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1、2023年中考英語時事熱點閱讀專練 熱點02認識大象及其生活習性 一、閱讀理解1 Doyouknowelephants?Theyarebiganimalsintheworld.Anelephanthasgotalongandbignose.Itiscalledatrunk.Theelephantcanuseitstrunktodomanythings.Itstrunkislikeahand.Withitstrunk,anelephantcanpickupa270kgtree.Elephantsalsohavebigearsandteeth.Someelephantscanworkforp

2、eople.InIndia,elephantslivewithpeopleandtheyhelppeoplecarryheavythings.Peoplearekindtothem. Elephantshavefeelings(感f青)likepeople.Ifanelephantdies,itsfamilymemberswillfeelsad.Somepeoplegointotheelephants'house.Iftheelephantsdon'tlikethem,theymayhatethemandtheywilldrivethemoutoftheirhouse. 1. Whatdo

3、estheunderlinedword"trunk"meaninthepassage? A.樹干B.象鼻C.牙齒D.大象Accordingtothepassage,wecanknowthatelephantshavebig. A.earsandeyesB.earsandteethC.eyesandteethD.eyesandnosesWhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage? A.Anelephantcanpickupa2,700kgtree.B.Elephantsneverworkforpeople. C.Therearen'tan

4、yelephantsinChina.D.SomeelephantslivewithpeopleinIndia. 2. Yougointotheelephants1house.Iftheelephantsdon'tlikeyou,theymay. A.welcomeyoutotheirhouseB.feelhappytoseeyouC.playwithyouD.driveyououtoftheirhouse 2 WearestudentsfromThailand,andwewanttosavetheelephants.TheelephantisoneofThailand'ssymbols

5、.Ourfirstflaghadawhiteelephantonit.Thisisasymbolofgoodluck.Elephantsaresmartanimals.Theycanplaysoccerormusic.Theycanalsodrawverywell. Peoplesaythat“anelephantneverforgets."Elephantscanwalkforalongtimeandnevergetlost.Theycanalsorememberplaceswithfoodandwater.Thishelpsthemtolive.Butelephantsareingrea

6、tdanger.Peoplecutdownmanytreessoelephantsarelosingtheirhomes.Peoplealsokillelephantsfortheirivory.Todaythereareonlyabout3,000elephants(overonehundredthousandin1987).Wemustsavethetreesandnotbuythingsmadeofhave15ears. Elephantshavetoeat16becausetheyaresobig.Oneelephantcaneatbetween10017,000pounds18gr

7、assinaday!Theycanlivefor60—70years.Therearenobonesinthebackof19feetonlyfat.Elephantswalkontiptoe.Theycanmovequietlyandwalkinthemud20 Elephantsgrowtusks.Thetusksarelargeteeththatstickoutof21mouths.Sometimes,hunterskillelephants22thetusks.Peopleusethetuskstomakebeautifulthingsandpianokeys. 13.A.theb

8、igger B.thebiggest C?bigger D.biggest 14.A.Africa B.African C.India D.Indian 15.A.muchlarger B.thelargest C.largest D.large 16.A.alotof B.many C.alot D.lotsof 17.A.to B.or C.about D.and 18.A.of B.about C.on D.to 19.A.elephants9 B.elephants C.elephants D.elephant 20.A.hard

9、 B.hardly C.easily D.easy 21.A.our B.their C.its D.his 22.A.get B.getto C.toget D.getting 【答案】13.B14.D 15.A16.C 17.D18.A19.A 20.C21.B22.C 【解析】根據(jù)句意，大象是陸地上最大的動物，故選B 13. 由后文的AfricanelephantsarelargerthanIndianelephants得矢口由文中句意可知，非洲大象的耳朵比印度大象的大，故用比較級 14. 由文中句意可知，大象吃的非常多，用來修飾eat的只能用al

