[单项选择]In the elephant family, there are ______.


A. parents living together
B. parents and all their babies living happily
C. females and, sometimes, a few young males

[单项选择]What would the elephant family do when a male elephant is born


A. They send it away.
B. They keep it for some time.
C. They teach it to live alone.
D. They stay with it for a long time.

[单项选择]In the elephant family, there are ______.


A. parents living together
B. parents and all their babies living happily
C. females and, sometimes, a few young males

[单项选择]This may have preserved the elephant from being wiped out as well as other animals _________ in Afric


A. A． huntedB. huntingC. that huntedD. are hunted

[单项选择]The passage mentions the African Elephant, the Indian Tiger, and the American Eagle as example of which


A. Endangered species.
B. Sea resources.
C. Land animals.
D. Food supplies.

[单项选择]A wise rabbit helped the elephant and taught him how to dance well.

[单项选择]What happens to a male elephant when it grows up


A. He often lives together with his wife.
B. He leaves the family.
C. He tries to form a new family.
D. He lives with other male friends.

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The elephant is the largest four-legged animal in the world. It is also, perhaps the gentlest, but not always!
Elephants are similar to human beings in some ways. They live for a long time --fifty or sixty years. They are emotional, too. They never forget great sadness or great happiness. When a female elephant dies, her daughters and her granddaughters are sad for several months. They stay with the dead body and then carry a bit of it away with them. They never forget a dear friend.
Elephants are like us, but they are also different. They also live in families, but only in families of females. There will be a few young males -- a few "baby boys". But the females will soon send them away. An elephant family keeps only its daughters, mothers and grandmothers, and its great-grand mothers.
The females stay together for fifty, sixty ... a hundred years. The older animals look after the young ones. The mothers teach their daughters and set a g
A. They stay around the dead body for a long time.
B. Only females stay together for a long time.
C. The mothers teach their daughters and set a good example.
D. The older animals would look after the young ones.