Question

Ruby, the artist, is an Asian elephant, She is17 years old. She lives in the zoo. Ruby has produced about 100 paintings since last year. She has made more than $ 40,000 for the zoo. Zoo leaders say Ruby first showed the talent (才能) about four years ago. Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk. She rubbed (擦掉) out the marks, then made the new ones. The zoo worker gave her brushes and paints. Soon Ruby painted pictures.

Newspaper reporters wrote Ruby, then people asked about buying her pictures. And in this way, she made a lot of money for the zoo. This is how Ruby does the paintings. A zoo worker holds different color paints. Ruby touches the colors she wants. Then the worker gives her brushes with the chosen colors in her trunk and Ruby begins painting.

1.We can most probably read this story_______.

A．in a dictionary about read animals           B．in a newspaper

C．in a book on art                         D．in history textbooks

2.People asked about buying Ruby's pictures because_______.

A．newspaper reporters bought her picture

B．her pictures were better than those of real artists

C．they just wanted to have fun

D．zoo workers would let them have a free visit to the park

3.Ruby rubbed out the marks she had drawn in order to_______.

A．make other ones                        B．clear her trunk

C．dig a hole in the sand                    D．ask for brushes and paints

4.From the story, we can know that_______.

A．Ruby can paint a picture all by herself

B．Ruby can draw better pictures than the other animals in the zoo

C．Ruby has to finish a painting with the help of zoo workers

D．Ruby will ask for money if she finishes a picture

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了一頭能繪畫的大象，但是這些畫作并不是大象獨自完成的，需要動物園工作人員的幫助。

1.這篇短文主要介紹了一頭能繪畫的大象，故有可能出自一篇新聞報道，選B，在一張報紙上。

2.根據Newspaper reporters wrote Ruby, then people asked about buying her pictures.描述，可知人們買畫主要是處于好奇，取樂的目的，故選C。

3.根據第一段She rubbed (擦掉) out the marks, then made the new ones.描述，可知選A。

4.根據短文第二段描述，可知盧比是在動物園工作人員的幫助下完成繪畫的。故選C。

考點：關于一頭大象的記述文閱讀

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