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. After he broke his back, he was ________, and had to use a wheelchair. A. wrinkled        B. scarred  C. plasticD. paralyzed 答案：DThe elephant is the biggest four-legged animal in the world. It’s also, perhaps, the gentlest , 1not always.Elephants are like us in some ways. They 2 for a long time—fifty or sixty years. They can3 things very well. They never forget great sadness or happiness. A female elephant 4, her daughters and her granddaughters are sad for many months. They stay with the dead 5. Then they carry a bit of it away with them. They never forget a6friend.Elephants are like us, but they’re also7.They live in families; families or females. There will be a few young males-a few “baby boy”. But they will soon be 8away by their mothers or sisters. An elephant family 9 only its daughters, mothers and grandmothers and its great grandmothers.The females stay together for fifty, sixty or a hundred years.The older animals 10the young ones. The mothers teach their daughters and set a good example.And 11 happens to male elephant? Well, the young males stay with their mothers for a time. Then they must 12the family. The females just send them away. A bull elephant does not often have a friend ,He lives13,away from the family, and away from other bulls. Sometimes the females call a bull. He can 14_them then, and they stay for a time. But soon his “wives” and “sisters” send him away again. The females have a very 15family life. What do the bulls think about it? We don’t know.1.A.andB.butC.soD.yet2.A.playB.workC.liveD.sleep3.A.rememberB.practiceC.talkD.change4.A.is hurtB.is caughtC.losesD.dies5.A.headB.legsC.bodyD.feet6.A.terribleB.dadC.youngD.dear7.A.differentB.sameC.specialD.popular8.A.thrownB.sentC.kickedD.posted9.A.hopesB.keepsC.AllowsD.frightens10.A.look atB.carry outC.look afterD.take away11.A.howB.whoC.whichD.what12.A.leaveB.stayC.hearD.walk13.A.sadlyB.hardC.aloneD.noisily14.A.visitB.beatC.hideD.receive15.A.dangerousB.happyC.beautifulD.clever