10、ot,其他排除between...and...在兩者之間 18.of有屆與之意，只能吃到一百到一千千克的草用of大象不只一只，用復數(shù)形式，名詞所有格以s結尾，只加，不加s 19. easily安然的、悠然的他們散步很悠然他們的牙齒在他們的嘴里，應用their他們的 20. 動詞不定式作的狀語，由文中句意可知，獵人殺大象主要是為了大象的象牙 Doyouwanttobeavolunteer?23thispastwintervacation,IattendedanSSPvolunteertriptoHuaXin,Thailand（泰國華欣）.Itwasabeautifulseasidetow

11、n.Attheelephantbase,myfellowvolunteersandIsawmanyoldandsickAsianelephants.Ourtaskwas24them. 25wearrivedatthebase,wehadlearnedwhatAsianelephantseat—fruits,stickyrice（糯米），theskinofcorn（玉米）andthebark（樹皮）ofbananatrees.Afterwehadpreparedthesespecialfoodsfortheelephants,wetriedtofeedthem.Westoodstill（站著不

12、動）outsidetheelephantcage.Theelephantscameovertogetfoodusingtheirtrunks（象鼻）.26,Ifeltverynervous.Wouldtheelephantshurtme?Butitturnedoutthattheelephantswereverydocile（溫順的）.Theytookfoodfrommyhandgently（溫柔地）.Howlovelytheywere!Oneoftheelephantstookfoodonlyfromme.Iguessitprobablylikedme27thanothers. After

13、lunch,itwas28fortheelephantstotakeabath.Threevolunteersneededtowork29tobatheanelephant.Onestoodinthemiddletoholdthehose（水龍帶），andtheothertwobrushedthetwosidesoftheanimal.It30thattheelephantsenjoyedtheirbathsverymuch. Wealsohelpedtocleanthe31livingareas.Throughthisvolunteertrip,IfoundthatAsianelephan

14、tswereverylovely.Ihope32ofuscanhelptoprotectthemandlearntoliveinharmonywithnature. 23.A.In B.During C.At D.On 24.A.takescare B.takescareof C.totakecareof D.tookcareof 25.A.When B.After C.As D.Before 26.A.Atfirst B.Atlast C.Atleast D.Atmost 27.A.much B.more C.many D.alot 28.A.cha

15、nge B.year C.time D.turn 29.A.up B.together C.with D.alone 30.A.looked B.liked C.sounds D.seemed 31.A.elephant's B.elephants C.elephants, D.elephants's 32.A.all B.both C.neither D.none 【答案】23.B 24.C25.D26.A 27.B28.C29.B30.D 31.C32.A 【解析】文章講述了作者去泰國華欣做志愿者的故事。在大象基地，作者給大象喂食物，清洗大象

16、和大象住的地方。作者呼吁人們保護大象，學會和大自然相處。 21. 句意：在上個寒假期間，我參加了去泰國華欣SSP志愿者旅行。 考查介詞。in在，通常用于年、月、季節(jié)等；during在期間；at在，通常用于某一點鐘；on在，通常用于具體的某一天或上下午晚上有修飾詞時；根據(jù)thispastwintervacation上個寒假，可知是“在寒假期間”;故選B。 22. 句意：我們的任務是照顧它們。 考查非謂語動詞。根據(jù)句子結構，可知這里是動詞作表語，所以用不定式結構；故選C。 23. 句意：在我們到達基地之前，我們學習了大象吃什么。 考查介詞辨析。when當時候；after在之后；as當時

17、候；before在之前；根據(jù)wehadlearnedwhatAsianelephantseat我們學習了大象吃什么，因為是去照顧大象，所以應該是去之前學習；故選D。 24. 句意：開始的時候我感覺非常緊張。 考查介詞短語。atfirst開始；atlast最后；atleast至少；atmost最多；根據(jù)Wouldtheelephantshurtme?Butitturnedoutthattheelephantswereverydocile（溫順的）.大象會傷害我嗎？但是大象很溫順，可知是“開始的時候緊張”；故選A。 25. 句意：我猜它也許更喜歡我。 考查副詞比較級。much許多；more

