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Some people think that all wild animals are dangerous. But in fact, very few of them will   1   a man if he leaves them alone. If you meet a lion or an elephant, I guess you will   2 ; but even a lion will avoid(躲避)a man if it is not very   3 . Lions and tigers only kill and eat men when they have grown too old and too weak to catch their usual   4  , such as deer and  5   small animals. If you see a wild elephant, perhaps you will be  　6  . However, elephants usually run away at once if you don’t attack them. Some animals get very frightened if they only smell a man, some stand and look at him for a moment   7  they run away, some take no notice at all but walk away  8  in another direction. Wild animals only attack   9  when they are afraid that people want to harm(伤害) their   10 , or when the hunters shoot at them and make them angry.

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