A college student was put into prison for ten years and six months on Wednesday in Zhengzhou. He caught and sold 12 endangered birds during his summer holiday. 

Yan, born in 1994, is a college student in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan Province. He caught 12 Eurasian hobbies(燕隼) on July 14 last year with a friend Wang. One of the birds died while another flew away. The rest ten were sold on the Internet for more than 1,000 yuan (about 156.3 dollars). They two caught two more Eurasian hobbies on July 27, as well as two other falcons, before they were arrested by police in Huixian. Yan also illegally bought a crested goshawk. Crested goshawks and Eurasian hobbies are both Class-B protected animals in China. 

Yan was fined 5,000 yuan for illegally catching endangered wild animals and another 5,000 yuan for selling such animals, and he was put into prison for ten and a half years. They fined Wang 5,000 yuan and ten years of prison.

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1.Why was Yan put into prison?

A Because he killed a girl.

B Because he sold a baby.

C Because he sold drugs.

D Because he caught and sold endangered birds.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第一段第二句He caught and sold 12 endangered birds during his summer holiday.可知，故选D。

2.What does Yan do?

A He is a policeman.

B He is a college student.

C He is a drug dealer.

D He is a teacher in a college.

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第二段第一句Yan, born in 1994, is a college student in Zhengzhou...可知，故选B。

3.Yan caught the birds to ______ .

A keep

B make money

C study

D eat

解析：选B。推理判断题。根据第二段第四句The rest ten were sold on the Internet for more than 1,000 yuan (about 156.3 dollars).可知，故选B。

4.The underlined word “fined” means _______ in Chinese.

A 好的

B 晴朗的

C 罚款

D 健康的

解析：选C。词义猜测题。根据第二段语境可知fine后接钱币，即Yan被判入狱可推测fine为“罚款”符合句意，故选C。

5.How much was Yan fined in all?

A 1,000 yuan.

B 156.3 dollars.

C 5,000 yuan.

D 10,000 yuan.

解析：选D。数字计算题。根据题干中in all（总计）及第三段第一句可知，故选D。