18、更多；many許多；alot很,非常；根據(jù)than可知用比較級,likemore更喜歡；故選B。 26. 句意：午飯后到了大象洗澡的時間了。 考查名詞辨析。change變化；year年；time時間;turn轉(zhuǎn)動;根據(jù)句意和ifstimeforsb.todosth.^lj了某人做某事的時間了；故選C。 27. 句意：三個志愿者需要一起工作來洗一頭大象。 考查副詞。叩向上；together一起（副詞）；with和一起（介詞）；alone獨自；根據(jù)Onestoodinthemiddletoholdthehose（水龍帶）,andtheothertwobrushedthetwosidesof

19、theanimal.一個人站在中間拿著水龍頭，其他兩個人刷大象的兩邊，可知是三個志愿者一起工作，這里用副詞修飾動詞work；故選B。 28. 句意：好像大象非常享受它們的洗浴。 考查動詞辨析olooked看；liked喜歡；sounds聽起來；seemed好像；根據(jù)句意和itseemsthat好像；故選Do 29. 句意：我們也幫著清洗大象住的地方。 考查名詞復數(shù)和所有格。elephanfs大象的（單數(shù)）;elephants大象；elephants9大象的（復數(shù)）;elephants9s錯誤表達；根據(jù)areas可知用復數(shù)形式，根據(jù)句子結構，可知用名詞所有格修飾；故選C。 30. 句意

20、：我希望我們所有的人能幫著保護它們學會和大自然和平相處。 考查不定代詞。all所有的（三者或三者以上）；both兩個都；neither兩個都不；none沒有一個（三者或三者以上）；根據(jù)句意可知用allofus；故選A。 三、短文填空 TheelephantisthelargestanimaltowalkonE33..Anelephantcancarryaloadof1,200pounds（磅）.Theyeat300poundsoffoodaday.Anelephantbabycanweigh200poundsatb34..Elephantscanliveupto70years. Ele

21、phantscanbetrainedtocarrylogsw35.theirtrunks（象鼻），andhavebeenusedtoworkforpeopleinAsiaformanyyears.Elephantsusetheirearsasacoolingsystem.Bloodflowst36.veins（靜月永）intheearsandastheelephantflaps（拍擊）hisears,thebloodcoolsandflowsthroughhisbodytoc37.offotherparts. Therearetwok38.ofelephants:theAfricanelep

22、hantandthe139.elephant.Africanelephantscanbeidentified（識別）bythelargerears.TheAfricanelephantisalittletallerthantheIndianelephantandweighsasm40.as12,000pounds.TheIndianonegrowsupto9feett41?，andweighsupto8,000pounds.It'seasytoidentifybecauseofitss42?ears.Mostcircus（馬戲團）elephantsareIndianelephants.Anot

23、hernamefortheIndianelephantistheAsianelephant. 【答案】Earth 31. birthwith 32. throughcool 33. kindsIndian 34. muchtall 35. smaller 【解析】本文介紹的是大象。大象是地球上最大的動物。大象能載1200磅的重量。它們一天吃300磅的食物。象的嬰兒出生時能重200磅。大象可以活70年。大象用耳朵作為冷卻系統(tǒng)。血液流經(jīng)身體冷卻降溫其他部分。大象有兩種：非洲象和印度象。非洲大象可以通過大耳朵來識別。非洲象長到10英尺高，重達12000磅。印度象長到9英尺高，重達800

