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【題目】閱讀理解
Mary is an African elephant. Now she is 16 years old.She lives in the zoo. Mary has produced more than 50 drawings since last year. She has made over $2,500 for the zoo. Zoo leaders said Mary first showed the art ability (能力) about 4 years ago. Zoo workers watched her make the marks (痕跡) in the sand with her trunk (象鼻). She rubbed out (抹去) the marks, then made the new ones. The zoo workers gave her brushes and paints. Soon Mary was drawing pictures. Newspaper reporters wrote about Mary, and then people went to buy her pictures. And in this way she made a lot of money for the zoo by drawing.
This is how Mary does the drawing.A zoo worker holds different color paints and Mary touches the colors she wants. Then the worker gives her chosen color to the brushes in her trunk and Mary begins to paint.
（1）Mary is .
A.a girl
B.a zoo worker
C.a zoo leader
D.an elephant from Africa
（2）She has made over for the zoo.
A.$50
B.$2,500
C.$16
D.$4
（3）Mary first learned to draw pictures .
A.when she was 4 years old
B.to make money
C.in the sand with her trunk
D.when she was 16 years old
（4） wrote about Mary,and then people went to buy her pictures.
A.Newspaper reporters
B.A magazine
C.A history textbook
D.An advertisement
（5）Mary rubbed out the marks she had made in order to .
A.please the visitors
B.make other ones
C.ask for more brushes and paints
D.clean her trunk

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）D
（2）B
（3）C
（4）A
（5）B
【解析】文章大意：文章講述了一頭會(huì)畫畫的非洲大象的故事。
（1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。句意：瑪麗是一個(gè)——。A. a girl一個(gè)女孩； B. a zoo worker 一個(gè)動(dòng)物園的工人； C. a zoo leader 一個(gè)動(dòng)物園的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)； D. an elephant from Africa一頭來自非洲的大象。根據(jù)Mary is an African elephant，故選D。
（2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。句意：她為動(dòng)物園掙了多少錢。根據(jù)She has made over $2,500 for the zoo故選B。
（3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。句意：瑪麗第一次學(xué)畫畫———。A. when she was 4 years old 當(dāng)她4歲時(shí)； B. to make money掙錢；C. in the sand with her trunk 用象鼻在沙地里； D. when she was 16 years old當(dāng)她16歲時(shí)。Zoo leaders said Mary first showed the art ability (能力) about 4 years ago.Zoo workers watched her make the marks (痕跡) in the sand with her trunk (象鼻).故選C。
（4）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。句意：誰寫關(guān)于瑪麗的事，然后人們?nèi)ベI畫。根據(jù).Newspaper reporters wrote about Mary,and then people went to buy her pictures.故選A。
（5）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。句意：瑪麗抹去了她弄的痕跡，是為了———。A. please the visitors 愉悅參觀者； B. make other ones創(chuàng)作其他的；C. ask for more brushes and paints 要更多的刷子和涂料； D. clean her trunk清潔它的象鼻。根據(jù)She rubbed out (抹去) the marks, then made the new ones.故選B。