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阅读下面的材料,从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。

  Kelly is an African elephant.Now she is 19 years old.She lives in the zoo.Kelly has produced more than 100 paintings since last year.She has made over $ 3,500 for the zoo.Zoo leaders say Kelly first showed the art ability about 5 years ago.Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk(象鼻).She rubbed out(抹去)the marks, then made the new ones.The zoo workers gave her brushes and paints.Soon Kelly was painting pictures.Newspaper reporters wrote about Kelly, and then people went to buy her pictures.And in this way she made a lot of money for the zoo by painting.

  This is how Kelly does the painting.A zoo worker holds different color paints and Kelly touches the colors she wants.Then the worker gives her the chosen colors to the brushes in her trunk and Kelly begins to paint.

(1)

We most probably read this story in _________.

[  ]

A.

a magazine

B.

a newspaper

C.

a history textbook

(2)

Kelly first learned to draw pictures _________.

[  ]

A.

in the sand with her trunk

B.

to make money

C.

when she was 5 years old

(3)

People asked for Kelly's pictures because _________.

[  ]

A.

they just wanted to have fun

B.

the zoo leaders asked them to do so

C.

the zoo workers asked them to do so

(4)

Kelly rubbed out the marks she had made in order to _________.

[  ]

A.

make other ones

B.

clean her trunk

C.

ask for more brushes and paints

(5)

From the story we can know that _________.

[  ]

A.

Kelly can draw nice pictures all by herself

B.

Kelly doesn't like to draw pictures at all

C.

Kelly can draw pictures with the help of the zoo workers

答案:1.B;2.A;3.A;4.A;5.C;
解析:

(1)

推理判断题。从文章来看,这是一篇新闻报道,所以应该是从报纸上看到到的。

(2)

细节理解题。从文中“Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk”可知。

(3)

推理判断题。动物能画画这是一个很大的新闻,让人们感到很好玩。

(4)

细节理解题。从文中“She rubbed out the marks, then made the new ones.“可知。

(5)

细节理解题。从文中的最后一段可知,Kelly画画需要在工作人员的帮助下才能完成。


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