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二、 阅读理解(20分)

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     A young man from a village called Nawalapitiya married a young woman from Malyuwa,a nearby village. They lived with the man's big family —his parents,his brothers,their wives and children. The family kept an elephant,in which the young woman soon took a great interest. Every day she fed it with fruit and sugar.

     Three months later,having quarreled with her husband,the woman went back to her parents’ home. Soon the elephant refused to eat or work. It appeared to be ill and heart-broken. One morning after several weeks the animal disappeared from the house.

      It went to the woman's home. On seeing her,the elephant waved its trunk and touched her with it. The young woman was so moved by the act of the animal. So she went back to her husband's home.

() 1. The woman left her new home .

   A. to visit her own parents in Malyuwa

   B. to see if the elephant would follow her

   C. because she was angry with her husband

   D. because she was tired of the large family

() 2. The word “disappeared” in the reading means .

   A. ran away   B. lost   C. hid   D. remained

() 3. After the young woman left her husband's home,the elephant .

   A. returned to the forest   B. was sad because it missed her

   C. went to look for a new house   D. was sick because nobody fed it

() 4. How did the elephant express its feeling when it saw the young woman?

   A. It waved its trunk and smiled. B. It touched her with its trunk.

   C. It touched her and cried. D. It waved its trunk and ran around her.

() 5. The writer wrote the story in order to .

   A. show that elephants are very clever

   B. tell how a woman trained a wild animal

   C. show that women care more for animals than men do

   D. tell how an animal got a husband and wife together again

Answer 1

二、阅读理解

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阅读提示：本文是一篇记叙文。一位年轻人和一位女子结婚后，他们生活在一个大家庭里，女子对家庭中的大象很友好。后来女子因为生气回家，大象去女子家，把女子感动了，最后女子和大象一起回家。

1. C细节理解题。根据文章内容可知:三个月后，女子和她的丈夫吵架，这位女子回到了他父母的家里。

2. A猜测推理题。根据短语from the house以及“It went to the woman's home. ”我们可以推断是“出走”的意思。

3. B细节理解题。从文章当中我们可以看出大象伤心是因为想念这名妇女。所以选   B.

4. B 文意理解题。从文章中“On seeing her,the elephant waved its trunk and touched her with it. ”可知应选   B.

5. D归纳概括题。从整篇文章来看，作者写这个故事是以大象为线索告诉我们丈夫和妻子重归于好的过程。