Question

A young man from a village called Nawalapitiya married a young woman from Maliyuwa, a nearby village. They lived with the man’s big family—his parents, his brothers, their wives and children. The family kept an elephant, in which the young woman soon took a great interest. Every day she fed it with fruit and sugar.

Three months later the woman went back to her parents’ home, having quarreled with her husband. Soon the elephant refused to eat and work. It appeared to be ill and heart-broken. 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 (感動) by the act of the animal that she returned to her husband’s home.

1.The writer wrote the story in order to ______.

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 reunited (團(tuán)圓) a husband and wife

2.The woman left her new home ______.

A．to visit her own parents in Maliyuwa

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

3.After the young woman left her husband’s home, the elephant ______.

A．returned to the forest                    B．was sad because it missed her

C．went to look for a new home               D．was sick because nobody fed it

4.The young wife went back to her husband because ______.

A．she knew he had sent the animal to her

B．the elephant had come to look for her

C．her parents told her to

D．she missed her new home

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了一頭大象和它的女主人的故事，在一個農(nóng)村的大家庭里，養(yǎng)著一頭大象，這個女主人每天都喂它食物，有一次，女主人和她的丈夫吵架了，她跑會了娘家，大象看不見她的女主人它很傷心，不吃不干活，它于是就去找它的女主人，女主人見到了大象很是感動，于是就跟著大象回家了。

1.寫作意圖題。根據(jù)he young woman was so moved (感動) by the act of the animal that she returned to her husband’s home. 大象讓這一家人又團(tuán)圓了，故選D。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Three months later the woman went back to her parents’ home, having quarreled with her husband.她和丈夫吵架離開家，故選C。

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Soon the elephant refused to eat and work. It appeared to be ill and heart-broken. 大象很傷心，故選B。

4.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)On seeing her, the elephant waved its trunk and touched her with it. The young woman was so moved (感動) by the act of the animal that she returned to her husband’s home. 妻子被大象所感動，因而回到了家中，故選B。

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