Question

Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once.(将下列单词或词组填入空格，每空格限填一词，每个单词或词组只能填一次)。

     The elephant was lying heavily on its side, fast asleep. A few dogs started barking at it. The elephant woke up in a terrible anger and all the dogs ran back to the village for 1. . That didn’t stop the elephant. It destroyed a few houses and hurt several people. The villages were frightened and angry. Then someone suggested   2. Parbati for help, the elephant princess(公主).

Parbati Barua’s father was a hunter of tigers and an elephant tamer(驯象师). He taught Parbati to ride an elephant before she could even   3. .He also taught her the dangerous art of the elephant round-up-how to catch wild elephants.

Parbati hasn’t   4.  lived in the forest. After a happy childhood hunting with her father, she was sent to boarding school in the city. But Parbati never got used to being there and many years later she went back to her old life. “Life in the city is too dull. Catching elephants is an adventure and excitement lasts for days after the chase,” she says.

Answer

1.B

2.E

3.C

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：Parbati从小就生活在森林里，她的父亲是一名驯象师，所以Parbati很小的时候就敢骑在大象身上，驯服大象，人们叫她大象公主。后来Parbati去了城市里的一个寄宿学校，但是她不喜欢那里的生活，还想回到森林里去。

1.B句意：大象醒过来了，很生气，所有的狗为了安全都跑回到村子里。根据文意可知，狗叫声把大象吵醒了，大象很生气，所以狗赶紧逃跑，是为了安全，safety是一个名词，放在介词for的后面做宾语。

2.E句意：然后有人建议给Parbati，大象公主打电话求助。call 是一个动词，给某人打电话。句中suggest的意思是建议，后面跟动名词形式做宾语，故选E。

3.C句意：在Parbati会走路之前，他就教她骑在大象上。walk 走路，是一个动词。根据句意可知，Parbati的爸爸是驯象师，他在Parbati很小的时候，就教她骑在大象身上。空前面的could是情态动词，后面跟动词原形，故选C。

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