makes people lose some virtues

1—4 DABC

 

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