Early one morning the sub-inspector at a station at the other end of the town rang me. An elephant was damaging the town. Would I please come and do something about it? I did not know what I could do, but I got onto a horse and started out. I took my gun, maybe too small to kill an elephant, but I thought the noise might scare him. Various local people stopped me on the way and told me about the elephant's doings. It was not, of course, a wild elephant, but a tame one. It had been chained up but last night it had broken its chain and escaped. Its owner had set out to run after it, but had taken the wrong direction. He was now twelve hours' journey away, and in the morning the elephant had suddenly appeared in the town. It had already destroyed somebody's bamboo hut (棚屋), killed a cow and turned over fruit¬stalls. I came round the hut and saw a man's dead body sprawling in the mud. He was an Indian, and he could not have been dead many minutes. The people said that the elephant caught him with its trunk, put its foot on his back and   grounded him into the earth. This was the rainy season and he was lying on his stomach in the soft mud, the peacebreaker standing beside, looking innocent. As I lifted my gun, I hesitated a few seconds. Then I fired. That was a shot for him. You could see the pain of it knocking the last strength from his legs. But in falling he seemed for a moment to rise, his trunk reaching skyward like a tree. He trumpeted, for the first and only time. And then down he came, with a crash that shook the ground.
小題1:Which of the following statements about the author is TRUE?
A．He was an Indian.
B．He knew elephants well.
C．He was not a local villager.
D．He was the owner of the elephant.
小題2:The elephant made so much trouble because ________.
A．its owner treated him cruelly
B．it got out of control
C．it hated the village people
D．it was a wild elephant
小題3:The underlined words “the peacebreaker” in Paragraph 4 refer to ________.
A．the elephantB．the dead man
C．the authorD．the sub¬inspector
小題4:It can be inferred that the author felt ________ when he shot the elephant.
A．excitedB．sadC．frightenedD．happy

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:B
文章介紹了自己射殺大象的事情。
小題1:推理題。根據(jù)第五行Various local people stopped me on the way可知我并不是當(dāng)?shù)厝�。如果我是�?dāng)?shù)厝耍筒粫f當(dāng)?shù)厝俗柚刮伊恕?br />小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)It had been chained up but last night it had broken its chain and escaped.可知這只大象掙脫了鐵鏈，失去了控制。
小題3:推理題。這只大象逃脫以后給當(dāng)?shù)厝藥砹撕艽蟮膫�，正是一個破壞和平的人。
小題4:推理題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第5行l(wèi)ooking innocent. As I lifted my gun, I hesitated a few seconds可知我有點(diǎn)猶豫，說明我并不想射殺大象，后面大象倒地以后我應(yīng)該是很難過的。
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A．changesB．conflictsC．worriesD．problems
小題7:
A．looking forB．picking upC．waiting for D．calling up
小題8:
A．a(chǎn)ngryB．nervousC．disappointed D．a(chǎn)shamed
小題9:
A．qualityB．importanceC．storiesD．ways
小題10:
A．hoursB．minutesC．daysD．times
小題11:
A．satisfiedB．shockedC．surprisedD．concerned
小題12:
A．ifB．unlessC．becauseD．so
小題13:
A．guiltB．disappointmentC．excitementD．hatred
小題14:
A．homeB．schoolC．work D．office
小題15:
A．finishB．keepC．learnD．stop
小題16:
A．impossibleB．impoliteC．unacceptableD．unbelievable
小題17:
A．meantB．suggestedC．showedD．implied
小題18:
A．replyB．a(chǎn)pologizeC．tellD．explain
小題19:
A．decisionsB．wordsC．a(chǎn)ctionsD．friends
小題20:
A．teacherB．parentC．writerD．professor

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