(C)

Kelly is an African elephant. Now she is 19 years old. She lives in the zoo. Kelly has produced more than 100 paintings since last year. She has made over $ 3,500 for the zoo. Zoo leaders say Kelly first showed the art ability about 5 years ago. Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk(象鼻). She rubbed out(抹去) the marks, then made the new ones. The zoo workers gave her brushes and paints. Soon Kelly was painting pictures. Newspaper reporters wrote about Kelly, and then people went to buy her pictures. And in this way she made a lot of money for the zoo by painting.

This is how Kelly does the painting. A zoo worker holds different color paints and Kelly touches the colors she wants. Then the worker gives her the chosen colors to the brushes in her trunk and Kelly begins to paint.

51. We most probably read this story in      .

A. a magazine     B. a newspaper      C. a history textbook

52. Kelly first learned to draw pictures       .

A. in the sand with her trunk      B. to make money

C. when she was 5 years old

53. People asked for Kelly's pictures because       .

A. they just wanted to have fun

B. the zoo leaders asked them to do so

C. the zoo workers asked them to do so

54. Kelly rubbed out the marks she had made in order to         .

A. make other ones        B. clean her trunk       C. ask for more brushes and paints

55. From the story we can know that       

A. Kelly can draw nice pictures all by herself

B. Kelly doesn't like to draw pictures at all

C. Kelly can draw pictures with the help of the zoo workers

【主旨大意】你相信大象会画画吗？但这是真的。这只名叫Kelly 19岁的非洲大象从去年开始已经画了100多幅画，为动物园产生了3500多美元的效益。报纸争相报道，人们也开始买它做的画。

51. B 推理判断题。从文章来看，这是一篇新闻报道，所以应该是从报纸上看到到的。

52. A 细节理解题。从文中“Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk”可知。

53. A 推理判断题。动物能画画这是一个很大的新闻，让人们感到很好玩。

54. A 细节理解题。从文中“She rubbed out the marks, then made the new ones.“可知。

55. C 细节理解题。从文中的最后一段可知，Kelly画画需要在工作人员的帮助下才能完成。

C) 回答问题

  阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题。

(D)

Once upon a time there lived a poor farmer called Smith. He didn't like to share things with others. Smith had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apples he grew.

One day, his friend gave Smith a young apple tree and told him to take it home and planted. The farmer was pleased with the gift, but when he got home, he did not know where to plant

He thought and thought. Finally at night he planted the tree in his wood where no one could see it. But without sunlight and good soil, the tree soon died.

Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a poor place.

"What's the difference?" the farmer said angrily. "If I had planted it near the road, strangers would have stolen the fruit. If I had planted it in one of my fields, my neighbors would have come at night and stolen some of the apples. If I had planted it near my house, my own children would have taken the fruit,"

"Yes," said the friend, "but at least someone could have enjoyed the fruit. Now you not only have got nothing, but also you have destroyed a good apple tree."

56. Was Smith happy about the gift?

Yes, he is.

57. When did he plant the apple tree?

At night.

58. Where did Smith plant the apple tree in the end?

In his wood.

59. Why did the apple tree soon die?

Because there was no sunlight or good soil.

60. What would probably happen if the farmer had planted the tree near his house?

His own children would have taken the fruit

【主旨大意】自私的史密斯不喜欢跟别人分享东西。有一天，他的朋友给了他一棵苹果树让他回家种上。史密斯担心别人会偷走，想啊想啊，最后决定在晚上的时候把树种在他的小树林里，这样别人就看不到了。由于没有阳光，土质也不好，小树很快就死了。后来朋友问起缘由时，他反而非常生气，振振有词说出自己堂而皇之的理由。