24、0磅。因為它的耳朵小，所以很容易辨認。印度象的另一個名字是亞洲象。 33. 句意：大象是地球上最大的行走動物。由語境和首字母提示可知，用eartho這里是專有名詞，因此大寫。onEarth在地球上。故填：Eartho句意：象的嬰兒出生時能重200磅。由語境和首字母提示可知，用birthoatbirth指出生。故答案為birth。 34. 句意：大象可以訓練成用鼻子搬木頭，而且在亞洲已經(jīng)為人們工作很多年了。由語境和首字母提示可知,用withowiththeirtrunks用它們的鼻子。故填：with。 35. 句意：血液流過耳朵的靜脈，當大象拍打耳朵時，血液冷卻并流過它的身體以冷卻其他部位

25、。由語境和首字母提示可知，用througho血液在靜脈里流動用介詞througho故答案為through。 36. 句意：血液流過耳朵的靜脈，當大象拍打耳朵時，血液冷卻并流過他的身體以冷卻其他部位。由語境和首字母提示可知，用coolo由句子Elephantsusetheirearsasacoolingsystem.可知，大象用耳朵作為冷卻系統(tǒng)。因此當血液流過耳朵的靜脈，血液冷卻并流過他的身體以冷卻其他部位。用cool“使……冷卻”的意思。故填：coolo句意：有兩種大象：非洲象和印度象。由句子theAfricanelephantandtheIelephant.可知，這句話是 說明了大象的種

26、類，結合首字母提示可知，用kindo詞匯two,說明kind用復數(shù)。故答案為kinds。 37. 句意：有兩種大象：非洲象和印度象。結合首字母提示可知，用Indiano由句子theAfricanelephantandtheIelephant.可知，這里列舉了兩種大象。一種是非洲象。另一種是印度象。故填：Indiano 38. 句意：非洲象比印度象高一點，重12000磅。結合語境和首字母提示可知,用muchoasmuchas“和一樣多”的意思。asas中間用形容詞或副詞的原級。故答案為much。 39. 句意：印度象長到9英尺高時，重達8000磅。結合語境和首字母提示可知，用talkgro

27、wsupto9feettall指長到9英尺高。因此答案為：talL句意：因為耳朵小，所以很容易辨認。結合語境和首字母提示可知，用small。結合句子Africanelephantscanbeidentified（識別）bythelargerears.非洲象可以通過大耳朵識別。那么本句話就是說印度象的耳朵較小。故填：smallero ivory. RememberthatMarch13thisTaiElephantDay. 3. Whatisasymbolofgoodluck? A.Thailand. B. Theelephant. C. Thewhiteelephant. D.T

28、heflagofThailand 4. Whathelpstheelephanttolive? A.Playingsoccer. B. Drawingpictures. D.Goodmemory. C. Foodandwater. 5. Whydopeoplekillelephants? A. Fortrees. B. Forivory. C. Forhomes. D. Forfood. 6. Howmanyelephantshavediedinthepastthirtyyears? A.About3000. B.About7,000. C.Abou

29、t97,000. D.About100,000. 7. Whatcanwedotoprotecttheelephants? A. RememberTaiElephantDay. B. Givethemfoodandwater. C. Stayawayfromtheelephants. D. Stopbuyingthingsmadeofivory. TheElephantHerd TheElephantislovelyanditisverybig.Ithastwobigearsandalongnose.Ithasfourstronglegsanditc

30、anhelppeopledomanythings,suchaswateringtheflowerswithitsnoseandcarryingheavythingsandsoon. Theelephantisanotheranimalthatlivesingroups.Anelephantherd（群）usuallyhasfromtwentytofortymembers.Theelephantsintheherdusuallydependononeanotherforhelpwhentheyareintrouble. Theleaderofthegroupisusuallyawiseand

31、strongfemale（雌f生的）.Shetravelsattheheadoftheherdandtheotherfemalesandtheiryoungchildrenfollowher.Themaleelephantsfollowlast.Whenthedangercomes,themaleelephantsformacircle（圈）aroundtheweakeranimalsandprotectthem.Themembersoftheherdareloyal（忠誠的）tooneanother.Asickelephantisnotleftbehindtodie.Ifanelephant

