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.A

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】试题分析：这是一篇记叙文。讲述了一只大象被狗吵醒后伤害了村子和村民，在巴尔伯蒂的帮助下大象安全地回到了丛林，人们称她为“大象公主”。

1.题意：在第一段里，村民感觉怎么样？考查细节理解题。A. Scared and angry. 害怕和愤怒；B. Frightened but excited.害怕但兴奋C. Happy and patient. 快乐并耐心；D. Excited but curious.兴奋但好奇。根据第3行句子The villagers were frightened and angry.，可知选A。

2.题意：巴尔伯蒂的父亲没有教她什么？考查细节理解题。A. How to ride an elephant. 怎样骑大象；B. How to walk an elephant.如何行走大象；C. How to understand elephant's languages.如何理解大象的语言；How to catch wild elephants.如何捕捉野生大象。根据短文第二段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.，可知ACD三个选项所提的都是她父亲教过的，故选B。

3.题意：哪一句适合做最后一段的第一句话？考查综合理解题。A. Being an elephant tamer also needs love.做一个驯象师也需要爱。B. Sometimes an elephant tamer is a dangerous job. 有时一个驯象师是一个危险的工作。C. Many people don't understand an elephant tamer's job. 很多人不明白驯象员的工作。D. People in villages love Parbati because she can drive away elephants.乡村里的人们喜欢巴尔伯蒂是因为她可以赶走大象。根据最后一段的内容，可知选A。

4.题意：哪个句子是错误的？考查细节理解题。A. Parbati and her father do a similar job.巴尔伯蒂和她的父亲做类似的工作；B. People call Parbati the elephant princess. 人们叫巴尔伯蒂大象公主；C. Parbati helps people catch elephants just for fun.巴尔伯蒂帮助人们捕捉大象只是为了好玩；D. ]Tne Indian elephant's home in the forest is reduced to small pieces of land. 印度象在森林里的家被缩减成小块土地。根据第三段开头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."，可知她是为了保护人类不受大象伤害，保护大象远离人类而捕捉大象。故选C。