【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 of reporters and fans. Then came the greatest moment to Lang: While the US team was playing in a packed gym at least 8,000 Chinese fans unfurled（ 展開） an American flag. “That really says it all,”Davis said.“They look at her as an icon（ 偶像 ） .I39。m sure it39。s hard for them to see her coaching another country,but they love her so dearly that her success is their success.” The loyalty of the Chinese fans was tested on Friday,when China lost a match to the US. : “It39。s a pity that China lost the match,but I39。m still glad that Lang Ping39。s team won,since she is the pride of China39。s volleyball,”said Liu Chengli,a spectator.We also cheered for Lang39。s victory. Lang said she just tried to stay professional when the two teams met.“It doesn39。t matter if we play China or any other 39。s the same,”Lang said. Davis said she and her teammates could not have imagined the passion for volleyball among Chinese because the sport was lack of popularity in the reception from Chinese fans has touched the US players,said US volleyball player Lindsey Berg. “It39。s such an honor to be here and play for our coach here in China,”she said.“The amount of support that the Chinese give to her and us has been whole event has been unbelievable.” Ping avoided meeting the reporters and fans probably because she . afraid to be questioned about her strategy 39。t want to be paid much attention to 39。t want to disturb public order to be with her fans does Lang Ping mean by saying It doesn39。t matter if we play China or any other team.? just tried to stay professional. results of each match will be the same. Volleyball Team will beat any team. Volleyball Team is the same as other teams. impressed the US team players most? Ping39。s coaching skills. tolerance of Chinese people. popularity of volleyball in China. loyalty for volleyball of the Chinese. C The African elephant,the largest land animal remaining on earth,is of great importance to African ecosystem（生態(tài)系統(tǒng)） .Unlike other animals,the African elephant is to a great extent the builder of its a big planteater,it largely shapes the forestandsavanna（ 稀樹草原 ）surroundings in which it lives,therefore setting the terms of existence for millions of other animals that live in its habitat. It is the elephant39。s great desire for food that make it a disturber of the environment and an important builder of its its continuous search for the 300 pounds of plants it must have every day,it kills small trees and underbushes,and pulls branches off big results in numerous open spaces in both deep tropical forests and in the woodlands that cover part of the African these open spaces are numerous plan is in various stages of growth that attract a variety of other planteaters. Take the rainforests for their natural state,the spreading branches overhead shut out sunlight and prevent the growth of plants on the forest pulling down trees and eating plants,elephants make open spaces,allowing new plants to grow on the forest such situations,the forests bee suitable for large hoofed planteaters to move around and for small planteaters to get their food as well. What worries scientists now is that the African elephant has bee an endangered the elephant disappears,scientists say,many other animals will also disappear from vast areas of forest and savanna,greatly changing and worsening the whole ecosystem. is the passage mainly about? of African elephants. eating habit of African elephants. effect of African elephants39。 search for food. and savannas as habitat’s for African elephants. does the underlined phrase setting the terms most probably mean? the time. the state. the quality. the conditions. do we know about the open spaces in the passage? are home to many endangered animals. result from the destruction of rainforests. provide food mainly for African elephants. are attractive to planteating animals of different kinds. passage is developed mainly by . the effect and then explaining the causes out similarities and differences the changes in space order examples D The writings of Shakespeare are today little read by young people in Britain. His young readership is limited to those who choose to study literature at university. Shakespeare39。s work,together with most other classics,is seen as remote,and written in a 400yea