Chris Jones recently completed a very unusual journey. Our reporter Mary Owen met him at his home in the south of London and be told her all about the trip.
Reporter: What gave you the idea to make a trip around India on an elephant, Chris?
Chris: Well, it all started the idea two years ago when I was planning a trip to India. I visited a photo exhibition of elephants and I realized that the only enjoyable way to make a trip around India was on an elephant.
Reporter: What did you do next?
Chris: I flew to New Delhi and started looking for an elephant, I needed an elephant trained to carry people. I didn’t know anything about elephants, so I asked an expert(专家) for help. He taught me how to ride an elephant. He also helped me find an elephant.
Reporter: How long did it take to find a suitable elephant?
Chris: Not too long. I bought a female elephant called Tara for about 6, 000 dollars.
Reporter: Can you tell me about the journey?
Chris: Tara and I set off from New Delhi a week later. We were going to Sonepur in northern India. There is a big elephant market there and I could sell Tara easily. And what a ride! Elephants can travel at about 6 miles an hour and Sonepur is more than 1, 200 km away. It took us 64 days to complete the journey.
Reporter: Did you have any problems on your journey?
Chris: Yes, a few. But nothing serious. On the third day, Tara hurt her foot. Btu that got better quickly. Also, there was a lot of heavy rain during the first week and we got very wet!
Reporter: What happened when you reached Sonepur?
Chris: My plan was to sell Tara. But I was very fond of her. I couldn’t take her back to Britain and I didn’t want to sell her at the market. I happened to meet some people who wanted an elephant for their national park in southern India. I knew that Tara would be safe with them, so I gave her to them. I was very sad to say goodbye.Chris got the idea to make a trip around India on an elephant from __________.
| A．a visit to a zoo |
| B．an elephant expert from India |
| C．the photos of elephant |
| D．an old friend who lived in India |
The elephant expert told Chris __________.
| A．when to buy an elephant |
| B．how to feed an elephant |
| C．where to sell his elephant |
| D．how to ride an elephant |
Chris decided to go to Sonepur because __________.
| A．it is a very interesting place |
| B．he would be able to sell Tara there easily |
| C．elephants cannot be sold anywhere else |
| D．it would take only a short time to get there |
When Chris arrived at the market in Sonepur, __________.
| A．he realized that he did not really want to sell Tara |
| B．he visited some shopkeepers |
| C．he sold Tara to a national park |
| D．he decided to take Tara home with him |
| Summer Sale! Save on every record and tape in the store. POP ROCK JAZZ DISCO COUNTRY.. Specials on all records and tapes. LIST PRICE SALE PRICE $5.98 $4.48 $6.98 $5.48 $7.98 $6.48 Sale starts on June 15 and ends on June 29. No mail or telephone orders during the sale. Add: 308 Park Street THE MUSIC STORE |
The Music Store _____.
A. will open on June15.
B. is having a summer sale.
C. has sale prices only in summer.What records and tapes in the store are on sale?
A. Disco. B. Rock. C. A and B If you buy a tape that lists the price is $ 7.98 during the sale, how much can you save?
A $3.50 B $1.50 C $4.50 The sale will last(持续) _____.
A. 10days B. 15days C. a weekWhich of the following is true?
A. The last day of the sale is June15
B. There is no phone in the store
C. You can’t buy things over the phone.
Dear Pen Pal,
My name is Robert.I am fourteen years old.I’m short, and I have a medium build.I have short curly brown hair.I don’t wear glasses.I usually wear T-shirts and jeans.
I want to be a musician when I grow up.I want to play the drums in the rock band.Can you play any instrument? My favorite rock singer is Bad Boy.He is very popular.Do you know him? I like his music very much.He also plays the guitar and dances very well.He’s tall and very thin.He has a black beard.He sometimes wears funny glasses.He often wears T-shirts and jeans.Who is your favorite singer?
What do you look like? Are you tall? Is your hair long or short? Do you wear glasses? Write soon and tell me about yourself.
Robert
阅读上面一封信,回答下列问题Who is Robert’s favorite rock singer?
Is Bad Boy thin?
Does Bad Boy have a blonde beard?
What kind of glasses does Bad Boy wear?
What clothes does Bad Boy wear?
One day, an old man is selling a big elephant.A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it carefully.The old man goes up to him and says in his ear.“Don’t say anything about the elephant before I sell it.Then I’ll give you some meat.” “All right.” Saying the young man.After the old man sells the elephant, he give the young man some meat and says, “Now, can you tell me how you see the bad ears of the elephant?” “I didn’t find the bad ears.” The young man says.“Then why do you look at the elephant carefully” The young man answers, “Because I’ve not seen an elephant before and I want to know what it looks like.”The young man wants to buy the elephant.
The old man is selling a good elephant.
The young man knows the elephant isn’t good.
The young man doesn’t know the elephant isn’t good.
The old man wants the young man to buy the elephant.
Linda has four dollars.Can she buy a medium strawbrry and chicken hamburger?
A.Yes, she can.
B.No, she can’t.
C.I don’t know. If you want to have orange juice, you can
A.call 573-9603
B.go to Dessert House
C.go to House of Hamburgers Larry buys a large cabbage and mutton hamburgers and an apple and pear ice cream.He pays
A.＄10B.11＄C 12＄ If you have five dollars, you can buy
A.two small strawberries and chicken hamburgers
B.a glass of green teaDessert House’s ice creams may(可能)have the same(同样的)
A.kind B.priceC.size
阅读理解， 根据短文内容判断正（T）误(F)。
It's Sunday morning. The students of Class 3 are giving their classroom a good cleaning.
Miss Huang, their teacher, is working with them. The children are busy. Some are carrying water; some are cleaning the windows; others are sweeping the floor. Zhang Hua is putting up a map on the wall. It is a map of China. Wang Fei and Wei Qing are mending some broken chairs. The children are listening to the radio while they are working. The classroom looks nice and bright after the cleaning. The children are very happy. They go home for lunch at noon.The children are playing in their classroom on Sunday morning.
Miss Huang, their mother, is working with them.
There is a map of China on the wall.
Two of them are repairing the broken chairs.
They are singing while they are working.