Question

The elephant was lying heavily on its side, fast asleep. A few dogs started barking at it. The elephant woke up in a terrible anger and all the dogs ran back to the village-for safety. That didn't stop the elephant. It destroyed a few houses and hurt several people. The villagers were frightened and angry. Then someone suggested calling Parbati, the elephant princess, for help.

Parbati's father was an elephant tamer(训像师). He taught Parbati to ride an elephant before she could even walk. He taught her how to understand elephant's languages. He also taught her the dangerous art of catching wild elephants.

Parbati doesn't catch elephant just for fun. "My work," she says, "is to protect man from the elephants, and to keep the elephant safe from man." And this is exactly what she has done for many years. However, the Indian elephant is angry for many years -- hunters attack it and its home in the forest is reduced to small pieces of land. It is now fighting back. Whenever wild elephants enter a tea garden or a village, Parbati is called to guide the animals back to the jungle (丛林) before they can kill.

59 A good elephant tamer will spend hours a day singing love songs to a baby elephant. "Finally they grow to love their tamers and never forget them. They are also more faithful than humans," she said, as she climbed up one of her elephants mad sat on the huge, happy animal. An elephant princess indeed!

1.How did the villagers/eel in the first paragraph!

A. Scared and angry. B. Frightened but excited.

C. Happy and patient. D. Excited but curious.

2.What did Parba.1 s father NOT teach Parbati?

A. How to ride an elephant. B. How to walk an elephant.

C. How to understand elephant's languages. D. How to catch wild elephants.

3.Which is suitable as the first sentence in the last paragraph?

A. Being an elephant tamer also needs love.

B. Sometimes an elephant tamer is a dangerous job.

C. Many people don't understand an elephant tamer's job.

D. People in villages love Parbati because she can drive away elephants.

4.Which sentence is WRONG?

A. Parbati and her father do a similar job.

B. People call Parbati the elephant princess.

C. Parbati helps people catch elephants just for fun.

D. ]Tne Indian elephant's home in the forest is reduced to small pieces of land.

Answer 1