Unit 2 Heroes（B）
Ⅰ.阅读理解
At 26,Jane Goodall had no college education or science training.But since childhood,she had been dreaming of working closely with animals in Africa.“All through my childhood people said you can’t go to Africa.You’re a girl.” Goodall said.“But my mother used to say,if you really want to,there’s nothing you can’t do.”
In 1957,the 26-year-old Goodall went to Kenya to work as a secretary.She also arranged to meet the famous scientist Louis Leakey,who was so impressed by her enthusiasm that he hired her as his assistant.She went with him on many trips to the African jungle and in 1960 Leakey sent Goodall to live among chimpanzees in a remote animal preserve,recording the animals’ behavior and interactions.
For three months Goodall m ade little progress.But she said,“I never came close to giving up.” Her breakthrough came one day when she saw a male chimpanzee stick a piece of grass into a termite (白蚁) hill,then put the grass in his mouth.Afterward she came to the hill and did the same.Pulling the grass out,she discovered dozens of termites on it.The discovery—that some animals use tools—was unknown to most scientists at the time.
Goodall saw chimpanzees exhibit human-like emotions,such as jealousy and love.But she also discovered they were capable of violent attacks against each other.
Goodall received her PhD in the study of animal behavior at England’s Cambridge University.Now she travels around the globe raising money to preserve wildlife.“I love being in the forest with the chimpanz ees,” she said.“I’d much rather be there than traveling around from city to city.”
1.What was Goodall’s childhood dream?
A.She dreamed of going to college.
B.She dreamed of studying animals in Africa.
C.She dreamed of becoming a famous scientist.
D.She dreamed of traveling all around the world.
2.What did Goodall’s mother think of her dream?
A.As a girl she should not go to the African jungle.
B.Her dream would remain a dream unless she got the right training.
C.As a girl she should stay away from violent animals.
D.She could make her dream come true if she was determined.
3.Goodall’s most important discovery is that .
A.some animals use tools
B.chimpanzees have emotions
C.chimpanzees could attack each other violently
D.termites are chimpanzees’ favorit e food
4.What is Goodall doing now?
A.Studying animal behavior at Cambridge University.
B.Raising funds for the preservation of wildlife.
C.Observing chimpanzees in African jungles.
D.Working hard for a PhD degree.
〚导学号07020008〛Ⅱ.完形填空
(2017·北京卷)
Hannah Taylor is a schoolgirl from Manitoba,Canada.One day,when she was five years old,she was walking with her mother in downtown Winnipeg.They saw a man 1
out of a garbage can.She asked her mother why he did that,and her mother said that the man was homeless and hungry.Hannah was very 2 .She couldn’t understand why some people had to live their lives without shelter or enough food.Hannah started to think about how she could 3 ,but,of course,there is not a lot one five-year-old can do to solve(解决)the problem of homelessness.
Later,when Hannah attended school,she saw another homeless person.It was a woman, 4 an old shopping trolley(购物车)which was piled with 5 .It seemed that everything the woman owned was in them.This made Hannah very sad,and even more 6
to do something.She had been talking to her mother about the lives of homeless people 7 they first saw the homeless man.Her mother told her that if she did something to change the problem that made her sad,she wouldn’t 8 as bad.
Hannah began to speak out about the homelessness in Manitoba and then in other provinces.She hoped to 9 her message of hope and awareness.She started the Ladybug Foundation,an organization aiming at getting rid of homelessness.She began to
10 “Big Bosses” lunches,where she would try to persuade local business leaders to
11 to the cause.She also organized a fundraising(募捐)drive in “Ladybug Jars” to collect everyone’s spare change during “Make Change” month.More recently,the foundation began another 12 called National Red Scarf Day—a day when people donate $20 and wear red scarves in support of Canada’s 13 and homeless.
There is an emergency shelter in Winnipeg called“Hannah’s Place”,something
that Hannah is very 14 of.Hannah’s Place is divided into several areas,providi ng shelter for people when it is so cold that 15 outdoors can mean death.In the more than five years since Hannah began her activities,she has received a lot of
16 .For example,she received the 2007 BRICK Award recognizing the 17 of young
