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．and            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．alone D．noisily

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

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

 Look ! They have the same soccer balls _______we do .

A. as     B. like       C. so       D. with

Is human blood all the same? “Yes，” you may say．“It's all red．”

Well，it's not as simple as you might think．

Blood is made up of different parts，such as red blood cells，white blood cells，and platelets（血小板）．

Two chemical molecules（分子）on the red blood cells make people's blood different．Scientists mark one molecule "A" and the other molecule "B".

According to which and how many molecules are on the red cell, scientists divide blood into four types: A, B, AB and O.

Your blood type will stay the same your whole life.

Scientists have been wondering if there are some links between people's blood type and their personalities but they don't know for sure yet.

  But some say that people with the same blood type may have things in common.

What's your blood type? Do you have family members or friends who are the same type as you? Read the following. Are you like this?

People with type A: They look peaceful from the outside. But they ask too much of themselves that they may be very nervous inside. They get happy or sad easily. Sometimes they are shy but always very careful. They can easily win people's trust.

People with type B: They have strong minds. Once they start a task, they don't give up easily. They'll try their best to finish it and do it well. Type B people always try to make themselves different from others. They want to do things in their own way in life.

People with type AB: They are maybe the strangest among all blood types. They can be both open and shy, noisy and quiet at the same time! They are responsible （负责的） and always ready to help others.

People with type O: They're open and good at making friends. They always start tasks but don't always finish them. They have lots of new ideas and love to be the centre of attention. They always strongly believe in themselves.

1. What's the main subject of this passage?

A．blood types                                      B．blood types and personalities

C．personalities                                      D．scientific research on blood

2. The blood types are decided by ____________.

A．the amount of white blood cells

B．the amount of platelets

C．the kind and amount of molecules on the red cell

D．the kind and amount of molecules on the white cell

3. Scientists are ________ about the relation between blood types and personalities.

A．not sure                    B．quite sure            C．excited               D．worried

4. If a person always tries to be different from others, he/she might have _________ blood.

A．A type               B．B type                C．AB type              D．O type

5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．A person's blood type will never change throughout his life.

B．A person's blood type might have something to do with his/her personality.

C．A person with type O blood is usually confident.

D．A person with type A blood has the strangest personality.