单选题
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
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Elephants {{U}}(42) {{/U}} for a long time--fifty or sixty years. They never forget great sadness or great happiness. A female elephant dies, her daughters and her granddaughters are {{U}}(43) {{/U}} for many months.
Elephants live in families--families of females (母系家族). There will be a few young males--" baby boy". But they will soon {{U}}(44) {{/U}} their families when they grow up. An elephant family {{U}}(45) {{/U}} only its daughters, mothers and grandmothers.
The females stay together all their {{U}}(46) {{/U}}. The older ones {{U}}(47) {{/U}} the younger ones. The mothers teach their daughters and set a good example. And {{U}}(48) {{/U}} happens to male elephants? A bull (雄) elephant doesn't often have a friend. He lives {{U}}(49) {{/U}}. Sometimes the females call a bull. He can {{U}}(50) {{/U}} them then, but soon his "wives" and sisters send him away again.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 从It is also，perhaps，the gentlest及后面的but可知大象可能是最温柔的动物，但并非总是如此。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 此题可用排除法将三个选项分别代入，可知只有live，活五六十年句意通顺。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 从前文的They never forget great sadness or great happiness可知雌象死了以后其子女会伤心。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 从前文的There will be a few young males—“baby boy”可知雄象长大就要离开。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 从前文的Elephants five in families-families of females(母系家族)可知大象家族只有雌性聚在一起。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 某人的一生all one's life。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 根据句意“年老的象照顾年轻的象”，look after照顾、照料，此为固定搭配。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 从上文The females stay together all their lives可知上面介绍了雌象，那么雄象的情况呢，用what提出问题。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 从上文的A bull(雄性)elephant doesn't often have a friend可知因为雄象没有朋友，所以一个人生活。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 从句子Sometimes the females call a bull可知雄象只能拜访雌象，拜访完毕就要离开。