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Children are playing on the grass. 1. ____ Are some families having a picnic in the park? No, it's a group of mountain gorillas (山地大猩猩) in a forest in Africa.
2. ____ The mountain gorilla is the biggest kind of gorilla. They have black faces and long, black and hairy coats. Their long, hairy coats keep them warm in winter.
Mountain gorillas eat plants and they eat most of the day. 3. ____ When it is very hot, the mountain gorillas sleep a little. They get up and eat till it gets dark. Some mountain gorillas eat 18 kilograms of plants a day. At the end of the day, the mountain gorillas build nests (窝) to sleep in. 4. ____
The forests are the mountain gorillas' home and food, but people are cutting down the forests. Many mountain gorillas die when people cut down the forests. 5. ____ Many years ago, there were about 15,000 mountain gorillas.
If we want to protect the mountain gorillas, we must protect the forests.
根据材料内容将方框中 A ~ E 五个句子填入文中空缺处,使短文内容完整。
A.Mountain gorillas live in groups in the forest.
B.They sleep on the grass or in the trees.
C.There are more than 1,000 mountain gorillas in the world today.
D.Their mothers and fathers are eating food and watching them.
E.They get up early in the morning and start eating.

答案： 1. D 2. A 3. E 4. B 5. C