32、issick,thewholeherdstopstravelinguntilitgetswell.Whenanelephantishurt,twootherswalkonbothsidesofitandsupportitwiththeirbodies.Amemberoftheherdmaybecaughtinatrap（陷阱）.Thentheotherstrytohelpit.Anelephantherdisjustlikeafamilyofourpeople. Elephantslovetheyounginthegroupandgivethemspecialcareandlove.Fore

33、xample,theyhelpyounganimalsstayafloat（漂浮著）whentheherdcrossesariver.Theyworktogethertohelpachildgettothesafetywhenitgoestoadangerousplace.Thewayelephantsloveandcaretheyoungstersislikeours. Whenafemaleelephantgivesbirthtoheryoungbaby,shewillgooutoftheherdandsheusuallyleavestheherdforashorttime.Howeve

34、r,shetakesanotherfemalealongtoactas"aunt”.Theauntstandsbesideandhelpsthemotherwithhernew-bornbaby.Inthisway,thewholeherdprotectsitsnewestmember. That'stheelephantherd.Doyoulikeit? 8. Whenthedangercomes,themaleelephantsformacirclearoundtoprotectthem. A. thefemaleelephantsB.theweakerelephantsC.thel

35、eaderoftheelephantsD.thestrongerelephants 9. Thewriterprobablyagrees. A. sickelephantsareusuallyleftbehindtodiebabyelephantscan'tswimwellintheriver B. elephantsalwaysgivetheoldonesspecialcaremostelephantherdshaveoverahundredmembers 10. Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage? A. Elephantsliketolivealoneso

36、themaleonesarestrong. B. Manyyoungelephantsdiewhentheycrossriversingroups. C. Elephantscanhelpeachotherintimewhentheyareintrouble. D. Thefemaleelephantleavestheherdforeveraftershehasbabies. 二、完型填空1 Myfavoriteanimalsareelephants.Elephantsare13livinganimalsonland.Therearetwokindsofelephants—Afric

37、anelephantsand14elephants.AfricanelephantsarelargerthanIndianelephants,andtheyhave15ears. Elephantshavetoeat16becausetheyaresobig.Oneelephantcaneatbetween10017,000pounds18grassinaday!Theycanlivefor60—70years.Therearenobonesinthebackof19feet,onlyfat.Elephantswalkontiptoe.Theycanmovequietlyandwalkint

38、hemud20 Elephantsgrowtusks.Thetusksarelargeteeththatstickoutof21mouths.Sometimes,hunterskillelephants22thetusks.Peopleusethetuskstomakebeautifulthingsandpianokeys. 13.A.thebigger B.thebiggest C?bigger D.biggest 14.A.Africa B.African C.India D.Indian 15.A.muchlarger B.thelargest C.largest

39、 D.large 16.A.alotof B.many C.alot D.lotsof 17.A.to B.or C.about D.and 18.A.of B.about C.on D.to 19.A.elephants, B.elephants C.elephants D.elephant 20.A.hard B.hardly C.easily D.easy 21.A.our B.their C.its D.his 22.A.get B.getto C.toget D.getting 2 Doyouwanttobeavolunt

40、eer?23thispastwintervacation,IattendedanSSPvolunteertriptoHuaXin,Thailand（泰國華欣）.Itwasabeautifulseasidetown.Attheelephantbase,myfellowvolunteersandIsawmanyoldandsickAsianelephants.Ourtaskwas24them. 25wearrivedatthebase,wehadlearnedwhatAsianelephantseat—fruits,stickyrice（糯米），theskinofcorn（玉米）andtheba

41、rk（樹皮）ofbananatrees.Afterwehadpreparedthesespecialfoodsfortheelephants,wetriedtofeedthem.Westoodstill（立占著不動）outsidetheelephantcage.Theelephantscameovertogetfoodusingtheirtrunks（象鼻）.26,Ifeltverynervous.Wouldtheelephantshurtme?Butitturnedoutthattheelephantswereverydocile（溫順的）.Theytookfoodfrommyhandgen

