Question

A Special Delivery (快递)

Ben and Sally lived in California with their two daughters. Ben liked traveling. 1., but sally stayed home with the girls. Ben and his friends owned a company. People at the company liked to play jokes on each other. One day, Ben’s friends wanted to play a joke on Ben and Sally. 2. The letter said,

Dear Sally.

I’m having a great time here in Africa. I’m sending a special gift to you.

I hope you like it. Please take good care of it until I get home.

Love to you and the kids,

Ben

On the same day, Sally also got a phone call. The caller told her that a delivery was coming. At one o’clock, a truck stopped in front of Sally’s house. The truck driver gave Sally a rope. An animal was tied to the rope. It was a baby elephant! 3., and it began eating grass.Then the driver drove away. Sally stood there and held the rope to the elephant. She asked herself, “What can I feed an elephant with? Bananas?”4. He said, “It’s illegal (非法的) to have wild animal here.” Then the policeman gave Sally a ticket.

Ben’s friends were hiding in the backyard and laughing. 5. They had rented (租借) the elephant from a zoo and asked the policeman to write the ticket! Ben’s friends also made a film of everything. They wanted Ben to watch the film.

When Sally learned about the truth, she couldn’t help laughing.

A.So they sent a letter to Sally

B.After a while, a policeman came

C.The elephant ran into Sally’s yard

D.One summer, he went to Africa on a trip

E.They had planned everything perfectly.

Answer 1