单选题 The elephant is the biggest four-legged animal in the world. It is also the gentlest, but not always !
Elephants are like us in some ways. They live for a long time—fifty or sixty years. They can remember things very well. They never forget great sadness or great happiness. As a female (雌性) elephant dies, her daughters and her granddaughters will be sad for many months. The never forget a dear friend.
Elephants are like us, but they are also different. They live in families, families of females; There will be a few young males-a few "baby boys". But the females will soon send them away. An elephant family keeps only its daughters, mothers and grandmothers.
The females stay together for fifty, sixty a hundred years. The older animals look after the younger ones. The mothers teach their daughters and set a good example. And what happens to male (雄性) elephants? Well, the young males stay with their mothers for a time. Then they must leave the family.

单选题 How long can elephants live?

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 原文第二段第二句话说“They live for a long time—fifty or sixty years”(大象能活很长时间——五十或六十年)。所以答案选B。

单选题 In the second paragraph the word "dear" means ______.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 原文说大象非常怀念死去的亲人，所以此处“dear”意为“亲爱的”。expensive(贵的)，old(老的)，good(好的)，只有good的意思最接近，故选C。

单选题 As a female elephant dies, her daughters and her granddaughters will ______.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 原文第二段第二句话说“As a female elephant dies，her daughters and her granddaughters will be sad for many months”(如果一只母象死了，她女儿和孙女们会伤心好几个月)。所以答案B与原文一致。

单选题 Males will have to leave the family ______.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 原文最后一句话说“the young males stay with their mothers for a time．Then they must leave the family”(小雄象可以和妈妈呆一段时间，但之后必须离开家)。答案B“the moment they are born”(出生时)， C“when they are old” (年老时)都不对，只有A“sometime after they are born”(出生一段时间后)与原文一致。

单选题 Who will take care of the younger ones?

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 原文最后一段说“The older animals look after the younger ones．The mothers teach their daughters and set a good example”(老象照顾小象，妈妈教女儿，做出好榜样)，所以是老母象照顾小象。