B

The seven-day National Holiday was fun for many Chinese, but not for the animals in Xiangjiang Zoo in Guangzhou. Some of the animals were nervous, because too many people crowded(拥挤) into the zoo nearly every day during the holiday, according to (根据) the workers at the zoo.

Visitors took a lot of photos, hit the cages, shouted at the animals and made noise the whole day. Others gave the animals some food that they should not eat.

Many animals were scared (害怕) and didn't come out. Koalas were in the grass. A panda sat in a corner. A monkey was angry at a child and wanted to get out of the cage and nearly broke its arm. A little giraffe was ill after eating the food given by a young man.

"We hope the visitors, while enjoying the time in the zoo, think about the animals and their health," a worker from the zoo said.

"Hitting cages will scare baby animals. It can make them change color, and even die." Experts(专家)said. "Monkeys and bears can hurt their stomachs (胃) after eating too much food given by visitors. Some animals,  such as zebras will die if they eat the plastic (塑料) bags. "

The same problem happened at Beijing Zoo, yet most visitors stopped when workers in the zoo asked them to.

(    ) 4. The workers at the zoo hope _______.

A. there won't be so many people coming to the zoo

B. the visitors don't make animals angry

C. the visitors also think about animals' health

D. the experts give some advice(建议)to the visitors.

(    ) 5. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. A monkey was ill after eating the food given by a young girl.

B. If a giraffe eats plastic bags, it will die.

C. A panda slept all the time because it wouldn't like to come out.

D. The same thing happened at the Beijing Zoo, but it was not as bad as that in Xiangjiang Zoo.

(    ) 6. From the passage, we know the writer_______.

A. was worried about the animals in the zoo

B. hated all the visitors very much

C. wanted to take the animals out of the zoo

D. asked the experts to stop the visitors

(    ) 7. The writer tells us not to_______ if we go to visit the zoo.

A. hit the cages of the animals     B. give food to the animals

C. shout at the animals loudly      D. do all of the above

C

I heard the bees long before I saw them.

It was a very hot afternoon, and we decided to cool off in the river near my home. As we climbed down a small hill toward the water, my boyfriend John started to shout, then jumped into the water. Peter and Mary quickly followed but I was too far away to jump. I was trapped.

I heard a low hum (嗡嗡声), the group of bees looked like a heavy smoke. As it got closer, I realized (意识到) it was actually a lot of bees flying towards me.

All I could do was to cover my face with my hands. Crazily, I thought that if I sat still (不动) , the bees would think I was just another rock.

After a few seconds, I knew my plan didn't work. The bees attacked (袭击) me. I could hear my friends shouting at me to get down to the pool fast.

But it wasn't so easy. The only way I could get away was  to use my hands to climb down the rocks. However, I was afraid to do that at first because my face would be unprotected(不受保护). The noise of bees made me worried, but I could do nothing.

I rushed down the rocks and jumped into the pool, but I didn't remember doing it. I was just so happy to be free from the pain.

But we still weren't out of danger. Every time we tried to climb out of the pool, the bees flew back over our heads. We spent the next three hours in the water, putting our heads under the water from time to time to avoid (避免)the bees till they finally lost interest.

(    ) 8. The underlined word "it" refers to (指) "_______".

A. a rock      B. the group of bees   C. a hill      D. the river