单选题 Years ago, a young man named Jason married a beautiful woman. They lived with the man's extended family, that is, his parents, his brothers, as well as their wives and children. In their house an elephant was raised, in which the woman soon showed great interest. She fed fruit and food to it each day.
However, just three months later, after having a fight with her husband, the young woman returned to her own parents' home. It was quite surprising that the elephant began to refuse to work or even to eat food. It seemed that it was sick and heart-broken. Finally, one morning after several weeks, it disappeared !
It went to the woman's house to see her. As soon as it saw her, the elephant touched her softly with its nose. So moved was the woman that she went back to her husband's house.
This story illustrates that animals are as emotional as human beings. They could do the things you have ever done for them, especially the good aspects. Remember to be kind to them, for we are friends.

单选题 The purpose the writer wrote this passage is to ______.
A. show that elephants are very smart
B. tell how a woman trained her elephant
C. show that female care more for animals than male do
D. tell how an animal reunited a husband and his wife
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题为推断题。通过大致阅读文章,可以推断出作者的写作意图。A说大象很聪明,但这不是作者主要想表达的;B说怎么训练大象的,文中没有提到;C说女人比男人更关心动物,文中也没有提到;D说一个动物怎么让夫妻团聚。显然选项D更符合题意。
单选题 The woman returned to her parents' house ______.
A. to visit her own parents
B. to see whether the elephant would follow her
C. because she quarreled with her husband
D. because she was fed up with the large family
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题为细节题。文章第二段中“after having a fight with her husband”说明了女子离开是因为她和丈夫吵架了。
单选题 After the woman left the new house, her elephant ______.
A. returned to the nature
B. showed great sorrow since it missed her
C. went out to look for a new home
D. was ill because nobody fed it
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题为细节题。通过看文章,选项A和C可以直接排除,选项D(大象难过是因为没人喂养它)显然是错的,故选B。
单选题 The reason why the wife went back to her husband's house is that ______.
A. she knew it was he that had sent the animal to her
B. the elephant had come to see her
C. her parents persuaded her to do so
D. she missed her new home very much
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题为推断题。仔细阅读文章后,可从文章第三段的最后一句“So moved was the woman that she went back to her husband's house”,判断B项为正确答案。