1. (2017九上·石家庄开学考) 阅读理解

    Mary is an African elephant. Now she is 16 years old.She lives in the zoo. Mary has produced more than 50 drawings since last year. She has made over $2,500 for the zoo. Zoo leaders said Mary first showed the art ability (能力) about 4 years ago. Zoo workers watched her make the marks (痕迹) in the sand with her trunk (象鼻). She rubbed out (抹去) the marks, then made the new ones. The zoo workers gave her brushes and paints. Soon Mary was drawing pictures. Newspaper reporters wrote about Mary, and then people went to buy her pictures. And in this way she made a lot of money for the zoo by drawing.

    This is how Mary does the drawing.A zoo worker holds different color paints and Mary touches the colors she wants. Then the worker gives her chosen color to the brushes in her trunk and Mary begins to paint.

1. （1） Mary is         .

   A . a girl B . a zoo worker C . a zoo leader D . an elephant from Africa
3. （2） She has made over         for the zoo.

   A . $50 B . $2,500 C . $16 D . $4
5. （3） Mary first learned to draw pictures         .

   A . when she was 4 years old B . to make money C . in the sand with her trunk D . when she was 16 years old
7. （4）          wrote about Mary,and then people went to buy her pictures.

   A . Newspaper reporters B . A magazine C . A history textbook D . An advertisement
9. （5） Mary rubbed out the marks she had made in order to         .

   A . please the visitors B . make other ones C . ask for more brushes and paints D . clean her trunk