Question

【题目】A Special Delivery

Ben and Sally lived in California with their two daughters. Ben liked travelling. 【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. They had planned everything perfectly. 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. 【5】___________ .

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. They wanted Ben to watch the video

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

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】A

【3】C

【4】B

【5】D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了本的朋友在本外出旅行后和本夫妇开了一个玩笑。他们以本的名义给他的妻子送了一头象，而后又要求警察给她开出罚单，同时他们把一切录制成录像带。

【1】E根据上文介绍本喜欢旅行，及后文转折但是萨利和女孩们呆在家里，可知本旅行去了，故选E。

【2】A根据上文本的朋友想开玩笑及后文的信，可知他们给萨利寄了信。故选A。

【3】C根据后文象开始吃草，可知小象进入了萨利的院子，故选C，

【4】B根据后文警察的话及罚单，可知警察来了，故选B。

【5】D根据上文本的朋友把一切拍录下来，故选D。他们想让本看录像。