Reading
A STUDENT OF AFRICAN WILDLIFE
It is 5:45 am and the sun is just rising over Gombe National Park in East Africa. Following Jane’s way of studying chimps, our group are all going to visit them in the forest. Jane has studied these families of chimps for many years and helped people understand how much 5 they behave like humans. Watching a family of chimps wake up is our first activity of the day. This means going back to the place where we left the family sleeping in a tree the night before. Everybody sits and waits in the shade of the trees while the family begins to wake up and move off. Then we follow as they wander into the forest. Most of the time, chimps either feed or clean each other as a way of showing love in their family. Jane warns us that our group is going to be very tired and dirty by the afternoon and she is right. However, the evening makes it all worthwhile. We watch the mother chimp and her babies play in the tree. Then we see them go to sleep together in their nest for the night. We realize that the bond between members of a chimp family is as strong as in a human family.
Nobody before Jane fully understood chimp behaviour. She spent years observing and recording their daily activities. Since her childhood she had wanted to work with animals in their own environment. However, this was not easy. When she first arrived in Gombe in 1960, it was unusual for a woman to live in the forest. Only after her mother came to help her for the first few months was she allowed to begin her project. Her work changed the way people think about chimps. For example, one important thing she discovered was that chimps hunt and eat meat. Until then everyone had thought chimps ate only fruit and nuts. She actually observed chimps as a group hunting a monkey and then eating it. She also discovered how chimps communicate with each other, and her study of their body language helped her work out their social system.
For forty years Jane Goodall has been outspoken about making the rest of the world understand and respect the life of these animals. She has argued that wild animals should be left in the wild and not used for entertainment or advertisements. She has helped to set up special places where they can live safely. She is leading a busy life but she says:
“Once I stop, it all comes crowding in and I remember the chimps in laboratories. It's terrible. It affects me when I watch the wild chimps. I say to myself, 'Aren’t they lucky? ’ And then I think about small chimps in cages though they have done nothing wrong. Once you have seen that you can never forget She has achieved everything she wanted to do: working with animals in their own environment, gaining a doctor’s degree and showing that women can live in the forest as men can. She inspires those who want to cheer the achievements of women.
Choose the correct answers after reading the passage.
2.What did the group do first in the morning? They______.
A went into the forest slowly
B left the chimp family sleeping in a tree
C observed the family of chimps wake up
D helped people understand the behaviour of the chimps
3.Why did Jane go to Africa to study chimps in the wild? Because she wanted
A to work with them in their own environment
B to prove the way people think about chimps was wrong
C to discover what chimps eat
D to observe a chimp family
4.Jane was permitted to begin her work after _____
A the chimp family woke up B she lived in the forest
C her mother came to support her D she arrived at Gombe
5.The purpose of her study was to _______
A watch the wild chimps in cages
B gain a doctor’s degree
C understand and respect the lives of chimps
D live in the forest as men can
6.In pairs discuss the following questions. Make notes of your ideas and report to your class.
1 Why do you think Jane is called a student of African wildlife?
2 What did Jane have to give up when she went to live in the forest?
3 Do you think it is important to study chimps in the wild rather than in a zoo? Give reasons.
4 Do you think you will go if you are asked to study animals in the wild? Why or why not?
7.Learning about Language
1 Find the word or phrase from the previous pages of this unit for each of these meanings.
1 _______close connection that people have with each other
2 _______home made in a tree usually for a bird
3 _______organization with a special purpose, especially for research or teaching
4 _______ (of thoughts, questions, etc) to fill one’s mind
5 _______the period of time when someone is a child
6 _______giving opinions openly and honestly
7 _______to move away from a place; to leave
8 _______happiness and health of people; money paid by the government
9 _______task that requires a lot of time and effort
8.Fill in this chart with the proper verb or noun form. Pay attention to the connection between them.
|
Verb |
Noun |
|
achieve |
|
|
|
behavior |
|
|
observation |
|
specialize |
|
|
|
advertisement |
|
Verb |
Noun |
|
connect |
|
|
organize |
|
|
|
inspiration |
|
|
argument |
|
permit |
|
Some nouns and verbs remain the same. Here is one example: to shade (someone from something)-, the shade (of a tree). Can you find at least two more in this unit?
9.Replace the words underlined with a word of opposite meaning. Use the words from the text to help you.
1 She saw my friend and ignored him as he danced happily.
She saw my friend and ______ him as he danced happily.
2 He knew what he was doing and it was not worth it.
He knew what he was doing but it was______.
3 It is usual for people to agree about the price of a new car.
It is usual for people to______about the price of a new car.
4 Many people look down upon poor people.
Many people_______________ poor people.
[单选题]Jane Austen wrote all the following novels EXCEPT ( )A.Sense and Sensibilit
[单选题]Jane Austen wrote all the following novels EXCEPT ( )A.Sense and Sensibilit
[单选题]Jane Austen wrote all the following novels EXCEPT ( )A.Sense and Sensibilit
[单选题]Jane Austen wrote all the following novels EXCEPT ( )A.Sense and Sensibilit
[主观题]A.:Hey,Jane,where are you going this weekend?B.:Hi,Bob,l'm going to the beach with some_ f_______ (36) Do you want to come,too?A.: Yeah,that_ s_______ (37) like fun._W_______ (38) beach are you going to?B.:We were thinking about _d _______ (39) to t
[单选题]Jane was asked a lot of questions, but she didn’t answer_____ of them.A.other B.anyC.noneD.some
[主观题]Jane is a student. Her sister is not a student.(连成一句话)Jane is a student________ her sister________ a student.
[单选题]During an onsite company visit, Jane Wang, CFA. accidentally overheard the
[单选题]Jane’s cap is red. But ______is blue.A.herB.himC.hisD.it’s
[单选题]A lorry _____ Jane’s cat and sped away.A.ran overB.ran intoC.ran throughD.r