Wildlife Lessons

The elephants stood face to face. Their big ears fanned out. A group of school kids looked at the elephants from a_______ . They came from a village just outside Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, in Botswana, Africa. “Are the elephants fighting? Someone asked.

“No, it’s a_______,”another child said. “ They’re playing.”

Kolobetso, 13, was a bit nervous. “She’d grown up with a fear that elephants are _______.” Walona Sehularo told reporters. He was also in the truck. He works with Elephants for Africa(EFA).The group is trying to_______ elephants and help people live peacefully alongside them.

In parts of rural(农村)Africa, elephants_______ freely . They often connect with people. Many people fear them, and they regard them as animals that can cause_______. Fight between people and elephants is_______.EFA wants to change that. It hopes to encourage young people to become protection leaders. Threatened(威胁)by poaching(偷猎)in other parts of Africa, _______ have log found safety in Botswana. The country has about 130,000 elephants. That is more than any other country in Africa. Many can be_______along the Boteti River.

But elephants also hang out onto farms. Botswana’s elephants attract(吸引)tourists to Makgakdikgadi Pans.________few local children can afford to visit. By leading them on trips there, EFA wants to teach kids to love the park and its wildlife so that kids might be ________working as park officers, guides, or researchers in the future.

When Kolobetso and her classmates toured the________ , an elephant headed straight for the truck, protecting its group. Then it walked away. The kids were________ .” It was one of those moments you cannot explain,” Schularo says. “It ________ you with a great joy.”

Researchers say the threat of poaching in surrounding(周围的)countries has driven________elephants to Botswana. Much of the land is protected. For now, the country may be the safest place on Earth for elephants.

1.A.car B.bus C.truck D.train

2.A.game B.subject C.fight D.work

3.A.friendly B.comfortable C.dangerous D.careful

4.A.protect B.compare C.control D.change

5.A.turn out B.hang out C.make up D.take in

6.A.peace B.surprise C.trouble D.disease

7.A.common B.excellent C.famous D.important

8.A.lions B.tigers C.monkeys D.elephants

9.A.helped B.killed C.forgotten D.found

10.A.And B.But C.So D.Or

11.A.worried about B.interested in C.surprised at D.tired at

12.A.country B.city C.zoo D.park

13.A.amazed B.bored C.tired D.stressed

14.A.helps B.compares C.fills D.covers

15.A.little B.less C.fewer D.more

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