1 . I suddenly heard an elephant crying as though frightened. Looking down, I immediately recognized that something was wrong, and ran down to the edge of the near bank. There I saw Ma Shwe with her three-month-old calf (幼崽) struggling in the fast-rising water, and it was a life-and-death struggle. Her calf was floating and screaming with fear. Ma Shwe was as near to the far bank as she could get, holding her whole body against the rushing water, and keeping the calf pressed against her huge body. Every now and then the rushing water would sweep the calf away.

There was a sudden rise in the water and the calf was washed clean over the mother’s body and was gone. Ma Shwe turned quickly to reach it and pressed the calf with her head and trunk (象鼻) against the rocky bank. Then with a huge effort, she picked it up in her trunk and tried until she was able to place it on a narrow shelf of rock.

Just at this moment she fell back into the river. If she were carried down, it would be certain death. I knew, as well as she did, that there was one spot where she could get up the bank, but it was on the other side from where she had put her calf.

While I was wondering what I could do next, I heard the sound of a mother’s love. Ma Shwe had crossed the river and got up the bank and was making her way back as fast as she could, roaring (吼叫) all the time, but to her calf it was music.

1. The moment the author got down to the river bank he saw _______,

A．Ma Shwe was placing the calf on the rock

B．Ma Shwe was holding the calf against the rushing water

C．the calf was washed away by the rising water

D．the calf was about to fall into the river

2. How did Ma Shwe manage to save her calf from the fast-flowing water?

A．By putting it on a safe spot.	B．By pressing it against her body.
C．By taking it away with her.	D．By carrying it on her back.

3. How did the calf feel about the mother elephant’s roaring?

A．It was a musical note.	B．It was a sign of danger.
C．It was a call for help.	D．It was a great comfort.

4. What can be the best title for the text?

A．A Deadly River	B．A Matter of Life and Death
C．A Mother’s Love	D．A Brave Act

2 .         We have met the enemy and he is ours. We bought him at a pet shop. When monkey-pox, a disease usually found in the African rain forest, suddenly turns up in children in the American Midwest, it’s hard not to wonder of the disease that comes from foreign animals is homing in on human beings. “Most of the infections (感染) we think of as human infections started in other animals,” says Stephen Morse director of the Center for Public Health Preparedness at Columbia University.
        It’s not just that we’re going to where the animals are; we’re also bringing them closer to us. Popular foreign pets have brought a whole new disease to this country. A strange illness killed Isaksen’s pets and she now thinks that keeping foreign pets is a bad idea. “I don’t think it’s fair to have them as pets when we have such a limited knowledge of them,” says Isaksen.
        “Laws allowing these animals to be brought in from deep forest areas without stricter control need changing,” says Peter Schantz. “Monkey-pox may be the wake-up call.” Researchers believe infected animals may infect their owners.
        We know very little about these new diseases. A new bug (病毒) may be kind at first. But it may develop into something harmful (有害的). Monkey-pox doesn’t look a major infectious disease. But is not impossible to pass the disease from person to person.
1. We learn from Paragraph 1 that the pet sold at the shop may_______.

A．come from Columbia

B．prevent us from being infected

C．enjoy being with children

D．suffer from monkey-pox

2. Why did Isaksen advise people not to have foreign pets?

A．They attack human beings

B．We need to study native animals

C．They can’t live out of the rain forest

D．We do not know much about them yet

3. What does she phrase “the wake-up call” in paragraph 3 most probably mean?

A．a new disease

B．a clear warning

C．a dangerous animal

D．a morning call

4. The text suggests that in the future we             .

A．may have to fight against more new diseases

B．may easily get infected by diseases from dogs

C．should not be allowed to have pets

D．should stop buying pests from Africa