Question

【題目】 ①Elephants are the biggest land animals alive today. We have worked with elephants for a long time, but there are still many misunderstandings about elephants.

②Some people think that elephants will run away if they see a mouse. This is untrue, in fact, elephants have such poor eyesight that they would not usually see a mouse, even if one came very near them.

③ “Elephants never forget.” is another fallacy（謬論）. No evidence suggests that elephants have better memories than any other animals.

④Finally, there is the myth（神話） that when the time comes for an elephant to die, it goes to some kind of elephant graveyard（墓地）, but no one has ever found such a graveyard. What elephants probably do when they are old and sick is finding a cave and staying in it, so they will be safe until they either get better or die.

⑤In Thailand, when the country was still called Siam, if someone found a white elephant, they gave it to the king because it was rare. The king had no choice but to keep the animal and feed it, even though it had no use for him. From this practice we get the expression, “a white elephant”, which means something that is not useful to us.

【1】Elephants are not afraid of mice because mice______________.

A.are afraid of elephantsB.never attack elephants

C.are too small for elephants to seeD.never go into caves

【2】According to the passage, which of the following sentence is right?

A.Elephants are the biggest animals alive today.

B.An elephant’s memory is the worst.

C.In Thailand, if someone found a white elephant, they must look after it themselves.

D.In Siam, if someone found a white elephant, it was given to the king.

【3】The passage is about______________.

A.white elephantsB.myths of elephants

C.how elephants hurt peopleD.the history of elephants

【4】If we put the passage into three parts, which of the following is the best?

（Para（自然段）1=①, Para. 2=②, Para. 3=③, Para. 4=④, Para 5=⑤）

A.①②,③④,⑤B.①;②③;④⑤

C.①;②③④;⑤D.①②;③;④⑤

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】

本文介紹了人們對大象的誤解之處以及諺語“a white elephant”的來歷。

【1】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)“This is untrue, in fact, elephants have such poor eyesight that they would not usually see a mouse, even if one came very near them.”這是不真實的，事實上，大象的視力很差，它們通常不會看到老鼠，即使一只老鼠離它們很近。可以推知大象不怕老鼠，因為大象不僅視力很差而且老鼠太小，大象也看不見。故選C。

【2】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Elephants are the biggest land animals alive today.”大象是當(dāng)今世界上最大的陸地動物。因此A不對；根據(jù)“No evidence suggests that elephants have better memories than any other animals.”沒有證據(jù)表明大象的記憶力比其他任何動物都好。也就是說沒有證據(jù)表明大象的記憶力最好，因此選項B說大象的記憶力最差不對；根據(jù)“In Thailand, when the country was still called Siam, if someone found a white elephant, they gave it to the king because it was rare.”在泰國，當(dāng)這個國家還被稱為暹羅時，如果有人發(fā)現(xiàn)一頭白象，他們就會把它送給國王，因為它很稀有�？芍�，在暹羅，如果有人發(fā)現(xiàn)一頭白象，它就會被送給國王。而不是自己照顧它。所以選項C錯誤，D正確。故選D。

【3】

主旨大意題。根據(jù)“We have worked with elephants for a long time, but there are still many misunderstandings about elephants.”我們與大象合作了很長時間，但對大象仍有許多誤解�？芍�，本文主要介紹了對大象的誤解之處，也就是關(guān)于大象的荒誕的說法。故選B。

【4】

篇章結(jié)構(gòu)。第一段子總寫我們與大象合作了很長時間，但對大象仍有許多誤解；第②③④三段分述了誤解之處；第⑤段介紹了如果有人發(fā)現(xiàn)一頭白象，該如何處理以及諺語“a white elephant”的來歷。所以本文的結(jié)構(gòu)是①;②③④; ⑤。故選C。