Question

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

When I was little, I’d see tons of bats flying around streetlights at night in my neighborhood in upstate New York. But I’ll never forget the first time when I saw a bat up close. By the time I turned 7, though, I noticed something strange: All the bats in my neighborhood had disappeared, and I wondered why.

Then, three years ago, when I was 11 and visiting the state fair, I learned what had happened to my town’s bats. A disease called “white nose syndrome” had killed 93 percent of New York State’s bats. I was horrified. Then I wrote a letter to the host of an environmental program on the local radio station, asking if they could do a show on bats. They did!

But I still wanted to find a way to educate people face to face. I reached out to a teacher I had in elementary school and asked if I could make a presentation to her class. I described how bats help farmers by eating crop-damaging insects. It went over so well that other teachers started requesting me. Over the past three years, I’ve talked in front of everyone from 5-year-olds to senior citizens! Many people think that bats are blind, and that they always carry diseases, but none of that is true. The more I present, the more I notice that I am changing minds.

And while getting people to respect bats is pretty hard, getting them to respect me has been difficult too. When I first applied to host a booth (摊位) at a local street fair, the managers thought I was too young. But I refused to take “no” for an answer. I continued to make my case, and they finally said yes! The best part is, I impressed them so much— 100 visitors on my first day — that they now invite me back every year.

1.All the bats in the neighborhood disappeared because they .

A. were killed by a disease

B. moved to another habitat

C. were hunted by other animals

D. hid in a place where people couldn’t find them

2.The author wrote a letter to the host in order to ask them to .

A. donate some money to save bats

B. make a radio program about bats

C. announce new findings about bats

D. finish some questionnaires about the fair

3.How did the author save bats?

A. By building a new home for them.

B. By volunteering to work in the wild.

C. By improving their living environment.

D. By educating people that they are beneficial.

4.What does the underlined phrase “make my case.” in the last paragraph mean?

A. make an impressive persuasion.

B. look into the matter.

C. quarrel with them

D. stick to the facts.

Answer 1