Final reading test

Part 1 MOUNTAIN GORILLASMountain gorillas live in the mountain rainforests of central Africa. They are big and strong animals. A male gorilla can be two metres tall and weigh 180 kilos. Gorillas can live for 40 years. They look scary but they are calm and gentle. They eat only plants and some insects. Gorillas live in family groups. The head of the family is a silverback, the oldest and the strongest male. He’s called a silverback because the hair on his back is silvery grey. During the day gorillas move around, they eat and rest. Babies and young gorillas play. At night they make a nest to sleep in. Gorillas are in great danger. People kill them for food and their forest home is becoming smaller. Only about 650 mountain gorillas still live in the wild. 1 Read Part 1 very carefully. Choose true or false . Mountain gorillas live in all parts of Africa. True False They often attack people. True False They don’t hunt for food. True False They don’t like living alone. True False A silverback is a large male gorilla with a grey back. True False Gorillas sleep during the day. True False Some people eat gorilla meat. True False 2 Read the questions and complete the answers with the missing numbers from the text from Part 1. 1 How many gorillas still live free in the wild? 650.2 How long can a gorilla live? 40 years.3 How tall can a male gorilla be? 2 metres. Part 2 DIAN FOSSEYDian Fossey was an American woman who studied mountain gorillas. Dian worked in a hospital with autistic children. When she was 31 she borrowed some money and visited Africa. She saw a mountain gorilla for the first time. This changed her life. 3 years later she returned to Africa. She stayed 18 years and studied gorillas in the mountain forests of Rwanda. The local African people called her “the woman who lives alone on the mountain”. She wanted to protect the gorillas. They were in danger. People killed them for food. They took the babies for zoos and killed their mothers and other family members who tried to protect them. To get two babies for a German zoo 20 gorillas were killed! She especially loved one gorilla. His name was Digit. She was very sad when people killed him and cut off his head. Somebody killed her, too. It’s still a mystery who. Today Dian is buried next to Digit. 3 Read Part 2 very carefully. Number the sentences in the order which these things happen in Dian Fossey's life. 5 She lived in a camp in the mountains of Rwanda.6 Some people killed Digit.4 She decided to return to Africa.2 She borrowed some money.7 Somebody killed her.1 Dian worked in a hospital.3 She visited Africa. 4 Sort the sentences. True She was brave. Digit was her favourite gorilla. False Dian was a rich woman. She and Digit are now far away from each other.