题文
There is an elephant and a monkey. They’re friends. But one day they want to know who is stronger. One of them says, “Who can get apples over there, who is stronger.”
There is a river over there. The monkey says, “I can’t swim.” The elephant says, “I can swim. Please sit on my back.” They go across the river. The apple trees are very tall. The elephant can’t reach the apples. The monkey climbs up the tree and gets many apples.
Now they know they should help each other.
小题1:The elephant and the monkey want to know ______.A．who is smarterB．who is higherC．who can swimD．who is stronger小题2:______ can’t swim.A．The elephantB．The monkeyC．The big animalsD．The small animals小题3:______ can’t reach the apples.A．The elephantB．The monkeyC．The high animalsD．The short animals小题4:At last the monkey goes across the river with the help of ______.A．the elephantB．the monkeyC．an animalD．a boat小题5:From the story we should _______.A．learn from the elephantB．learn from the monkeyC．A and BD．help each other
题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:A
小题5:D
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解析
这篇短文主要讲述了一只猴子和一只大象通过互相帮助，最后吃上苹果的故事。从而告诉我们每个人都有自己的长处，只有互相帮助才能取得成功。
小题1:根据But one day they want to know who is stronger.可知选D。
小题2:根据The monkey says, “I can’t swim.”可知选B。
小题3:根据The elephant can’t reach the apples.可知选A。
小题4:根据The elephant says, “I can swim. Please sit on my back.” They go across the river. 可知选A。
小题5:根据Now they know they should help each other.可知选D。
点评：本文浅显易懂，各个小题都能在文中找到适当依据。只要认真阅读短文，注意前后联系，就能顺利完成阅读。对于不能直接找到根据的问题注意联系上下文，根据短文中心总结出正确答案。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“There is an elephant.....”主要考查你对 [人物传记类阅读 ]考点的理解。
人物传记类阅读
人物传记类阅读：
本类型选材主要是名人轶事。
人物传记的叙述线索也常常以时间为序。内容一般不是一个人的生活流水账，而是选取主人公一些重要的人生阶段或生活片段来展开叙述。
阅读时要把握主人公在此阶段发生的事对他本身或他人有什么重要的意义和影响。
