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  • 1. (2019·威海) 根据短文内容,选择适当的单词或短语填空,使短文意思完整。每个选项仅使用一次。

    A. Although   B. Noiselessly   C. As a result   D. Sometimes   E. prefer to stay   F. keep away from   G. become silent, watchful and suspicious   H. As soon as   I. will never see   J. However

        There are wild elephants in Malaysia, Thailand and several other countries but most people them. Elephants dislike the hot sun. They  in the cool shelter of the jungle, coming out at night to feed on the vegetation on the fringe of the jungle.

        they are big animals, elephants can move silently when necessary. When there are no hunters(猎人)near them, elephants often make a lot of noise. They tear up young bamboo shoots and eat noisily. But as soon as hunters appear, the elephants . A big bull elephant stretches out(伸展)his sensitive trunk and moves it round slowly, searching for the scent of his enemy. His large ears protrude from the side of his head and he listens for the slightest sound. he detects(察觉)any danger, the bull taps on the ground with his trunk. Tonk! Tonk! This is the danger signal(信号).the elephants disappear into the protection of the jungle.

        an elephant will attack(攻击)human beings, particularly if it is defending(保护)its young or it has been wounded. An angry elephant can trample an enemy to death or pick him up with his trunk and smash his hated enemy on the ground. Sometimes hungry elephants damage

    (毁坏)crops but usually they  human beings. In recent years, poachers have killed huge numbers of elephants in Africa to get their ivory tusks., many countries have banned(禁止)trade in objects made of ivory., elephants are still in danger of disappearing completely from many countries where they have lived peacefully for thousands of years.

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