42、tly（溫柔地）?Howlovelytheywere!Oneoftheelephantstookfoodonlyfromme.Iguessitprobablylikedme27thanothers. Afterlunch,itwas28fortheelephantstotakeabath.Threevolunteersneededtowork29tobatheanelephant.Onestoodinthemiddletoholdthehose（水龍帶），andtheothertwobrushedthetwosidesoftheanimal.It30thattheelephantsenjoy

43、edtheirbathsverymuch. Wealsohelpedtocleanthe31livingareas.Throughthisvolunteertrip,IfoundthatAsianelephantswereverylovely.Ihope32ofuscanhelptoprotectthemandlearntoliveinharmonywithnature. 23.A.In B.During C.At D.On 24.A.takescare B.takescareof C.totakecareof D.tookcareof 25.A.WhenB.After

44、C.As D.Before 26.A.Atfirst B.Atlast C.Atleast D.Atmost 27.A.much B.more C.many D.alot 28.A.change B.year C.time D.turn 29.A.up B.together C.with D.alone 30.A.looked B.liked C.sounds D.seemed 31.A.elephant's B.elephants C.elephants5 D.elephants's 32.A.all B.both C.neither

45、 D.none 三、短文填空 TheelephantisthelargestanimaltowalkonE33..Anelephantcancarryaloadof1,200pounds（磅）?Theyeat300poundsoffoodaday.Anelephantbabycanweigh200poundsatb34..Elephantscanliveupto70years. Elephantscanbetrainedtocarrylogsw35.theirtrunks（象鼻），andhavebeenusedtoworkforpeopleinAsiaformanyyears.Eleph

46、antsusetheirearsasacoolingsystem.Bloodflowst36.veins（靜脈）intheearsandastheelephantflaps（拍擊）hisears,thebloodcoolsandflowsthroughhisbodytoc37?offotherparts. Therearetwok38?ofelephants:theAfricanelephantandthe139.elephantAfricanelephantscanbeidentiAed（識另ij）bythelargerears.TheAfricanelephantisalittletal

47、lerthantheIndianelephantandweighsasm40.as12,000pounds.TheIndianonegrowsupto9feett41?，andweighsupto8,000pounds.It'seasytoidentifybecauseofitss42?ears.Mostcircus（馬戲團）elephantsareIndianelephants.AnothernamefortheIndianelephantistheAsianelephant. 2023年中考英語時事熱點閱讀專練 熱點02認識大象及其生活習性 一、閱讀理解1 Doyouknowele

48、phants?Theyarebiganimalsintheworld.Anelephanthasgotalongandbignose.Itiscalledatrunk.Theelephantcanuseitstrunktodomanythings.Itstrunkislikeahand.Withitstrunk,anelephantcanpickupa270kgtree.Elephantsalsohavebigearsandteeth.Someelephantscanworkforpeople.InIndia,elephantslivewithpeopleandtheyhelppeopleca

49、rryheavythings.Peoplearekindtothem. Elephantshavefeelings（感f青）likepeople.Ifanelephantdies,itsfamilymemberswillfeelsad.Somepeoplegointotheelephants'house.Iftheelephantsdon'tlikethem,theymayhatethemandtheywilldrivethemoutoftheirhouse. 1. Whatdoestheunderlinedword"trunk"meaninthepassage? A. 樹干B.象鼻C.

