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.
小題1:
A．a(chǎn)ndB．butC．soD．yet
小題2:
A．playB．workC．liveD．sleep
小題3:
A．rememberB．practiceC．talk D．change
小題4:
A．is hurtB．is caughtC．losesD．dies
小題5:
A．headB．legsC．bodyD．feet
小題6:
A．terribleB．dadC．youngD．dear
小題7:
A．differentB．sameC．specialD．popular
小題8:
A．thrownB．sentC．kickedD．posted
小題9:
A．hopesB．keepsC．AllowsD．frightens
小題10:
A．look atB．carry outC．look afterD．take away
小題11:
A．howB．whoC．whichD．what
小題12:
A．leaveB．stayC．hearD．walk
小題13:
A．sadlyB．hardC．a(chǎn)loneD．noisily
小題14:
A．visitB．beatC．hideD．receive
小題15:
A．dangerousB．happyC．beautifulD．clever

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:D
小題5:C
小題6:D
小題7:A
小題8:B
小題9:C
小題10:C
小題11:D
小題12:A
小題13:C
小題14:A
小題15:B

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了大象的家庭生活,那就是只有雌象才能生活在家庭里面,而公象在成年后必須離開家庭,獨(dú)自生活.
小題1:聯(lián)系上下文,可知前后是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系,故選B,但是.
小題2:聯(lián)系下文描述,可知此處指的是他們活得時(shí)間很長(zhǎng),故選C,居住,生活.
小題3:聯(lián)系后一句描述,可知此處指的是他們能很好的記住東西.故選A,記得.
小題4:聯(lián)系下文They stay with the dead描述,可知此處指的是一頭母象死了.故選D,死亡.
小題5:聯(lián)系前文描述,可知此處指的是死去的大象的尸體.故選C,身體.
小題6:形容詞吧辨析. A. 可怕的;B. 壞的;C. 年輕的;D. 親愛的.結(jié)合語(yǔ)境可知此處指的是親愛的朋友.故選D.
小題7:聯(lián)系前一句描述,可知此處指的是,但是他們也不一樣.故選A,不同的.
小題8:聯(lián)系下文描述,可知此處指的是他們會(huì)很快被送走.故選B,送.
小題9:動(dòng)詞辨析. A. 希望;B. 保留,維持;    C. 允許;D.使驚嚇.聯(lián)系前文描述,可知此處指的是大象的家庭只認(rèn)可它的女性家庭成員,故選C.
小題10:結(jié)合語(yǔ)境可知此指的是成年象照顧小象,故選C.
小題11:聯(lián)系下文,可知此處指的是,公象發(fā)生了什么事?故選D,什么.
小題12:聯(lián)系下文描述,可知此處指的是,他們必須離開家庭.故選A.
小題13:聯(lián)系上下文可知此處指的是它獨(dú)自生活,,故選C.
小題14:聯(lián)系上下文,可知此處指的是,然后他就可拜訪他們.故選A.
小題15:聯(lián)系上文描述,可知此處指的是雌象們過(guò)著幸福的家庭生活.故選B,幸福的.
點(diǎn)評(píng)：這篇短文內(nèi)容比較簡(jiǎn)單，理解不難。各小題與上下文聯(lián)系比較緊密，答題中一定要注意聯(lián)系上下文。答完后多讀幾遍，看看是否符合邏輯，適當(dāng)修改。個(gè)別小題可以當(dāng)作單獨(dú)的詞義辨析題來(lái)做，先區(qū)分詞義，結(jié)合語(yǔ)境選出最能使語(yǔ)句通順的答案。
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