Chris Jones recently finished a very unusual journey．Our reporter Mary Owen met him at his home in south London and he told her all about the trip．

　　Reporter：What gave you the idea to travel around India on an elephant, Chris?

　　Chris：Well, it all started 2 years ago when I was planning a trip to India．I visited a photographic(攝影)exhibition of elephants and I realized that the only way to travel around India was on a 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(專家)for help．He taught me how to ride an elephant．He also helped me find an elephant．

　　Reporter：Can you tell me about the journey?

　　Chris：Well, I bought a female elephant called Tara for about ＄6000．We set off from New Delhi a week later．We were heading to Sonepur in northern India where there is a big elephant market and I could sell Tara easily．And what a ride!Elephants can travel at about 6 miles an hour and Sonepur was more than 1,200 km away．The journey took us 64 days!

　　Reporter：Did you have any problems on your journey?

　　Chris：Yes, a few．But nothing serious．On the third day, Tara hurt her foot．But 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 by now 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．By chance(碰巧)，I met some people who wanted an elephant for their national park．I knew that Tara would be safe with them, so I gave her to them．I was very sad to say goodbye．

(1)

Chris got the idea to travel around India on an elephant from ________．

[　　]

A．

a visit to an Indian zoo

B．

an elephant expert from India

C．

some photos of elephants

D．

an old friend who lived in India

(2)

Chris decided to travel to Sonepur because ________．

[　　]

A．

it is a very interesting place

B．

elephants can't be sold anywhere else

C．

he would be able to sell Tara there easily

D．

it would only take 64 days to travel there

(3)

When Chris arrived at Sonepur market, he ________．

[　　]

A．

realized that he didn’t really want to sell Tara

B．

visited a national park

C．

sold Tara to a national park

D．

decided to take Tara home with him．

答案：1．C;2．C;3．A;
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