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Elephants are the largest land animals alive today. African elephants live in family groups called herds (群). All of the elephants in the herd take care of each other. The leader of the herd is an old mother elephant. She is the matriarch (女族长). A herd may have as few as eight or as many as 100 elephants. The other elephants follow the matriarch because she knows how to keep them safe from coming danger.
Elephants learn by watching and copying other elephants, and also learn from life. Baby elephants stay with their mothers until they are fully grown at about ten years old. Elephants are smart animals with long memories (记忆力). In the dry season, a matriarch can remember where water was found in the past. The herd will follow her there. She can also remember the safest place for baby elephants to cross a fast-moving river.
Other animals don't usually attack (攻击) elephants. However, a lion might try to attack a sick elephant or a baby. If this happens, the adult (成年的) elephants circle around the baby elephants. The adults make louder sounds and hit the ground with their trunks. The matriarch puts herself between the lion and the herd. She beats her ears out to make herself look even larger. Then she leads her herd and attacks the lion in a big cloud of dust (灰尘).
() 33. What do we know about the matriarch from Paragraph 1?
A. She just follow the other elephants in the herd.
B. She is the oldest elephant in the herd.
C. She keeps her herd safe from coming danger.
() 34. What do long memories help elephants to do?
A. Choose their matriarch.
B. Find water and cross the river.
C. Talk with each other.
() 35. Why do the adult elephants circle around their babies?
A. To keep their babies safe.
B. To welcome their friends.
C. To attack the lions.
() 36. What is the best title (标题) for the passage?
A. An Elephant Herd
B. An Elephant Matriarch
C. The Lion and the Elephant
Elephants are the largest land animals alive today. African elephants live in family groups called herds (群). All of the elephants in the herd take care of each other. The leader of the herd is an old mother elephant. She is the matriarch (女族长). A herd may have as few as eight or as many as 100 elephants. The other elephants follow the matriarch because she knows how to keep them safe from coming danger.
Elephants learn by watching and copying other elephants, and also learn from life. Baby elephants stay with their mothers until they are fully grown at about ten years old. Elephants are smart animals with long memories (记忆力). In the dry season, a matriarch can remember where water was found in the past. The herd will follow her there. She can also remember the safest place for baby elephants to cross a fast-moving river.
Other animals don't usually attack (攻击) elephants. However, a lion might try to attack a sick elephant or a baby. If this happens, the adult (成年的) elephants circle around the baby elephants. The adults make louder sounds and hit the ground with their trunks. The matriarch puts herself between the lion and the herd. She beats her ears out to make herself look even larger. Then she leads her herd and attacks the lion in a big cloud of dust (灰尘).
() 33. What do we know about the matriarch from Paragraph 1?
A. She just follow the other elephants in the herd.
B. She is the oldest elephant in the herd.
C. She keeps her herd safe from coming danger.
() 34. What do long memories help elephants to do?
A. Choose their matriarch.
B. Find water and cross the river.
C. Talk with each other.
() 35. Why do the adult elephants circle around their babies?
A. To keep their babies safe.
B. To welcome their friends.
C. To attack the lions.
() 36. What is the best title (标题) for the passage?
A. An Elephant Herd
B. An Elephant Matriarch
C. The Lion and the Elephant
答案
33. C
34. B
35. A
36. A
34. B
35. A
36. A
