2 . This is the story of Moyo, a rescued elephant in Zimbabwe Elephant Nursery, a local non-governmental organization called Wild Is Life. She is probably one of the ________ elephant cubs ever to be rescued. She came to the nursery when she was about three to four ________ old. Sheweighed 56 kilos, and ________ a just-born African elephant cub weighs about 90 kilos. So she was a special iconic little elephant. Under good care of the staff there, she managed to ________.
Every year, hundreds of young elephants are orphaned across the African continent and rarely have a chance of ________ in the wild and are more often than not, left to die. “We rescue babies, and we provide ________ for them. We make sure they are in good ________ here, and help them regain their ________ needed in the wild. We are trying to create a culture where people ________,” said Roxy Danckwerts, the founder of Wild Is Life.
Moyo is about four and a half years old now. She is healthy, playful, and has become some kind of ambassador to the nursery. Therefore, she’s having to take on a lot of ________ for such a young animal, almost becoming a leader at the very young age. She is gentle, calm, very very ________ to the other elephants that come into the nursery. She is also very good with people.
But unfortunately, they’re not much more than objects of money in the eyes of ivory(象牙) dealers. Zimbabwe has a ________ elephant-hunting problem. Some regions are ________ as much as 75 percent of the elephant population over the past 10 years. That is why Danckwerts feels excited at China’s decision to ________ illegal ivory sales, which he believes has become a major turning point and a signal to the world that China has made a ________.
1. A.cleverest | B.worst | C.smallest | D.eagerest |
2. A.years | B.months | C.weeks | D.days |
3. A.normally | B.officially | C.rigidly | D.unusually |
4. A.set down | B.pop up | C.pull through | D.get away |
5. A.escape | B.survival | C.freedom | D.extinction |
6. A.shelter | B.service | C.advice | D.wealth |
7. A.eyes | B.legs | C.arms | D.hands |
8. A.habitats | B.skills | C.partners | D.parents |
9. A.tour | B.care | C.wander | D.study |
10. A.risk | B.discussion | C.work | D.responsibility |
11. A.friendly | B.well-known | C.superior | D.strange |
12. A.simple | B.tiny | C.serious | D.random |
13. A.gaining | B.supporting | C.losing | D.controlling |
14. A.allow | B.promote | C.reduce | D.ban |
15. A.move | B.deal | C.living | D.mistake |