B

Dereck Joubert and his wife, Beverly, have made many films about wild animals in Africa. Their films and photographs are very popular and one of the photographs has been on the front cover of a National Geographic magazine.

A working day foe Dereck and Beverly starts very early-at 4:30 in the morning! That's when they get up and start filming. And it's a long day-they often work until 8:30 in the evening. In the winter it's very cold and in the summer it can be 40℃. Dereck always does the filming-Beverly never does that, and she doesn't write. But Dereck never takes photographs or records the sound. They work very well as a team, and they both believe we should shoot animals with cameras-not with guns!

When they have finished filming and taking photographs for the day, they have dinner and Dereck usually writes while Beverly looks at her photographs. At night, they usually sleep in a small tent, but they sometimes sleep in the Land Cruiser-when you're very close to wild animals, it's sometimes safer to sleep in the car.

Dereck and Beverly have also traveled around the world and given talks about their work. Dereck says that animals are not just something to look at-they play an important role. Beverly thinks the wild animals can teach us a lot about ourselves.

1. Dereck and Beverly start working ______.

A. at 4:30 in the morning       B. at 4:30 in the afternoon

C. at 8:30 in the morning       D. at 8:30 in the evening

答案:A

【解析】分析选项可发现本题考查对于时间细节的提取把握,抓住这一关键特征到文章中寻找对应信息。不难定位至文章第二段,选出答案A。

2. Dereck and Beverly usually sleep ______ at night.

A. in a car      B. in a tent      C. in a house      D. in a hotel

答案:A

【解析】根据设空处前后关键词sleep, at night并结合文章逻辑结构,不难将答案定位至文章倒数第二段,由文章倒数第二段最后一句话不难选出答案A。

3. Beverly thinks the wild animals ______.

A. are something to look at        B. are very popular

C. play an unimportant role        D. can teach us a lot

答案:D

【解析】根据题干关键词Beverly, think, wild animal定位至文章最后一段最后一句话,由此句话不难找到Beverly对于野生动物的观点,即能教会我们很多(wild animals can teach us a lot about ourselves.)选项D正确。