D．she was taught how to hunt tigers

　　57．Indian elephants are getting increasingly angry and they revenge because ________.

　　A．they are caught and sent for heavy work

　　B．illegal hunters capture them and kill them

　　C．they are attacked and their land gets limited

　　D．dogs often bark at them and chase them

　　58．The passage starts with an elephant story in order to explain that in India ________.

　　A．people easily fall victim to elephants' attacks

　　B．the man­elephant relationship is getting worse

　　C．elephant tamers are in short supply

　　D．dogs are as powerful as elephants

　　答案与解析

　　[语篇解读]'本文为记叙文，主要讲述了被称为“大象公主”的 Parbati，她自幼与父亲打猎，后来放弃了到城市里寄宿求学而回到了原来的生活，成为了一名驯象师。

　　55．B'事实细节题。根据倒数第二段开头Parbati的讲话可得知她猎象的目的不是为了寻乐，而是为了保护大象和人的安全。

　　56．A'事实细节题。根据第三段第二句 After a happy childhood hunting with her father，she was sent to boarding school in the city.可知，她在去城市寄宿求学之前，和父亲一起打猎。

　　57．C'事实细节题。根据倒数第二段中间 Increasingly，the Indian elephant is angry：for many years，illegal hunters have attacked it and its home in the jungle has been reduced to small pieces of land.It is now fighting back.可知，印度象变得生气而进行报复的原因是它们受到攻击，生活环境减少。故答案为C。

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