Question

The elephant is the biggest four-legged animal in the world. It’s also, perhaps, the gentlest ,   1 not always.

Elephants are like us in some ways. They   2  for a long time—fifty or sixty years. They can  3  things very well. They never forget great sadness or happiness. A female elephant   4 , her daughters and her granddaughters are sad for many months. They stay with the dead   5 . Then they carry a bit of it away with them. They never forget a  6 friend.

Elephants are like us, but they’re also  7 .They live in families; families or females. There will be a few young males-a few “baby boy”. But they will soon be   8 away by their mothers or sisters. An elephant family   9  only its daughters, mothers and grandmothers and its great grandmothers.

The females stay together for fifty, sixty or a hundred years.The older animals   10 the young ones. The mothers teach their daughters and set a good example.And   11  happens to male elephant? Well, the young males stay with their mothers for a time. Then they must   12 the family. The females just send them away. A bull elephant does not often have a friend ,He lives  13 ,away from the family, and away from other bulls.

Sometimes the females call a bull. He can   14 _them then, and they stay for a time. But soon his “wives” and “sisters” send him away again. The females have a very   15   

family life. What do the bulls think about it? We don’t know.

1.                A．a(chǎn)nd            B．but            C．so   D．yet

 

2.                A．play           B．work           C．live  D．sleep

 

3.                A．remember      B．practice        C．talk D．change

 

4.                A．is hurt          B．is caught        C．loses D．dies

 

5.                A．head           B．legs            C．body D．feet

 

6.                A．terrible         B．dad            C．young    D．dear

 

7.                A．different        B．same           C．special   D．popular

 

8.                A．thrown         B．sent           C．kicked    D．posted

 

9.                A．hopes          B．keeps          C．Allows    D．frightens

 

10.               A．look at         B．carry out       C．look after  D．take away

 

11.               A．how           B．who           C．which D．what

 

12.               A．leave          B．stay           C．hear  D．walk

 

13.               A．sadly          B．hard           C．a(chǎn)lone D．noisily

 

14.               A．visit           B．beat           C．hide  D．receive

 

15.               A．dangerous      B．happy          C．beautiful  D．clever

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.C

6.D

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.C

11.D

12.A

13.C

14.A

15.B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了大象的家庭生活,那就是只有雌象才能生活在家庭里面,而公象在成年后必須離開家庭,獨自生活.

1.聯(lián)系上下文,可知前后是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系,故選B,但是.

2.聯(lián)系下文描述,可知此處指的是他們活得時間很長,故選C,居住,生活.

3.聯(lián)系后一句描述,可知此處指的是他們能很好的記住東西.故選A,記得.

4.聯(lián)系下文They stay with the dead描述,可知此處指的是一頭母象死了.故選D,死亡.

5.聯(lián)系前文描述,可知此處指的是死去的大象的尸體.故選C,身體.

6.形容詞吧辨析. A. 可怕的;B. 壞的;C. 年輕的;D. 親愛的.結(jié)合語境可知此處指的是親愛的朋友.故選D.

7.聯(lián)系前一句描述,可知此處指的是,但是他們也不一樣.故選A,不同的.

8.聯(lián)系下文描述,可知此處指的是他們會很快被送走.故選B,送.

9.動詞辨析. A. 希望;B. 保留,維持;    C. 允許;D.使驚嚇.聯(lián)系前文描述,可知此處指的是大象的家庭只認可它的女性家庭成員,故選C.

10.結(jié)合語境可知此指的是成年象照顧小象,故選C.

11.聯(lián)系下文,可知此處指的是,公象發(fā)生了什么事?故選D,什么.

12.聯(lián)系下文描述,可知此處指的是,他們必須離開家庭.故選A.

13.聯(lián)系上下文可知此處指的是它獨自生活,,故選C.

14.聯(lián)系上下文,可知此處指的是,然后他就可拜訪他們.故選A.

15.聯(lián)系上文描述,可知此處指的是雌象們過著幸福的家庭生活.故選B,幸福的.

考點：關(guān)于大象的生活的說明文

點評：這篇短文內(nèi)容比較簡單，理解不難。各小題與上下文聯(lián)系比較緊密，答題中一定要注意聯(lián)系上下文。答完后多讀幾遍，看看是否符合邏輯，適當修改。個別小題可以當作單獨的詞義辨析題來做，先區(qū)分詞義，結(jié)合語境選出最能使語句通順的答案。