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三、阅读理解
When your friends are having a bad day, you may go to them and try your best to make them feel better, right? Believe it or not, elephants can do the same thing.
Some scientists studied 26 elephants between the ages of 3 and 60 at the Elephant Nature Park in Thailand. They find that elephants can know when their friends are not happy. They even try to make their friends happy. For example, when some elephants do not feel happy, the others in the family group always try to give them friendly touches. They do it by putting their long, big trunks (象鼻) in each other’s mouths. Nearby elephants also make some special noise to calm them down. Sometimes, they just stand close to their friends.
Scientists also noticed something else. Elephants have feelings like us. They never leave behind their weak family members. When one elephant is hurt, the stronger elephants in the family group always go to take care of him.
The study surprised the scientists. They never expected (预料) that elephants cared about each other so much. Whether elephants are sick or sad, their friends never leave them alone. Not many animals can do that.
( ) 1. How many elephants did the scientists study in Thailand?
A. 12.
B. 26.
C. 60.
D. 63.
( ) 2. If an elephant doesn’t feel happy, its friends may help it by ______.
① standing close to it
② making special noise
③ giving it friendly touches
A. ①②
B. ②③
C. ①③
D. ①②③
( ) 3. The underlined phrase “leave behind” in paragraph 3 means “______”.
A. care about
B. go away from
C. be willing to help
D. give support to
( ) 4. Which of the following is the structure (结构) of the passage?

A.
B.
C.
D.
( ) 5. The purpose (目的) of the passage is to ______.
A. ask people to protect elephants
B. tell people about a study of elephants
C. help people find out why elephants are sad
D. teach people how to help elephants live in the park

答案： 1. B
2. D
3. B
4. B
5. B

四、补全对话
阅读对话,从方框中选出能填入空格处的最佳选项,有两个多余选项。
Lily: I think having a good friend is really important.
Tom: ____1____ My best friend is always there when I’m in trouble.
Lily: Sounds great. ____2____
Tom: He is very honest. ____3____
Lily: Honesty is really a good quality. What other qualities does he have?
Tom: He also has a great sense of humour. He can always make me laugh.
Lily: ____4____ It must be fun to be with him.
Tom: Yeah, and we always share our secrets with each other.
Lily: That’s what true friends should do. ____5____
A. That’s amazing.
B. That’s for sure.
C. He never lies to me.
D. We have a lot in common.
E. What’s your best friend like?
F. How often do you meet your friend?
G. Sharing is also an important part of true friendship.
1. ______
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
5. ______

答案： 1. B
2. E
3. C
4. A
5. G