Question

Ruby, the artist, is an Asian elephant, She is17 years old. She lives in the zoo. Ruby has produced about 100 paintings since last year. She has made more than $ 40,000 for the zoo. Zoo leaders say Ruby first showed the talent (才能) about four years ago. Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk. She rubbed (擦掉) out the marks, then made the new ones. The zoo worker gave her brushes and paints. Soon Ruby painted pictures.
Newspaper reporters wrote Ruby, then people asked about buying her pictures. And in this way, she made a lot of money for the zoo. This is how Ruby does the paintings. A zoo worker holds different color paints. Ruby touches the colors she wants. Then the worker gives her brushes with the chosen colors in her trunk and Ruby begins painting.
【小题1】We can most probably read this story_______.

A．in a dictionary about read animals	B．in a newspaper
C．in a book on art	D．in history textbooks

【小题2】People asked about buying Ruby's pictures because_______.

A．newspaper reporters bought her picture

B．her pictures were better than those of real artists

C．they just wanted to have fun

D．zoo workers would let them have a free visit to the park

【小题3】Ruby rubbed out the marks she had drawn in order to_______.

A．make other ones	B．clear her trunk
C．dig a hole in the sand	D．ask for brushes and paints

【小题4】From the story, we can know that_______.

A．Ruby can paint a picture all by herself

B．Ruby can draw better pictures than the other animals in the zoo

C．Ruby has to finish a painting with the help of zoo workers

D．Ruby will ask for money if she finishes a picture

Answer 1

【小题1】B
【小题2】C
【小题3】A
【小题4】C

解析试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了一头能绘画的大象，但是这些画作并不是大象独自完成的，需要动物园工作人员的帮助。
【小题1】这篇短文主要介绍了一头能绘画的大象，故有可能出自一篇新闻报道，选B，在一张报纸上。
【小题2】根据Newspaper reporters wrote Ruby, then people asked about buying her pictures.描述，可知人们买画主要是处于好奇，取乐的目的，故选C。
【小题3】根据第一段She rubbed (擦掉) out the marks, then made the new ones.描述，可知选A。
【小题4】根据短文第二段描述，可知卢比是在动物园工作人员的帮助下完成绘画的。故选C。
考点：关于一头大象的记述文阅读
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