Question

 

 

A young man from a village called Nawalapitiya married a young woman from Maiyuwa, a small village. They lived with the man’s big family－his parents, his brothers, their wives and husbands and children. The family kept an elephant, in which the woman soon took a great interest. Every day she fed it with fruit and sugar.

Three months later, having quarreled with her husband, the woman went back to her parents’ home. Soon the elephant refused to eat and work. It appeared to be ill and heartbroken. One morning after several weeks the animal disappeared from the house.

It went to the woman’s home. On seeing her, the elephant waved its trunk and touched her with it. The young woman was so moved by the act of the animal .So she went back to her husband’s home.

1.The woman left her new home ______.

A. to visit her own parents in Maiyuwa

B. to see if the elephant would follow her

C. because she was angry with her husband

D. because she was tired of the large family

2.The word “disappeared” in the reading means “______”.

A. ran away                          B. lost                           C. hid                           D. remained

3.After the young woman left her husband’s home, the elephant______.

A. returned to the forest                                        B. was sad because it missed her

C. went to look for a new home                            D. was sick because nobody fed it

4.How did the elephant express its feeling when it saw the young woman?

A. It waved its trunk and smiled.                           B. It touched her with its trunk.

C. It touched her and cried.                                   D. It waved its trunk and ran around her.

5.The writer wrote the story in order to______.

A. show that elephants are very clever

B. tell how a woman trained a wild animal

C. show that women care more for animals than men do

D. tell how an animal got a husband and a wife together again

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.D

【解析】短文大意: 這篇短文中的大象因為想念女主人，就自己跑去女主人家，最后讓這對夫婦重歸于好。

1.根據Three months later, having quarreled with her husband, the woman went back to her parents’ home.描述，可知選C。

2.聯系下文It went to the woman’s home. 描述，可知此處指的是它從這個家庭消失了，故選A，逃跑。

3.根據第二段Soon the elephant refused to eat and work. It appeared to be ill and heartbroken. 描述，推理可知這頭像是想念這個女主人，故選B。

4.根據最后一段On seeing her, the elephant waved its trunk and touched her with it. 描述，可知選B。

5.這篇短文主要講述了一頭通人性的大象讓一對吵架的夫婦重歸于好的故事，故選D。