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BOOK4Unit1 单元检测 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。 A Dr Dian Fossey ， one of the worlds leading women scientists ， had a remarkable career ． The work she devoted her life to protecting and studying the mountain gorillas （大猩猩） of Africa --- has proved highly effective and has resulted in the steady （平稳的） increase of this most endangered great apes ． Fossey made her first trip to Africa in 1963 ． Three years later ， she returned to Africa to begin a long-term study of the mountain gorillas ． She set up camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo but moved to Rwanda because of political reasons in 1967 ． She established her Karisoke Research Centre camp on September 24 ， 1967 ． Fosseys aims were to study gorilla ecology （生态学） and social organization ． She found that in order to achieve this ， she needed to recognize individual gorillas ， which required that the gorillas get used to her presence （出 现）． By copying gorillas behaviour and sounds ， Fossey began to gain their trust ， and in 1970 an adult male gorilla she had named Peanuts reached out to touch her hand ． Close observations over thousands of hours enabled Fossey to gain the gorillas trust and bring forth new knowledge about their behaviour ． Stories and photographs of her work were published in National Geographic Magazine and elsewhere ． In 1977 ， one of Fosseys favorite gorillas ， Digit ， was killed by poachers and she established the Digit Fund lo he p raise money for gorilla protection efforts in the same year ． On December 26 ， 1985 ， Fossey was murdered while going back to her house in Karisoke ． Her body was discovered near the research centre ． Most probably ， Dian Fossey had been killed by the poachers shed fought against ． On her tombstone （墓碑） No one loved gorillas more In 1988 ， the life and the work of Fossey were made into a movie based on her story ． （1 ） Why does the author say that Dr Dian Fossey had a remarkable career ？ ___ A ． Because she travelled all over the world ．