Police in the US state of Ohio are going to look into the shooting of a 17-year-old gorilla at Cincinnati Zoo. The killing happened after a four-year-old boy fell onto the ground of the gorilla on Saturday. Video showed the gorilla dragging the boy through shallow water in his cage for up to ten minutes. Some people who were at the zoo said they were worried about the little boy’s safety. Other people said the gorilla was trying to protect the child and that the animal was becoming upset by the noise from the people outside his cage. Zookeepers decided to shoot the gorilla because they were afraid that the animal would kill the child.
Animal rights groups are very angry that the gorilla was shot and killed. They say zookeepers should have used a medicine gun on the animal to put it to sleep. Zookeepers say it would have taken too long for the 200 kg gorilla to be quiet. They say this would have been too dangerous. There is now an online petition(请愿) that 300,000 people have asked to hold the boy's mother and the zoo accountable(负责任的) for the gorilla's death. Many people say the mother should have looked after her son better to stop him from falling into the gorilla's area. The mother said no parent in the world can watch their children every second.
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1.The underlined phrase “look into” means _______ in Chinese.
A 朝里看
B 注视
C 调查
D 照看
解析：选C。词义猜测题。根据语境可知警方是介入了该事件的“调查”，故选C。
2.What made the gorilla upset?
A The boy.
B The zookeepers.
C A medicine gun.
D The noise from the people outside his cage.
解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第一段倒数第二句that the animal was becoming upset by the noise from the people outside his cage.可知，故选D。
3.The zookeepers thought a medicine gun would _______.
A kill the gorilla
B make the gorilla angry
C make the child sleep
D take too much time to make the gorilla quiet
解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第二段第三句Zookeepers say it would have taken too long for the 200 kg gorilla to be quiet.可知，故选D。
4.How many people are now making a petition online?
A 200.
B 2,000.
C 30,000.
D 300,000.
解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第二段第五句There is now an online petition that 300,000 people have asked to hold the boy's mother and the zoo accountable for the gorilla's death.可知，故选D。
5.What’s the right order?
①A gorilla was shot and killed.
②A child fell into the cage of a gorilla.
③A child went to a zoo with his mother.
④People make online petition for the gorilla.
A ③②①④
B ①④②③
C ②④③①
D ④①③②
解析：选A。逻辑顺序题。按照实际先后顺序应为：母亲带孩子去动物园游玩——孩子调入猩猩笼子——猩猩被射杀——民众在网上请愿要求惩罚该事件的责任人，故选A。
