9. What’s the greatest problem that the living things face?

A. They have to eat other things.　　　　　　　　　

B. They have to fight not to be eaten.

C. They have to live on in its own way.　　　　

D. They have to live in the sea.

8. 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

C

All living things must fight to stay alive. They have to feed on something and at the same time avoid being eaten. Therefore， they have to solve this big problem of staying alive in their own way.

The danger of being eaten in the sea is great. Those plants and animals that do survive usually reduce very fast and in great numbers. Certain sea animals have defensive devices(装置) which help them to survive. The jelly fish have poisonous tentacles (触角) which are used for attack and defense.

Another method of survival which sea plants and animals use is disguise (伪装). They usually have the same color as their surroundings. In order to stay alive, animals need to have good senses. Fishes have sharp eyes. Almost all animals are sensitive(敏感的)to touch. Fishes judge movements in the water by means of their lines. Fishes and other sea animals can hear well and many of them can make different types of warning sounds.

7. We can learn from the text that ___________.

A. Gorillas in the Mist was based on Fossey’s experiences

B. Lowland gorillas live longer than mountain gorillas

C. King Kong showed us that a gorillas is admirable

D. Diane Fossey was murdered by a gorilla

6. 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

5.In the third paragraph, the word “spotted” could be replaced by _______.

A. speckled　　 B. featured　　 C. noticed　　 D. damaged

B

The famous American gorilla (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 dose. It was a new relationship.

Diane Fossey was murdered in Rwanda in 1985 and her story made into the popular film Gorillas in the Mist .It was a long way from King Kong, which is about a gorillas as a monsters (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 400-500 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 retain it for its own good.”

4.Grandma Moses spent most of the life ________.

A. nursing　　 B. painting　　 C. embroidering　　 D. farming

3.From Grandma Moses’ description of herself in the first paragraph, it can be inferred that she was ___________.

A. independent　　 B. pretty　　 C. wealthy　 　　D. timid

2. According to the passage, Grandma Moses began to paint because she wanted to _______.

A. decorate her home　　 　　　　B. keep active

C. improve her salary　　　　　　 D. gain an international reputation

1.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A Grandma Moses: A biographical(传记的)Sketch.

B. The children of Grandma Moses.

C. Grandma Moses and Other Older Artists.

D. Older Artists