Question

    Mary is an African elephant. Now she is 16 years old. She lives in the zoo. Mary has produced more than 50 draw?ings since last year. She has made over $2,500 for the zoo. Zoo leaders say Mary first showed the art ability about 4 years ago. Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk (象鼻). She rubbed out (抹去) the marks,then made new ones. The zoo workers gave her bru?shes and paints. Soon Mary was drawing pictures. Newspaper reporters wrote about Mary,and then people went to buy her pictures. And in this way she made a lot of money for the zoo by drawing.

   This is how Mary does the drawing. A zoo worker holds different color paints and Mary touches the colors she wants. Then the worker gives her the chosen color to the brushes in her trunk and Mary begins to paint.

1. Mary is.

  A. a girl        B. a zoo worker

  C. a zoo leader   D. an elephant from Africa

2. She has made over for the zoo.

  A. $50   B. $2,500   C. $16   D. $4 

3.Mary first learned to draw pictures.

A. when she was 4 years old

B. to make money

C. in the sand with her trunk

D. when she was 16 years old 

4.wrote about Mary,and then people went to buy her pictures.

A. Newspaper reporters

B. A magazine

C. A history textbook

D. An advertisement 

5.Mary rubbed out the marks she had made in order to.

A. please the visitors

B. make other ones

C. ask for more brushes and paints

D. clean her trunk

Answer 1

l.D 由第一•段第一'句“ Mary is an African elephant." 可知选D.

2. B 由第一段第五句话 “ She has made over $ 2.500 for the zoo."可知选B.

3. C 由第一'段

bility about 4 years ago. Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk."可知选 C

4. A 由第一段倒数第二句 “ Newspaper reporters wrote about Mary,and then people went to buy her pictures."可知选 A.

5. B 由第一—段中的“She rubbed out the marks,then made new ones."可知选B.