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In many African cultures,the elephant is a 1. (象征) of strength, power and good luck. But will there be still good luck if there are no elephants in the world?

At the beginning of the 2. (第二十) century, there were about 10 3. (百万)

African elephants, but now there are about 500,000. Last year about 20,000 elephants were killed.

So African elephants are in4. (危险). In the next ten years, the elephant 5.(数量)will reduce by more than a quarter.

Luckily, some countries’6. (政府) in Africa are taking steps to stop people killing

elephants.People kill elephants for their ivory(象牙). Female (雌性的) elephants are at a7. (较高的) risk because they have very large ivory.

The demand (需求) for elephant ivory in China is 8. (尤其) great. It has become even more valuable than gold. Although the international ivory trade has been banned (禁止) since 1989 in order to9. (保护) African elephants, many people are trying to kill elephants in some African countries.

At the end of the 1990s, the ivory ban was not so strict that it allowed some countries to sell ivory again. Some people say this is a great 10. (错误).

1.symbol 2.twentieth 3.million 4.danger 5.population 6.governments 7.higher 8.especially 9.protect 10.mistake 【解析】短文介绍了非洲的大象。在非洲文化中，大象是力量、权力和好运的象征。但是现在非洲大象处于危险之中，因为人们为了得到...

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