50、牙齒D.大象Accordingtothepassage,wecanknowthatelephantshavebig. A. earsandeyesB.earsandteethC.eyesandteethD.eyesandnosesWhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage? A. Anelephantcanpickupa2,700kgtree.B.Elephantsneverworkforpeople. C.Therearen*tanyelephantsinChina.D.SomeelephantslivewithpeopleinIndi

51、a. 2. Yougointotheelephants*house.Iftheelephantsdon'tlikeyou,theymay. A. welcomeyoutotheirhouseB.feelhappytoseeyouC.playwithyouD.driveyououtoftheirhouse 【答案】l.B2.B3.D4.D 【解析】本文主要向我們介紹了世界上最大的動物——大象。并介紹了大象與人的關系并告訴我們大象也是有情緒的。 1. 詞義猜測題。題干問“劃線詞trunk是什么意思”，根據(jù)前文"Anelephanthasgotalongandbignose.,^可知，一只

52、大象有一個又長又大的鼻子。故選B。 2. 細節(jié)理解題。題干問“根據(jù)文章我們可以知道大象有大的什么”，根據(jù)文中"Anelephanthasgotalongandbignose.”、"Elephantsalsohavebigearsandteeth.”可知，大象有大的鼻子、耳朵和牙齒，故選B。 3. 推理判斷題。題干問"根據(jù)文章，下面哪一個是對的"，根據(jù)文中“InIndia,elephantslivewithpeople99可知，在印度大象和人們住在一起。故選D。 4. 細節(jié)理解題。題干問“你進入大象的房子，如果大象不喜歡你，它會怎么做”，根據(jù)文章最后一句話“Iftheelephantsd

53、on'tlikethem,theymayhatethemandtheywilldrivethemoutoftheirhouse.可矢口，如果大象不喜歡他們，大象可能討厭他們并且會把他們趕出自己的房子，故選D。 WearestudentsfromThailand,andwewanttosavetheelephants.TheelephantisoneofThailand'ssymbols. Ourfirstflaghadawhiteelephantonit.Thisisasymbolofgoodluck.Elephantsaresmartanimals.Theycanplaysocceror

54、music.Theycanalsodrawverywell. Peoplesaythat“anelephantneverforgets."Elephantscanwalkforalongtimeandnevergetlost.Theycanalsorememberplaceswithfoodandwater.Thishelpsthemtolive.Butelephantsareingreatdanger.Peoplecutdownmanytreessoelephantsarelosingtheirhomes.Peoplealsokillelephantsfortheirivory.Today

55、thereareonlyabout3,000elephants(overonehundredthousandin1987).Wemustsavethetreesandnotbuythingsmadeofivory. RememberthatMarch13thisTaiElephantDay. 5. Whatisasymbolofgoodluck? A.Thailand. B. Theelephant. C. Thewhiteelephant. D. TheflagofThailand 6. Whathelpstheelephanttolive? A.Playingsoc

56、cer. B. Drawingpictures. D.Goodmemory. C. Foodandwater. 7. Whydopeoplekillelephants? A.Fortrees. B. Forivory. C. Forhomes. D. Forfood. 8. Howmanyelephantshavediedinthepastthirtyyears? A.About3000. B.About7,000. C.About97,000. D.About100,000. 9. Whatcanwedotoprotecttheelephants?

57、 A.RememberTaiElephantDay. B. Givethemfoodandwater. C. Stayawayfromtheelephants. D.Stopbuyingthingsmadeofivory. 【答案】5.C6.D7.B8.C9.D 【解析】大象是泰國的象征，它們是非常聰明的動物，有著非常好的記憶力。但是由于人們砍伐樹木、獵殺大象獲取象牙，現(xiàn)在大象的數(shù)量大大減少了，因此我們要保護大象。 3. 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段中"Ourfirstflaghadawhiteelephantonit.Thisisasymbolofgoodluck?9

58、可知，白色大象是好運的象征。故選C。 4. 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段中“Theycanalsorememberplaceswithfoodandwater.Thishelpsthemtolive”可知，大象有好的記憶力，它們能記住有食物和水的地方，這可以幫助他們生存。故選D。 5. 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段中“Peoplealsokillelephantsfortheirivory.”可知，人們殺死大象是為了獲取它們的象牙。故選B。 6. 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段中"Todaythereareonlyabout3,000elephants（overonehundredthousan

