The elephant is the biggest four-legged animal in the world. It’s also, perhaps, the gentlest ,   1 not always.
Elephants are like us in some ways. They   2  for a long time—fifty or sixty years. They can  3  things very well. They never forget great sadness or happiness. A female elephant   4 , her daughters and her granddaughters are sad for many months. They stay with the dead   5 . Then they carry a bit of it away with them. They never forget a  6 friend.
Elephants are like us, but they’re also  7 .They live in families; families or females. There will be a few young males-a few “baby boy”. But they will soon be   8 away by their mothers or sisters. An elephant family   9  only its daughters, mothers and grandmothers and its great grandmothers.
The females stay together for fifty, sixty or a hundred years.The older animals   10 the young ones. The mothers teach their daughters and set a good example.And   11  happens to male elephant? Well, the young males stay with their mothers for a time. Then they must   12 the family. The females just send them away. A bull elephant does not often have a friend ,He lives  13 ,away from the family, and away from other bulls.
Sometimes the females call a bull. He can   14 _them then, and they stay for a time. But soon his “wives” and “sisters” send him away again. The females have a very   15   
family life. What do the bulls think about it? We don’t know.

The elephant is the largest animal to walk on Earth. An elephant can carry a load of 1,200 pounds（磅）. They eat 300 pounds of food a day. An elephant baby can weigh 200 pounds at birth. Elephants can live up to 70 years.
Elephants can be trained to carry logs with their trunks（象鼻）, and have been used in the forestry industry in Asia for many years.
Elephants use their ears as a cooling system. Blood  flows through veins (静脉) in the ears and as the elephant flaps (拍击) his ears, the blood cools and flows through his body to cool off other parts.
There are two kinds of elephants: the African elephant and the Indian elephant. African elephants can be identified(识别) by the larger ears. The African elephant grows up to 10 feet tall and weighs as much as 12,000 pounds.
The Indian elephant grows up to 9 feet tall, and weighs up to 8,000 pounds. It’s easy to identify because of its smaller ears. Most circus (马戏团) elephants are Indian elephants. Another name for the Indian elephant is the Asian elephant.
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【小题1】Elephants can live up to _______ years.
【小题2】Elephants use their _______ as a cooling system.
【小题3】There are two kinds of elephants: the African elephant and the ______ elephant.
【小题4】The ________ of the African elephant is as much as 12,000 pounds.
【小题5】It’s not ________to identify the Indian elephant from its smaller ears.

The elephant is the biggest four-legged animal in the world. It’s also, perhaps, the gentlest ,   1 not always.

Elephants are like us in some ways. They   2  for a long time—fifty or sixty years. They can  3  things very well. They never forget great sadness or happiness. A female elephant   4 , her daughters and her granddaughters are sad for many months. They stay with the dead   5 . Then they carry a bit of it away with them. They never forget a  6 friend.

Elephants are like us, but they’re also  7 .They live in families; families or females. There will be a few young males-a few “baby boy”. But they will soon be   8 away by their mothers or sisters. An elephant family   9  only its daughters, mothers and grandmothers and its great grandmothers.

The females stay together for fifty, sixty or a hundred years.The older animals   10 the young ones. The mothers teach their daughters and set a good example.And   11  happens to male elephant? Well, the young males stay with their mothers for a time. Then they must   12 the family. The females just send them away. A bull elephant does not often have a friend ,He lives  13 ,away from the family, and away from other bulls.

Sometimes the females call a bull. He can   14 _them then, and they stay for a time. But soon his “wives” and “sisters” send him away again. The females have a very   15   

family life. What do the bulls think about it? We don’t know.

1.                A．and            B．but            C．so   D．yet

2.                A．play           B．work           C．live  D．sleep

3.                A．remember      B．practice        C．talk D．change

4.                A．is hurt          B．is caught        C．loses D．dies

5.                A．head           B．legs            C．body D．feet

6.                A．terrible         B．dad            C．young    D．dear

7.                A．different        B．same           C．special   D．popular

8.                A．thrown         B．sent           C．kicked    D．posted

9.                A．hopes          B．keeps          C．Allows    D．frightens

10.               A．look at         B．carry out       C．look after  D．take away

11.               A．how           B．who           C．which D．what

12.               A．leave          B．stay           C．hear  D．walk

13.               A．sadly          B．hard           C．alone D．noisily

14.               A．visit           B．beat           C．hide  D．receive

15.               A．dangerous      B．happy          C．beautiful  D．clever

The elephant is the largest animal to walk on Earth. An elephant can carry a load of 1,200 pounds（磅）. They eat 300 pounds of food a day. An elephant baby can weigh 200 pounds at birth. Elephants can live up to 70 years.

Elephants can be trained to carry logs with their trunks（象鼻）, and have been used in the forestry industry in Asia for many years.

Elephants use their ears as a cooling system. Blood  flows through veins (静脉) in the ears and as the elephant flaps (拍击) his ears, the blood cools and flows through his body to cool off other parts.

There are two kinds of elephants: the African elephant and the Indian elephant. African elephants can be identified(识别) by the larger ears. The African elephant grows up to 10 feet tall and weighs as much as 12,000 pounds.

The Indian elephant grows up to 9 feet tall, and weighs up to 8,000 pounds. It’s easy to identify because of its smaller ears. Most circus (马戏团) elephants are Indian elephants. Another name for the Indian elephant is the Asian elephant.

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1.Elephants can live up to _______ years.

2.Elephants use their _______ as a cooling system.

3.There are two kinds of elephants: the African elephant and the ______ elephant.

4.The ________ of the African elephant is as much as 12,000 pounds.

5.It’s not ________to identify the Indian elephant from its smaller ears.