Question

Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once.(将下列单词或词组填入空格，每空格限填一词，每个单词或词组只能填一次)。

A.fun    B.safety   C.walk     D.always   E.calling

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 1.. That didn’t stop the elephant. It destroyed a few houses and hurt several people. The villages were frightened and angry. Then someone suggested   2. Parbati for help, the elephant princess(公主).

Parbati Barua’s father was a hunter of tigers and an elephant tamer(驯象师). He taught Parbati to ride an elephant before she could even   3.  .He also taught her the dangerous art of the elephant round-up-how to catch wild elephants.

Parbati hasn’t   4.  lived in the forest. After a happy childhood hunting with her father, she was sent to boarding school in the city. But Parbati never got used to being there and many years later she went back to her old life. “Life in the city is too dull. Catching elephants is an adventure and excitement lasts for days after the chase,” she says.

Answer

1.B

2.E

3.C

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了由于人类猎杀大象并侵占它们赖以生存的地方，所以大象开展了报复行动。在人象关系紧张的时候，被人们称作“大象公主”的优秀驯兽师Parbati驯服了大象，保障了大象和人类的安全。

1.根据前文“he elephant woke up in a terrible anger ”的描述可知，大象生气了，狗为了安全跑回村里了。故应选B。

2.根据语境可知，这里指的是有人建议打电话向Parbati求助。call sb for help为固定短语，意为：向某人求助，故应选E。

3.

4.根据短文“After a happy childhood hunting with her father, she was sent to boarding school in the city. ”的描述可知，Parbati不总是住在森林里。故应选D。