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     Hannibal was a general from Carthage, a city on the northern coast of Africa.

He thought the ancient Romans and won great battles at a time when the Romans

were the most powerful people in the world. His army was small, but it was made

up of soldiers from many countries that didn't want to be ruled by the Romans.

     before Hannibal could fight the Romans always had thought would protect them

from enemy armies. When winter came, the Romans did not think Hannibal could

possibly cross the mountains. Hannibal surprised them. With some of his soldiers

riding huge strong elephants-where no elephants had to walk slowly without resting

through the mountain snow-storms and howling(怒号)winds. The enemies rolled rocks

down to try to stop them. Even raging rivers couldn't stop them. Hannibal's soldiers

built rafts(木排)strong enough to carry the elephants across. At last, half of them

never reached the end of their journey. But the other half of the army and some

of the elephants did finish the journey.

1. From the passage, Hannibal might live in ____.

A. Algeria

B. Italy

C. Turkey

D. Iraq

2. Hannibal knew that he ____

A. must have a powerful army to beat the Romans

B. must cross the Alps to win the battle

C. was sure to beat the Romans before crossing the Alps

D. had to break away from the Romans to cross the Alps

3. Which of the following is not true?_____

A. Before Hannibal's army crossed the Alps, the Romans were the most powerful

people in the world.

B. The Romans thought it impossible for Hannibal to cross the Alps.

C. Hannibal used the elephant to help cross the Alps because the elephants were

good at walking on mountain paths.

D. Hannibal managed to cross the Alps after all with his army.

4. After reading this passage, we can easily remember a saying____.

A. Where there's a will, there's a way

B. Strike while the iron is still hot

C. He who doesn't reach the Great Wall is not a true man

D. Failure is the mother of success