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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．
56．The woman left her new homeC．
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
57．The word"disappeared"in the reading means"A"．
A．ran awayB．lostC．hidD．remained
58．After the young woman left her husband's home，the elephantB．
A．returned to the forestB．was sad because it missed her
C．went to look for a new homeD．was sick because nobody fed it
59．How did the elephant express its feeling when it saw the young woman？B
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．
60．The writer wrote the story in order toD．
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．
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