Question

But Parbati doesn’t catch elephant just for fun . “My  1.  ,” she says, “is to protect man from the elephants, and to keep the elephant safe from man.” And this is exactly what Parbati has been doing for many years.  2.  ,the Indian elephant is angry for many years, hunters have attacked it and its home in the forest has been reduced to small pieces of land. It is now fighting back. Whenever wild elephants enter a tea garden or a village, Parbati is called to  3. the animals back to the jungle before they can kill.

Being an elephant tamer also needs love. A good elephant tamer will spend hours a day singing love songs to a baby elephant. “Finally they grow to love their tamers and never forget them. They are also more   4.  than humans,” she said, as she climbed up one of her elephants and sat on the huge, happy animal. An elephant princess indeed!

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.E

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：Parbati觉得保护大象是她的工作，每当大象闯入村庄的时候，她都会引导他们回到丛林里去。而且Parbati认为大象有时候也比人类更加忠诚，她愿意保护他们。

1.

2.气愤，猎人们攻击它，它在森林里的家也变得越来越小。However 然而，是一个副词，表示转折。根据文意可知，这里是转折的关系。故选A。

3.它们回到丛林里。guide 引导，是一个动词。根据句意可知，Parbati引导大象回到丛林里去，不要闯入人们居住的地方。故应选E。

4.它们也比人类更忠诚。faithful 忠诚的，是一个形容词。根据上句话Finally they grow to love their tamers...可知，如果人们对大象好，大象也会喜欢上它们的驯象师，会对他们忠诚。故应选C。

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