Question

【题目】 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（谬论）. No evidence suggests that elephants have better memories than any other animals.

④Finally, there is the myth（神话） 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】

本文介绍了人们对大象的误解之处以及谚语“a white elephant”的来历。

【1】

推理判断题。根据“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.”这是不真实的，事实上，大象的视力很差，它们通常不会看到老鼠，即使一只老鼠离它们很近。可以推知大象不怕老鼠，因为大象不仅视力很差而且老鼠太小，大象也看不见。故选C。

【2】

细节理解题。根据“Elephants are the biggest land animals alive today.”大象是当今世界上最大的陆地动物。因此A不对；根据“No evidence suggests that elephants have better memories than any other animals.”没有证据表明大象的记忆力比其他任何动物都好。也就是说没有证据表明大象的记忆力最好，因此选项B说大象的记忆力最差不对；根据“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.”在泰国，当这个国家还被称为暹罗时，如果有人发现一头白象，他们就会把它送给国王，因为它很稀有。可知，在暹罗，如果有人发现一头白象，它就会被送给国王。而不是自己照顾它。所以选项C错误，D正确。故选D。

【3】

主旨大意题。根据“We have worked with elephants for a long time, but there are still many misunderstandings about elephants.”我们与大象合作了很长时间，但对大象仍有许多误解。可知，本文主要介绍了对大象的误解之处，也就是关于大象的荒诞的说法。故选B。

【4】

篇章结构。第一段子总写我们与大象合作了很长时间，但对大象仍有许多误解；第②③④三段分述了误解之处；第⑤段介绍了如果有人发现一头白象，该如何处理以及谚语“a white elephant”的来历。所以本文的结构是①;②③④; ⑤。故选C。