Question

An anxious mother watched as rescuers freed her baby from a muddy well. After being pulled from the well，the baby joyfully ran to its mom as the rescuers took a break.

It was a difficult and potentially dangerous rescue: the baby was an 8-month-old elephant, and at first its mother thought the humans were trying to harm it. The baby elephant fell into the five-foot-deep well near Kenya's Amboseli National Park. Local people had dug the well for water.

It took 30 minutes to remove the trapped elephant. While Vicki Fishlock of the Amboseli Trust for Elephants made a loud shout to frighten the mother away, two men struggled to get a rope around the baby elephant. Once the rope was in place, Fishlock used her jeep to pull the baby out.

Fishlock recognized Zombe, the mother of the trapped baby elephant，from a mark on her ear. She believes that in the end Zombe realized the humans were trying to help.

“Rescues where the elephant’s family members are around are always stressful, and I'm always happy when everyone is safe,” Fishlock said.“The reunions (团聚) always bring tears to my eyes. The depth of their love for each other is one of the things that make elephants so unusual.”

The very next day, another baby elephant fell into the same well. The 3-month-old's family had been driven away from the area by local people. Once it had been rescued, the Amboseli Trust had to send it to an elephant orphanage (孤儿院) in Nairobi, Kenya's capital city.

The rescues showed the plight of elephants across Africa. Elephants are fighting to survive, as conflicts between the animals and humans are increasing. Thousands of elephants are also being killed for their tusks. The tusks are sold in Asia, where ivory trinkets are in high demand.

The Amboseli Trust has been studying elephants and trying to help them since 1972. Fishlock said, “We hope this rescue persuades people that elephants are special and deserve to be protected and treasured.”

56. We can learn from the text that _____.

A. Fishlock had seen the baby elephant before

B. The mother elephant was a great help to rescuers

C. the well was dug by local people to trap elephants

D. the mother elephant was unfriendly at first to the rescuers

57. What causes Fishlock to think that elephants are special?

A. Their trust in humans.                              B. The deep love between them.

C. Their great ability to survive.                     D. The good communication between them.

58. What did the two baby elephants have in common?

A. They were both 8 months old.                   B. They were both rescued by local people.

C. They were both trapped in the same well.   D. They were both reunited with their mothers.

59. The underlined word "plight" in Paragraph 7 probably means“______”.

A. a strong personality                                B. A dangerous situation

C. an annoying habit                                      D. a close relationship

60. What would be the best title for the text?

A. An elephant rescue                                    B. The elephant, an unusual animal

C. An elephant rescue organization                  D. Conflicts between humans and elephants

Answer 1

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