One day an old man is selling (卖) a big elephant. A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly. The old man goes up to him and says in his ear, “Don’t say anything about the elephant before I sell it. Then I will give you twenty dollars.”“All right,” says the young man. After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man twenty dollars and says, “Now, can you tell me how you found the elephant’s bad ears?”“I didn’t find the bad ears,” says the young man. “Then why are you looking at the elephant slowly?” asked the old man. The young man answers, “Because I have never seen an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.”
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(　 )11. ________  the elephant.
　　　 A. The young man sells     B. The old man sells
　　　 C. The two men sell        D. The old man buys
(　 )12. The young man is looking at the elephant slowly.
He wants to find out ___________.
　　　 A. which foot of the elephant is bad B. how heavy it is
　　　 C. which ear of the elephant is bad D. what it looks like
(　 )13. The young man   ______________.
　　　 A. knows the elephant has bad ears B. wants to buy the elephant
　　　 C. looks after the elephant D. gets some money from the old man
(　 )14. The young man  ______________.
　　　 A. is not interested in elephants B. knows what an elephant looks like
　　　 C. has seen some elephants before D. has never seen an elephant before
(　 )15. Hearing what the young man said, the old man will probably(很可能)be ____________.
　　　 A. angry （生气）      B. happy     C. dangerous      D. hungry

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

Every year many young people leave school for a few weeks or months and enjoy an unusual type of educational program. They learn new skills by living in a different country and doing unusual jobs. There are several organizations. They help students to find the experience they are looking for. The table below shows a few possibilities for students.

One interesting possibility is helping elephants in Thailand. Most people think o elephants as animals in zoos. In fact, many elephants in Thailand are no longer kept in cages. Now, hundreds of them are homeless. They don’t have owners to care for them. Although they may look well, they are often in poor health and don’t have enough to eat.
One centre in Thailand cares for these elephants. It gives them a safe and natural living space. When they  are at the centre, they stay in a building but are free to walk around. Students come from all over the world to help here. The student helpers work with the elephant keepers. These keepers train the students in caring for the elephants. In the morning, they go to the forest together and lead the elephants to the centre. They clean them and give them food. In the afternoon, they take the animals back into the forest for the night. Helping at the center is interesting and the young people learn a lot.
【小题1】Which country can you choose if you want to prepare yourself for a medical career?

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Mary is an American girl. Now she lives in Beijing with her parents. Mary doesn’t know much Chinese, but she is studying it. She often speaks Chinese with her Chinese friends. Sometimes they can’t understand her, because she can’t speak Chinese very well.
Mary likes animals. Her favourite animal is the panda. On Saturday morning, she goes out. She wants to go to the zoo to see pandas, elephants and monkeys. But she doesn’t know how to get there. She asks a Chinese boy the way. The boy can’t understand her. Then she takes out a pen and a piece of paper. She draws a panda on it, and shows the picture to the boy. And then the boy understands her, and shows her the way to the zoo.
【小题1】Mary is __________ girl.  
A. a Chinese        B. an American       C. an English
【小题2】Mary lives in __________ with her parents now.
A. Shanghai     B. New York          C. Beijing
【小题3】Mary doesn’t know how to get to _________.
A. the zoo      B. the park           C. the cinema
【小题4】Mary’s favourite animal is __________. 
A. the monkey       B the elephant        C. the panda
【小题5】At last, the boy _________.
A. draws a picture for Mary     B. takes her to the zoo    C. shows her the way to the zoo

Chris Jones recently completed a very unusual journey. Our reporter Mary Owen met him at
his home in the south of London and be told her all about the trip.
Reporter: What gave you the idea to make a trip around India on an elephant, Chris?
Chris: Well, it all started the idea two years ago when I was planning a trip to India. I visited a
photo exhibition of elephants and I realized that the only enjoyable way to make a trip around
India was on an elephant.
Reporter: What did you do next?
Chris: I flew to New Delhi and started looking for an elephant, I needed an elephant trained to
carry people. I didn’t know anything about elephants, so I asked an expert(专家) for help. He
taught me how to ride an elephant. He also helped me find an elephant.
Reporter: How long did it take to find a suitable elephant?
Chris: Not too long. I bought a female elephant called Tara for about 6, 000 dollars.
Reporter: Can you tell me about the journey?
Chris: Tara and I set off from New Delhi a week later. We were going to Sonepur in northern
India. There is a big elephant market there and I could sell Tara easily. And what a ride! Elephants
can travel at about 6 miles an hour and Sonepur is more than 1, 200 km away. It took us 64 days to
complete the journey.
Reporter: Did you have any problems on your journey?
Chris: Yes, a few. But nothing serious. On the third day, Tara hurt her foot. Btu that got better
quickly. Also, there was a lot of heavy rain during the first week and we got very wet!
Reporter: What happened when you reached Sonepur?
Chris: My plan was to sell Tara. But I was very fond of her. I couldn’t take her back to Britain
and I didn’t want to sell her at the market. I happened to meet some people who wanted an
elephant for their national park in southern India. I knew that Tara would be safe with them, so I
gave her to them. I was very sad to say goodbye.
【小题1】Chris got the idea to make a trip around India on an elephant from __________.