C.Because she studied gorilla ecology.
D.Because she made great apes increase steadily.
解析:细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句可知,她的工作使濒危动物--巨猿的数量得以平稳增长,这是她的非凡成就。
2.Which of the following shows the right time order of the events in Fossey's life?__D__
a.She established the Digit Fund.
b.Her story was shown in a movie.
c.She was killed probably by the poachers.
d.She established her "Karisoke" centre.
A.a,d,c,b B.a,c,d,b
C.d,c,b,a D.d,a,c,b
解析: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;她被杀害是在1985年;她建立Karisoke研究中心是在1967年。由此可知D项的排序是正确的。
3.The underlined word "poachers" in Paragraph 5 probably refers to people who __B__.
A.sell drugs against the law
B.hunt animals against the law
C.hate successful people
D.like to do harm to people
解析:词义猜测题。根据最后三段中Fossey建立保护大猩猩的基金及她与poachers进行斗争可知,她应该是被偷猎者暗杀的。poacher指"偷猎者"。
4.From the words on Fossey's tombstone,we can infer that __A__.
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
解析:推理判断题。写在Fossey墓碑上的这句话的意思是"没有人比Fossey更爱大猩猩了",也就是说Fossey是最热爱大猩猩的人。
C
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