Question

【題目】A Special Delivery

Ben and Sally lived in California with their two daughters. Ben liked travelling. 【1】___________ , but sally stayed home with the girls. Ben and his friends owned a company. People at the company liked to play jokes on each other. One day, Ben’s friends wanted to play a joke on Ben and Sally. 【2】____The letter said,

Dear Sally.

I’m having a great time here in Africa. I’m sending a special gift to you. I hope you like it. Please take good care of it until I get home.

Love to you and the kids,

Ben

On the same day, Sally also got a phone call. The caller told her that a delivery was coming. At one o’clock, a truck stopped in front of Sally’s house. The truck driver gave Sally a rope. An animal was tied to the rope. It was a baby elephant! 【3】____________ , and it began eating grass.

Then the driver drove away. Sally stood there and held the rope to the elephant. She asked herself, “What can I feed an elephant with? Bananas?”

【4】_____________ . He said, “It’s illegal (非法的)to have wild animal here.” Then the policeman gave Sally a ticket.

Ben’s friends were hiding in the backyard and laughing. They had planned everything perfectly. They had rented (租借)the elephant from a zoo and asked the policeman to write the ticket! Ben’s friends also made a film of everything. 【5】___________ .

When Sally learned about the truth, she couldn’t help laughing.

A. So they sent a letter to Sally

B. After a while, a policeman came

C. The elephant ran into Sally’s yard

D. They wanted Ben to watch the video

E. One summer, he went to Africa on a trip

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】A

【3】C

【4】B

【5】D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了本的朋友在本外出旅行后和本夫婦開了一個玩笑。他們以本的名義給他的妻子送了一頭象，而后又要求警察給她開出罰單，同時他們把一切錄制成錄像帶。

【1】E根據(jù)上文介紹本喜歡旅行，及后文轉(zhuǎn)折但是薩利和女孩們呆在家里，可知本旅行去了，故選E。

【2】A根據(jù)上文本的朋友想開玩笑及后文的信，可知他們給薩利寄了信。故選A。

【3】C根據(jù)后文象開始吃草，可知小象進入了薩利的院子，故選C，

【4】B根據(jù)后文警察的話及罰單，可知警察來了，故選B。

【5】D根據(jù)上文本的朋友把一切拍錄下來，故選D。他們想讓本看錄像。