59、din1987）.”可知，現(xiàn)在只有3,000頭大象,在1987年有100,000頭，少了97,000頭。故選C。 7. 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段最后“Wemustsavethetreesandnotbuythingsmadeofivory.”可知，我們必須保護大象，不要購買象牙制品。故選D。 3 TheElephantHerd TheElephantislovelyanditisverybig.Ithastwobigearsandalongnose.Ithasfourstronglegsanditcanhelppeopledomanythings,suchaswateringthef

60、lowerswithitsnoseandcarryingheavythingsandsoon. Theelephantisanotheranimalthatlivesingroups.Anelephantherd（群）usuallyhasfromtwentytofortymembers.Theelephantsintheherdusuallydependononeanotherforhelpwhentheyareintrouble. Theleaderofthegroupisusuallyawiseandstrongfemale（雌，性的）.Shetravelsattheheadofthe

61、herdandtheotherfemalesandtheiryoungchildrenfollowher.Themaleelephantsfollowlast.Whenthedangercomes,themaleelephantsformacircle（圈）aroundtheweakeranimalsandprotectthem.Themembersoftheherdareloyal（AU誠的）tooneanother.Asickelephantisnotleftbehindtodie.Ifanelephantissick,thewholeherdstopstravelinguntilitge

62、tswell.Whenanelephantishurt,twootherswalkonbothsidesofitandsupportitwiththeirbodies.Amemberoftheherdmaybecaughtinatrap（陷阱）.Thentheotherstrytohelpit.Anelephantherdisjustlikeafamilyofourpeople. Elephantslovetheyounginthegroupandgivethemspecialcareandlove.Forexample,theyhelpyounganimalsstayafloat（漂浮著）

63、whentheherdcrossesariver.Theyworktogethertohelpachildgettothesafetywhenitgoestoadangerousplace.Thewayelephantsloveandcaretheyoungstersislikeours. Whenafemaleelephantgivesbirthtoheryoungbaby,shewillgooutoftheherdandsheusuallyleavestheherdforashorttime.However,shetakesanotherfemalealongtoactas"aunt".

64、Theauntstandsbesideandhelpsthemotherwithhernew-bornbaby.Inthisway,thewholeherdprotectsitsnewestmember. Thafstheelephantherd.Doyoulikeit? 8. Whenthedangercomes,themaleelephantsformacirclearoundtoprotectthem. A.thefemaleelephantsB.theweakerelephantsC.theleaderoftheelephantsD.thestrongerelephants 9

65、. Thewriterprobablyagrees. A. sickelephantsareusuallyleftbehindtodiebabyelephantscan'tswimwellintheriver B. elephantsalwaysgivetheoldonesspecialcaremostelephantherdshaveoverahundredmembers 10. Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage? A. Elephantsliketolivealonesothemaleonesarestrong. B. Manyyoungelephants

66、diewhentheycrossriversingroups. C. Elephantscanhelpeachotherintimewhentheyareintrouble. D. Thefemaleelephantleavestheherdforeveraftershehasbabies. 【答案】10.B11.B12.C 【解析】本文講述了大象很可愛，它有兩只大耳朵和一個長鼻子。它有四條強壯的腿，它可以幫助人們做很多事情，如用它的鼻子澆花和搬運重物等。大象是另一種群居動物。象群中的大象遇到麻煩時，通常會互相幫助。 10. 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Whenthedangercomes,themaleelephantsformacircle（圈）aroundtheweakeranimalsandprotectthem.^,可推測出當危險來臨時，公象會在弱小的動物周圍圍成一圈，保護它們，故選B。 11. 推理判斷題。根據(jù)“Forexample,theyhelpyounganimalsstayafloat（漂浮著）whentheherdcrossesariver.”當象群過河時，它們