A Swedish Professor at Natural History came out to the farm to ask me for help. He had come to Africa to find out at what stage of the embryo( 胎) state the foot of the monkeys begins to differ from the human foot. For this purpose he meant to go and shoot Colobus monkeys on Mount Elgon.
一个瑞典自然历史教授来到农场向我求助。他来非洲是为了找出猴子的胚胎在哪个阶段开始与人类脚不同。为此，他打算去埃尔冈山上射杀长尾猴。

“You will never find out from the Colobus monkeys,”I said to him,”they live in the tops ofthe trees and are shy and difficult to shoot. It would be the greatest luck should you get the embryo you want.”
“你在长尾猴身上永远也找不到答案，”我对他说，“它们生活在树顶上，胆小难以射中。要是你能得到你想要的胚胎，那就是最大的幸运。”

The Professor was hopeful. He was going to stay out till he had got his foot, he said, even if it was before years. He had applied to the Game Department for permission to shoot the monkeys he wanted. The permission he was, in view of the high scientific object of his research, certain to get, but so far, he had had no reply.
教授对此充满希望。他说，他要待在外面直到得到他想要的脚，即使要花几年时间。他已向野生动物部门申请射杀所需的长尾猴的许可。考虑到他研究的高度科学目的，他很有把握能得到许可，但迄今为止，他还未收到回复。

“How many monkeys have you asked to be allowed to shoot?”I asked him.
“你向他们申请了多少只猴子的射杀许可？”我问他。

He told me that he had, to begin with, asked for permission to shoot fifteen hundred monkeys.
他告诉我，一开始他申请了射杀一千五百只猴子的许可。

Now I knew the people at the Game Department, and I assisted him to send in a second letter asking for a reply by return of post, since the Professor was keen to get off on his research. The answer from the Game Department did, for once, come by return of post. The Game Department, they wrote. were pleased to inform Professor Land-green that, in view of the scientific object of his research. they had seen their way to make an exception from the rules, and to raise the number of monkeys on his license from four to six.
我认识野生动物部门的人，我帮助他发出第二封信，要求邮寄后即刻得到回复，因为教授渴望展开他的研究。这次来自野生动物部门的回复居然火速寄回。他们写道，野生动物部门很高兴通知兰德格林教授，鉴于他研究的科学目的，他们决定例外地将他的猎捕长尾猴数量从四只提高到六只。

I had to read the letter over twice to the Professor. When the contents at last were clear to him, he became so deadly shocked and hurt, that he did not say a single word. To my expressions of sympathy he mad no reply, but walked out of the house, got into his car an drove away sadly.
我不得不两次给教授读这封信。当内容最终被他理解时，他感到如此震惊和受伤，以至于一句话也没说。对于我的同情表达，他没有回应，只是悲伤地走出房屋，上了车，驱车而去。

1. By“it would be the greatest luck should you get the embryo you want”, the author implies that _.
   A. it was no easy job to get Colobus monkeys
   B. there were very few Colobus monkeys in Africa
   C. he wished the Professor good luck in doing the research
   D. the Professor was sure to obtain the embryo despite the difficulties
   答案：A

2. What can be learned about the Game Department from the passage?
   A. It funded the Professor’s scientific research.
   B. It allowed the Professor to shoot only six monkeys
   C. It was set up to help researchers to find wild animals
   D. It made rules about where to shoot Colobus monkeys
   答案：B

3. Why did the Professor say nothing after the author read the letter to him?
   A. The Professor found his research was meaningless.
   B. The Professor realized his cruelty in shooting monkeys.
   C. The Professor couldn’t carry out his research as expected
   D. The Professor felt sorry for bringing trouble to the author
   答案：C

4. Which of the following is covered in the passage?
   A. The scarcity of Colobus monkeys. B. The change of the Professor’s mood
   C. The origin of the Game Department. D. The significance of animal protection.
   答案：B