MANY SPECIES OF ANIMALS, BIRDS AND EVEN INSECTS ARE IN ________ OF DISAPPEARING FROM THE EARTH

35. Many species of animals, birds and even insects are in ________ of disappearing from the earth.

A. endanger B. danger C. dangerous D. endangered

III. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate

the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 40 .

Gorillas are peaceful, gentle, sociable, and mainly plant-eating creatures. They live in family

groups. A typical group is led by the biggest and strongest grown-up male gorilla. A silverback's group

usually includes one or two sub-adult males and a few females and their young. Their food includes a

variety of plants along with a few kinds of insects and worms. At night the animals make a nest to sleep

in. Many lightweight gorillas nest in trees. The heavier ones may nest in grasses on the ground. Babies

sleep with their mothers at night.

Life for mountain gorillas is not always peaceful. They are endangered and threatened by civil wars in the

smaller parts of Africa. Hunters kill them for food. Their forests are cut down for farmland, fuel, and

housing. But many scientists, forest rangers and other concerned people are working hard to protect

mountain gorillas and their habitats.