The elephant is the biggest four-legged animal in the world. It’s also, perhaps, the gentlest , 1 not always. Elephants are like us in some ways. They 2 for a long time—fifty or sixty years. They can 3 things very well. They never forget great sadness or happiness. A female elephant 4 , her daughters and her granddaughters are sad for many months. They stay with the dead 5 . Then they carry a bit of it away with them. They never forget a 6 friend. Elephants are like us, but they’re also 7 .They live in families; families or females. There will be a few young males-a few “baby boy”. But they will soon be 8 away by their mothers or sisters. An elephant family 9 only its daughters, mothers and grandmothers and its great grandmothers. The females stay together for fifty, sixty or a hundred years.The older animals 10 the young ones. The mothers teach their daughters and set a good example.And 11 happens to male elephant? Well, the young males stay with their mothers for a time. Then they must 12 the family. The females just send them away. A bull elephant does not often have a friend ,He lives 13 ,away from the family, and away from other bulls. Sometimes the females call a bull. He can 14 _them then, and they stay for a time. But soon his “wives” and “sisters” send him away again. The females have a very 15 family life. What do the bulls think about it? We don’t know.
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:C
小题6:D
小题7:A
小题8:B
小题9:C
小题10:C
小题11:D
小题12:A
小题13:C
小题14:A
小题15:B
题目分析：这篇短文主要介绍了大象的家庭生活,那就是只有雌象才能生活在家庭里面,而公象在成年后必须离开家庭,独自生活.
小题1:联系上下文,可知前后是转折关系,故选B,但是.
小题2:联系下文描述,可知此处指的是他们活得时间很长,故选C,居住,生活.
小题3:联系后一句描述,可知此处指的是他们能很好的记住东西.故选A,记得.
小题4:联系下文They stay with the dead描述,可知此处指的是一头母象死了.故选D,死亡.
小题5:联系前文描述,可知此处指的是死去的大象的尸体.故选C,身体.
小题6:形容词吧辨析. A. 可怕的;B. 坏的;C. 年轻的;D. 亲爱的.结合语境可知此处指的是亲爱的朋友.故选D.
小题7:联系前一句描述,可知此处指的是,但是他们也不一样.故选A,不同的.
小题8:联系下文描述,可知此处指的是他们会很快被送走.故选B,送.
小题9:动词辨析. A. 希望;B. 保留,维持; C. 允许;D.使惊吓.联系前文描述,可知此处指的是大象的家庭只认可它的女性家庭成员,故选C.
小题10:结合语境可知此指的是成年象照顾小象,故选C.
小题11:联系下文,可知此处指的是,公象发生了什么事?故选D,什么.
小题12:联系下文描述,可知此处指的是,他们必须离开家庭.故选A.
小题13:联系上下文可知此处指的是它独自生活,,故选C.
小题14:联系上下文,可知此处指的是,然后他就可拜访他们.故选A.
小题15:联系上文描述,可知此处指的是雌象们过着幸福的家庭生活.故选B,幸福的.
点评：这篇短文内容比较简单，理解不难。各小题与上下文联系比较紧密，答题中一定要注意联系上下文。答完后多读几遍，看看是否符合逻辑，适当修改。个别小题可以当作单独的词义辨析题来做，先区分词义，结合语境选出最能使语句通顺的答案。